2010 disruption VC 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel. The VC industry is segmenting – I have spoken about this many times before. The VC industry has different segments in it that have different fund sizes, different investment amounts and different risk / return expectations. It’s just not a VC investment.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. To really assess what opportunities the VC industry has over the next decade, one needs to first look at some of the root causes of poor returns in the past decade. The number of venture capital funds has shrunk by two-thirds.
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. I have always believed that TV was ripe for disruption. But I guess you could say the same about VC. Stock market declines would bring back dog days of VC. We did not.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
We haven’t hit that wall yet for three reasons: 1) not enough elapsed time, 2) the VC market is frenzied now, too and 3) we haven’t seen a market downturn since the volume picked up. But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. I was very active in 2009 / early 2010.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2013
He became a VC at London-based Benchmark Europe (now Balderton) and then CEO of Endemol, a large multibillion media company best known for creating & owning global franchises for Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and other unscripted television. 10 signs Internet TV is Ready to Disrupt the Industry. billion deal to Disney.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 21, 2010
Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. This is the market that Wonga serves and they are killing it! LendingClub. 24.5mm in Series C. It’s a freakin’ cool feature.
TechCrunch
MARCH 9, 2021
In fact, Heddleston worked for Dropbox as a summer in intern in 2010. In fact, among the earliest use cases for the company was helping startups track engagement with their pitch decks at VC firms. Meanwhile, DocSend participated in 2014 at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City. DocSend raises $8M for smarter document sharing.
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