Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“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.” According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). But VC is like congress. billion in returns.

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Founders Coop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I know this is a familiar experience for many of my peers in Venture Capital. The world of software investing has changed dramatically since we started Founders’ Co-op back in 2008. This is obviously a huge milestone for the founders, not to mention the 1,600+ employees who have joined them along the way.

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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. While most of the company’s peers focus on product companies, Al-Ansari saw how underserved the service side was: their needs are different, and unlike retail, aren’t looking to sell online.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. the free YC Startup School courses).

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Haystack

APRIL 27, 2018

At a minimum, getting to the Series A derisks (perhaps temporarily) a seed investment in a world where the shapes of investment outcomes can take a decade or more (consider, Uber is now a decade old and DocuSign, which just went public, was started in 2008). ” — Micah Rosenbloom of Founder Collective, April 2018.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. After gazing long and thoughtfully at the beautiful boats, the short seller asked wryly, ‘Where are the customers’ yachts?’ ”. The HFRI Index returned 18.3%

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2023

Then, like a gut punch, the financial recession hit in 2008. Unlike most of his young investing peers, Gwak quickly decided to join the U.S. Unlike most of his young investing peers, Gwak quickly decided to join the U.S. Out of school, he joined In-Q-Tel, which is the venture arm of the CIA.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

In 2008, it was an absolute revelation. Of course, you should still run your own experiments, but it’s just more capital-efficient to emulate than to trial-and-error from scratch. Of course, you should still run your own experiments, but it’s just more capital-efficient to emulate than to trial-and-error from scratch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. Raising money is hard. And when you’re relatively new to the process it’s easy to be confused by the process. Meet in person.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software.

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 31, 2024

We’re fortunate to interview Victor Orlovski, Founder and Managing Partner of R136 Ventures. R136 Ventures partners with creative entrepreneurs to help scale their mid-to-late stage startups. R136 Ventures partners with creative entrepreneurs to help scale their mid-to-late stage startups. We work with companies across the U.S.,

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

It’s hard to feel any positives these days: We’re in the eye of the storm. We’re at peak anxiety. Maximum rancor. We’ve already blocked family members on Facebook or unfollowed obnoxious people on Twitter. We’ve scratched our heads at how one of Silicon Valley’s brightest could back a candidate so overtly racist. Don’t get comfortable, VOTE.

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