A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 27, 2021

Our first Opportunity Fund, raised two years later in 2010, has generated only 3.9x Our Opportunity Funds invest in the later stage rounds of our top-performing portfolio companies plus a few later-stage investments in companies that are new to USV. I have found that patience is often rewarded in early-stage investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? This has a tangible impact on the valuation of start-ups and the pace of investment.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 21, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. Ravi Machani , an EO member in Bangalore, India, is one entrepreneur who has done so admirably.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

from 2010 to 2019. million jobs due to Google’s $1 billion investment in the continent. The continent’s investment story. The report first highlights the growth of venture capital on the continent over the past six years; within this period, investments in African startups have grown 18x. and Latin America’s 2.8%.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Always have been.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In March 2019, SoftBank Group International made headlines when it announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which started out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Latin America. The Japanese investment conglomerate has dramatically ramped up its investing in the region, and so have a number of other global investors.

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500

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Conventional wisdom dictated that incumbents should focus their innovation efforts on R&D and growing their cash cows while investing in a few startups. But the rate of change has accelerated and with it, the balance of internal versus external investment. Since 2010, we’ve.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2019

Megan, also known at The Cyclist Lawyer , formed her own law practice in 2010 at age 29. In early 2018, we happened to fall into one of those phases where we had lots of new cases requiring lots of up-front investments in records, experts and filing fees. The post Investing In You appeared first on THE BLOG.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Founded in Estonia and now headquartered in New York, the company has taken a majority investment from U.S. When we entered the market in 2010, people asked us, ‘Why build a product in an area where Salesforce is already strong?’ enterprise software focused private equity firm Vista Equity Partners.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Thomas Rush is founder of Bootstrapp and Head of Investment Platform at ConsenSys Mesh. Revenue-based investing ( RBI), also known as revenue-based financing, or revenue-share investing, 1 is a natural next step for the private equity and early-stage venture investment industry. Share on Twitter.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

If I gave you $10,000 to invest in one company today among the following four software businesses, which would you pick? Which investment will generate the greatest return? Venture investing clocked more than $329b invested last year , up 10x since 2010. Growth Rate. Multiple (ARR/EV).

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. The majority of the funds pay back our early investors who believed in us enough to trust us with their money.

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Revolution

MARCH 1, 2023

We looked at the analysis in two parts: the 1997–2010 time period and the 2011–2020 time period. 1997–2010 The chart above captured fund vintages that were fully-seasoned and had distributed most of their holdings. 2010–2020 We then looked at the top quartile fund performers for fund vintages since 2010. since 2011.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. After I became co-managing director I pushed our firm to start adding more talent how had a mix of operational, startup experience and some form of investment experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. Too many angel deals just means more to watch and invest in for the ones that do succeed (if the VCs can get in at reasonable prices).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

And we all know that Ron Conway is considered the savviest of angel investors and yet by definition not all of his investments succeed. I like to invest where I have a personally strong connection with the entrepreneur and/or a strong intuition on the market from prior experience. Who ultimately invested in FourSquare?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 20, 2024

Just as in 2012, a surge in seed investments met a relatively stable Series A market. The orange crush of seed investment has outpaced the growth in Series A & Series B rounds. The Seeds of the 2010 era are the pre-Seeds of today, making the comparison impure. Why is this happening again? to 1, to 5 to 1.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. Bottom line, Techstars needed cash.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It serves as its primary investment vehicle for startups throughout the region’s growth journey, from pre-seed stages to the cusp of initial public offerings (IPOs). Established in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, 500 Global has a portfolio with $2.4 billion in assets under management.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. The process starts slowly, but as the chart below shows, venture-backed M&A plummeted during the recessionary period, when venture investing also slowed.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

VVSEAI Fund V’s substantial corpus includes a dedicated co-investment envelope of $50 million, which will be utilized to invest alongside the primary fund in startups led by women founders. Their investment scope encompasses key regions such as Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At the turn of the 20th century, any number of American municipalities with similar access to talent, materials, investment, and transportation might have emerged as the beating heart of the automobile industry. When entrepreneurialism is in the water, everyone feels invested, and everyone benefits down the line.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

2018 YLAI Fellow Gastón is the founder of eaInversores , an online platform based in Córdoba, Argentina, that provides low-cost investment assistance and financial literacy education. Few in Argentina are actively investing their money,” Gaston says.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In a sign that national security tech is a safe bet even during troubled economic times, defense- and security-focused VC firm Razor’s Edge Ventures today announced the closing of its third startup investment fund at just under $340 million. For example, Razor’s Edge recently invested in Corsha , a Washington, D.C.-based

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist? This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. ” Still. Since then?

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 19, 2016

It means a lot to me to find financial opportunities investing in companies that I can be really proud of--education companies like Tinybop and Tinkergarten , or companies at the forefront of fair labor practices like Homer Logistics. I'm thrilled to be an investor in The Wing --a Home Base for Women on Their Way.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

At the start of 2010, there was some unwritten VC industry conventions that have been tested, challenged, and upended in the last decade. Acceptance that leading VC franchises can’t just invest in their backyard. I recall many Sand Hill firms stating a preference or requirement to invest only in the Bay Area.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 28, 2022

So I clicked on the link to my Competing To Win Deals post, which I wrote in 2010, and read it. It is also true that there are good deals and good entrepreneurs that can’t find anyone to invest in them. Tell them how much you will invest and how much ownership you want. Not this one. That is a failure of the system.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 15, 2017

The slowing of venture investment more broadly across the US serves as a backdrop to San Francisco’s particularly strong correction. Note, the levels still exceed 2010-2013. I was curious about the drivers of these trends, so I ran my own analysis. But the 50% decline is real. Series As and Cs are roughly similar.

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500

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In 2010, 500 Startups started as a new kind of venture capital firm in Silicon Valley with a contrarian belief that talent can come from anywhere in the world. Back then, very few venture capital firms in the valley were focused on much outside of our collection of cities within the San Francisco Bay area. ”If

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OurCrowd

JUNE 22, 2020

The post [PRESS RELEASE] Thousands of investors from 90 countries attend OurCrowd Pandemic Innovation Conference online, first global event dedicated to pandemic investment appeared first on OurCrowd. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The round was led by returning investors Seek Investments with participation from OneVentures, AirTree Ventures and other shareholders. Employment Hero’s platform, which offers a full suite of human resources management tools, including payroll and benefits, is now used by more than 80,000 SMEs, representing a total of 750,000 employees.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

Tiger Global had invested a total of $1.2 billion in Flipkart over multiple funding rounds since 2010, according to TechCrunch reporting. We remain confident in the future of Flipkart and are even more positive about the opportunity in India today than when we first invested.”

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