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Changes in the Venture Capital Funding Environment

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With a massive increase in companies created and a huge number of sources one trend that we witnessed from 2012–2015 was the rise of the undisciplined round. The fact that I still see it referred to in pitch decks is farcical. Now seed funding is conventional wisdom. I Leaderless Rounds. Late-Stage VCs Pay Up. Choose wisely.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. I made some reference calls. His plans are still solidifying but will likely involve some later-stage activities in the eCommerce & retail sectors unrelated to early-stage venture capital.

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The Valuable Unsung Heroes of Startups

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VENTURE CAPITAL. And finally that brings me to obvious topic of venture capital. And that’s why it’s super important to reference check your VC as I wrote in the linked post. After I posted I saw the following Tweet. I loved the quote so had to include it, “All medal winners have coaches.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. Understanding the fund vintage – “Vintage&# of a fund refers to when the fund was raised. Also, since most funds are 10-year funds there will be pressure in 2012 for this fund to start exiting its investments and return money to its shareholders.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era

TechCrunch

At this point, it’s common knowledge that the cost of capital has declined in recent years. This is mostly discussed by referring to the increased valuations companies were receiving at varying stages, as shown below in Chart B. Source: PitchBook data from 2012-2022. Image Credits: Neotribe Ventures. Definitely not.

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