Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Above is a chart of US VC investments (in number, not investment size) normalized by stage since 1997 using data from the NVCA. If our assumption about the data quality is correct, then it’s reasonable to conclude that the volume of seed investment has either remained constant or slowed since 2009.

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incubation entrepreneurship disruption education 40

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. A significant amount also came from KEC holdings, a NJ based family office led by Jeff Citron, who is known for using technology to disrupt a number of industries. VCs pitch for money, too. It's the black box of the startup world.

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ventures pitching VC startup ecosystem 280

Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

As such, the history of the MP3 gives an excellent framework to anticipate how disruptive 10x innovations impact a market, and who the winners and losers of such breakthroughs will be. coupled with the distribution power of the Internet, radically transformed a large and profitable industry in a matter of years.

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incumbents disruption frameworks innovation 40

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

I experienced that myself with my startup in 2008 and 2009. B) That the people who are trying to profit off innovation--the entrepreneurs and VCs--for whom there is no criteria to try your hand at it, are generally sucking at it. Those companies didn't execute as well as they should. I didn't get Series A Crunched. I failed to perform.

real estate 299

real estate venture capital creativity entrepreneurship 299

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. These are areas where digital tools have had an impact on other industries.

health 43

health VC hospitality disruption 43

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Let’s be clear: AngelList doesn’t scare a single VC I know. But it’s not cutting VCs out. It is additive.

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VC peer-to-peer investing investment 293

OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. That’s a very good entry point for new venture investors.

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venture capital ventures capital health 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009. The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry.

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ventures startup peer-to-peer venture capital 409

AsiaTechDaily

MAY 7, 2023

We are excited to continue our support to UENA and partake in the disruption of the daily food industry in Indonesia,” said Jordy Tenka of East Ventures. East Ventures, founded in 2009, has invested in over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia, including Tokopedia and Traveloka, Indonesia’s unicorn companies.

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disruption media venture capital VC 98

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. That strikes me as an attractive market for disruption over time. Certain parts of it seem ripe for disruption sooner rather than later. 2) Harris Interactive IMShopping Poll (August 2009). (3) “People still want calls …&#. 4) eMarketer.

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media disruption VC construction 329