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Revolution
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital. As an active board member across several companies, I often advise against acquisitions that require additional investments to actualize value.
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Capital allocation is a core part of any CEO’s job, and it’s particularly critical for growth-stage CEOs. Most growth-stage CEOs I work with know how to tell if they’re efficiently allocating capital in every part of their budget with one glaring exception: research and development (R&D).
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Direct-to-consumer, pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar distribution networks are offered by businesses like Sun King, enabling households and individuals to get electricity on the cheap. The solar energy company has also provided more than $500 million in solar purchase finance through a network of over 20,000 field agents, 36% of whom are women. “We
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 11, 2014
I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007. Venture Capital & Technology' That was the year Twitter took off.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2018
Today the company officially announced its most recent round of capital ?—?having Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Capital of course drives scale advantages and when you have “winner take most” markets it also has a way of scaring away some investors from investing in the 3–5th “me too” competitors. Not really.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2019
I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S.
Angel Capital Association
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Irvine Ebert of Purple Angels in Ottawa performed a Monte Carlo simulation of the 2007 Rob Wiltbank study of angel investing and noted that 22-24 investments were necessary to have a 90% probability of a 2.6x Now let’s look at the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) portfolio. That internal rate of return is approximately 27%.
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