2008 board venture capital ventures 
Dream It
APRIL 12, 2020
In New York, for instance, there are now venture funds with a West Coast mentality and firms with an East Coast mentality; the same is true for firms in San Francisco. Will a financial crisis affect how venture funds deploy capital? Do startups need to conduct due diligence on a venture fund’s LPs?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 14, 2010
I know that the tone of the title and post will seem a bit aggressive for a post from a venture capitalist on fund raising. If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive. Clean up your own shite. It is 2010. It would be in their interest to make it easier to fund.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2013
We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. This is a big news day at Upfront Ventures. He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. He will be a venture partner. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. I stayed close.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? Let’s deploy faster!
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2021
They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) If you’re a seed fund that takes 5–10% ownership and doesn’t take board seats you might have 50, 100 or even 200 investments. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy.
Tomasz Tunguz
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
The US venture capital ecosystem has grown 40x in dollars from $8b to $320b invested in 10 years. Fueled by this capital, startup company formation rates touched fifteen-year highs in 2021. I remember joining in 2008, a green product manager out of Google who had just landed his dream job. This era will be no exception.
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