Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? Let’s deploy faster!

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Some LPs might not make capital calls because they are worried about the environment, and some LPs might actually no longer have the liquidity to fulfill these capital calls. LPs failed to make capital calls in the late 90s during the dot-com bubble burst, after September 11, and during the financial crisis in 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. I’m guessing if you compete across the board you will struggle to hit scale. Total raised: $29.5mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

On a panel that I sat on with Ron in LA in 2008 he stated that there were no circumstances in which the founder should take money off of the table. By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company). I believe this is wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) If you’re a seed fund that takes 5–10% ownership and doesn’t take board seats you might have 50, 100 or even 200 investments. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Klarna is apparently the first European board for legendary Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz. 9mm – Investor: Sequoia Capital (Michael Moritz) – Read more: TechCrunch , PaymentsViews.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“This essay is dedicated to the great VC’s on my board who I am lucky to work with: Sameer Gandhi from Accel, Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed, and Kirsten Green from Forerunner. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.”

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Gust

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Experienced angel and venture capital investors spend lot of time independently evaluating the investment opportunities (a process called “due diligence”). It is not clear that angels and VCs will be willing to provide follow-on capital to crowd funded startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We found a way to make our venture capital last when it shouldn’t have, at around the same time one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons was published on this topic.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

We started the firm in 2008, on the cusp of the Global Financial Crisis, and it’s somehow fitting to be entering our 15th year as the laws of financial gravity reassert themselves once again. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale. Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The company raised $50 million Series C funding led by NewView Capital, with participation from SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund and King River Capital. During the 2008 economic downturn, Almond’s family lost their home. As part of the investment, Jazmin Medina, principal at NewView Capital, will join Paystand’s board.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. That’s the beauty of markets and of capitalism. That was written in September 2008. In September 2008 this was the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the rippling effect was massive. This is how VCs feel.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The US venture capital ecosystem has grown 40x in dollars from $8b to $320b invested in 10 years. Fueled by this capital, startup company formation rates touched fifteen-year highs in 2021. I remember joining in 2008, a green product manager out of Google who had just landed his dream job. This era will be no exception.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. .&# Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Green, who has collected a series of accolades, including being honored in Time’s 100 Most Influential People and named a Top 20 Venture Capitalists by The New York Times, currently serves as a board member on several portfolio companies, including Glossier, Faire, Hims-Hers, Curated, Ritual and Modern Fertility.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo. based venture capital firms raised $74.1 In the first six months of 2021, PitchBook reported that U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tan was a YC founder in the summer of 2008 and served as a partner there from December 2010 to November 2015. YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.” After the publication of this article, Initialized said that Ohanian is no longer a board partner at the firm.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The round was led by Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, TLcom Capital , with participation from nonprofit Women’s World Banking. The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. .

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Founders Coop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It’s a different kind of milestone for me as an investor: 10 years ago I led the company’s Seed round and joined the board, where I served until the Series C. I know this is a familiar experience for many of my peers in Venture Capital. I still feel like an outsider in the very insider-y business of Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Canada-based company got its start in 2008 as the payment processing company Zomaron, and rebranded itself as Paystone in 2019. The company has 150 employees currently, and another 50 are expected to come on board by the end of the year. In addition, Al-Ansari expects growth to accelerate for the rest of the year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Their popularity has surged over the last decade, with the asset class growing from just over $3 trillion in 2008 to more than $10 trillion in 2019, according to data provider Preqin. . Alto announced today that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by Advance Venture Partners , whose founder and managing partner David T.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital , a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with Abe Choi , a U.S.-based And based on his perception of the startup’s growth prospects, he can choose to bring his friends and acquaintances on board to fill the round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser for portfolio companies. Raising the right amount of capital after a correction. Andy Stinnes. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

But for Ansaf Kareem, venture partner at Lightspeed, the tough times can be seen as a good thing because they often create the best companies. “If 2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said.

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 24, 2014

It was 1996 when Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan first uttered the now historic phrase “ irrational exuberance.” And the venture capital firms that pulled back in 1996 missed the best three years of return in the history of venture capital industry. Internet Uncategorized Venture Capital Investing'

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David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2021

From CAIA : “Before 2008, a widely accepted rule of thumb was for a [hedge] seeder to expect 1% of revenues for each $1 million of seed capital. Further reading: 15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund. Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Additionally, a group of VCs released the following statement, which reads: “SVB-UK is a trusted and valued partner of the entire innovation ecosystem powering founders and the venture capital industry. It plays a pivotal role in supporting and financing Britain’s startups.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

VantagePoint Venture Partners came to the rescue in late 2003 with an infusion of $15 million in capital, adding Andrew Sheehan (now at Sutter Hill Ventures ) and David Carlick (now at Rho Ventures ) to the Board. Part of the deal was bringing in a new CEO, Richard Rosenblatt.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Looking back at the burst of the first internet bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008 financial meltdown, Chaddha notes that we can expect roiling public markets and “geopolitical challenges” to inform the size of seed and Series A rounds. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

More than 15 years ago, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, which was acquired by Nasdaq in 2008, and another since-sold exchange called HedgeStreet, both announced they intended to offer something called event contracts to investors. Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital sits on the company’s board. ” Only time will tell.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. While the State is not known as a hub for venture capital, we have frequently been recognized by national sources as a great place to start a new business. Get started!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. Recently I’ve been debating with a number of young startup companies that are raising money in the next few months, “what is the right about of capital to raise at a startup?&#. It’s a tricky question with no clear answer. There are trade offs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Roccia joined straight from Georgetown the same year, 2003, and left as the magazine’s accessories editor in 2008. For those who might be curious, their former boss, Anna Wintour, is a champion of theirs. “It’s why people liked wedding registries.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2021

From CAIA : “Before 2008, a widely accepted rule of thumb was for a [hedge] seeder to expect 1% of revenues for each $1 million of seed capital. Further reading: 15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund. Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This transformation has already led to an increased number of startup failures, a growing venture capital reset2 and 210,000 tech sector layoffs since the start of 2022. 2 A (temporary) venture capital reset? Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors.

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