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Venture Fund Economics

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2008-08-03 08:30:00 by Fred Wilson in Silicon Alley Insider
...venture fund returns, there are always comments and questions that lead me to believe that the economics of a venture fund are not well understood. And since most of the readers and commenters on this blog are people who work in the startup ecosystem, I think its important that the economics are better understood. So I am planning on some...
 
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The Crisis In Venture Capital

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2008-07-01 14:30:43 by Erick Schonfeld in TechCrunch
...venture-backed IPOs in the second quarter, and M&A deals are down. The last time there were no VC-backed IPOs in a quarter was in 1978. The liquidity drought for venture-backed startups is so bleak that the National Venture Capital Association is calling it a crisis. Last quarter there were only 5 IPOs that brought in a piddling $283 million....
 
Tags: drought, liquidity drought, current ipo drought, venture capitalists attribute, venture capitalists, crisis, ipo, percent, credit crunchmortgage crisis
 
 
 
 
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VentureDig.com - Pitch A Venture That You Dig

2008-11-04 13:43:00 by HASH0x8473654 in KillerStartups.com - all
 
...VentureDig is the first micro-blogging platform that focuses on ventures and venture capital. You can think of VentureDig as Twitter for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors or anyone desiring to learn about the next big thing. The concept behind VentureDig is really quite simple: pitch a venture that you find to be awesome!...
 
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Venture Hacks Branches Out From Blogging, Launches Recommendations System

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2008-03-21 00:41:37 by Mark Hendrickson in TechCrunch
Venture Hacks , a blog dedicated to helping entrepreneurs navigate the world of venture capital, has launched a new social network of sorts around the idea of professional recommendations Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists can use the sub-site, simply called Recommended , to track who and what others think highly of, and to indicate their own...
 
Tags: recommendations, venture capital, venture hacks, venture capital firms, review recommendations, venture capital community, venture capitalists, professional recommendations, co-founder babak nivi
 
 
 
 
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Google goes humble; plans to launch Venture Fund

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2008-07-31 12:32:30 by Sardar Mohkim Khan in Startup Meme
...venture fund; giving Google a chance to invest in startups. Something pretty un-Google, since the giant has been up at buying them out, flat. The fund is set to be led by Googles SVP Corporate Development David Drummond and Bill Maris Google had toyed with the idea before, however the bubble burst before it could be blown enough. The current...
 
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TheUnFunded.com - Venture Capitalists Vent

2008-04-01 08:20:00 by bruna in KillerStartups.com - all
 
...venture capitalists where they can discuss and rate startup companies. TheUnFunded was inspired and created in part due to the community TheFunded where entrepreneurs could vent and discuss venture capitalists. TheUnFunded is a bit of the same, the site discusses startup companies and is far from generous with the company ratings. The...
 
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Venture Fund Economics: When One Deal Returns The Fund

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2008-08-05 08:07:00 by Fred Wilson in Silicon Alley Insider
...venture fund will lose money on 1/3 of its investments, breakeven to make a little bit on 1/3 of its investments, and will make good money (5-10x) on only 1/3 of its investments What that means is that 1/3 of your investments will produce all of the proceeds as the breakeven to make a little bit deals simple go to cover the losers. But that...
 
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Is The Venture Capital Party Over?

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2008-04-19 05:06:46 by Duncan Riley in TechCrunch
...venture capital investment in the United States headed south in the first quarter of 2008 The report found that venture outlays dropped 8.5 percent to $7.1 billion in the three months ending March 31 from the $7.8 billion invested in the previous quarter, resulting in the lowest quarter since Q4 2006. Funding for early and late stage...
 
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Realism creeping into venture capital calculations

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2008-10-07 06:15:00 by Rafe Needleman in Webware.com
...Venture Partners' West Coast office in San Mateo, CA could not have come at a more awkward time. With the U.S. stock market sinking fast and rumors of venture capitalists being unable to access funds committed to them, I did not expect the shindig to be a happy affair Wall-to-wall hope... (Credit: Rafe Needleman / CNET But it was, on the...
 
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