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Golden Gate Ventures forecasts a record number of exits in Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

Despite the pandemic’s economic impact, Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem has proven to be very resilient. Here are some highlights from the latest report, along with additional insight from Golden Gate Ventures partner Michael Lints, its lead author. Golden Gate Ventures expects M&A activity will pick up again.

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Japanese Regulator Plans to Double Crowdfunding Investment Cap for Retail Investors

AsiaTechDaily

The startup landscape in Japan has been evolving rapidly, with significant changes occurring since last year. In November 2022, the “ Five-Year Startup Development Plan” was unveiled, leading to increased investments from venture capitalists, business corporations, and corporate venture capital entities (CVCs).

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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. LPs Still Believe Strongly in Venture Capital as a Diverse Source of Returns. That’s money that fuels our startup ecosystems.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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Tiger Global says India returns have ‘sucked historically’ but remains bullish

TechCrunch

“We were able to purchase 10% of [business-to-business commerce startup] InfraMarket for $8 million. But the country’s burgeoning startup ecosystem has seen very few exits and many consumer internet startups that listed in the past two years are trading significantly below their listing prices.

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Turns at Albuquerque: How I Measure My Career

This is going to be BIG.

They''re a career accelerator, which is a pretty neat concept--doing what YC and Techstars do for startups, but for your career. Anyway, 2015 marks a couple of big career anniversaries for me. Ten years ago, in 2005, I started working for Union Square Ventures as their first analyst. Venture Capital & Technology'

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

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. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021.