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. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad. Why should you care?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
Either downside scenario requires angel deals to be funded further. This is where VC comes in and why it’s needed in the industry no matter how much populist sentiment exists against the VC industry. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC. We’re back in the “feel good angel&# phase.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Either scenario requires angel deals to be funded further. This is where VC comes in and why it’s needed in the industry no matter how much populist sentiment exists agains the industry. In the first instance many angels made beaucoup bucks by getting in on deals that IPO’d quickly. Do you have solid VC relationships?
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
It's a market that had gotten completely detached from the regular venture capital market--you know, the VCs and angels like SV Angel, First Round, and even Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley who I'm pretty sure aren't crying a river over a multi-billion dollar exit to the public markets after just six years.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 15, 2010
It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release). Short answer: no.
Gust
DECEMBER 13, 2011
I’ve recently taken a look at seed stage funding by venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors over the past five years. For VCs, I chose to look at all seed stage VC deals (from MoneyTree©) as well as those in five of the most active regions in the country. All Seed-VC. Silicon Valley. New England. Deals. $$$$.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 14, 2019
The Fantasy Cash Flow Model When I was an analyst at the General Motors pension fund, investing in VC funds, I had to build a model of how I thought they would perform. It started out with initial investment size, pricing, and outcome behavior for each deal and then it made a prediction around the distribution of outcomes.
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