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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. I’m just in awe of what they’ve enabled and baffled that the media doesn’t give this more focus. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. I’m not a shareholder.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million. We had a $40 million round lined up to close in the Autumn of 2000. Our first big institutional round was $16.5

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Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem

This is going to be BIG.

I never would have paid for music back in 1999 or 2000 when I was sporting my 64mb Creative Nomad, powered completely ilegally by Napster. Remember when they said that people wouldn't pay for music? What Apple proved, and what I suspect is the issue with web content, is that monetization was a product problem.

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Centbee raises $1m in pre-Series A funding round led by Ayre Ventures

AsiaTechDaily

The additional investment from Ayre Group will enable the company to scale and grow as well as strengthen its technical and operating capacities. He said that Minit Money, their cross-border remittance service, enables people to move money simply and cheaply across borders to support their family and friends.

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GitLab S-1 Analysis: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up

Tomasz Tunguz

More than 2000 employees work all over the world and have collaborated to build a massive software business. GitLab provides a suite of DevOps tools that enable engineering teams to build and deploy software, and then secure it. GitLab is the first fully remote software company to go public.

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Lessons from Interviews of Pre-Eminent VCs in 2000

Tomasz Tunguz

In fact, I found only two books: a textbook on private equity and venture capital by HBS professor Joshua Lerner, and an out-of-print collection of 32 VC interviews called “ Done Deals ,” published in September 2000. ’s a business when Web orders is an absolutely pivotal enabling technology. Mitch Kapor, Accel.