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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses.

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Daily Crunch: Blocking VLC player downloads violates Indian law, claims VideoLAN in legal challenge

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He will be leaving to start his own firm, which will concentrate investments from Series A to Series C. Solve for X, where : Tage reports that Egyptian venture capital firm Algebra Ventures hits its first close of a second, $100 million fund. Curtius will stay with Tiger until June. billion , Kyle writes.

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Goodyear Ventures, Porsche Ventures invest in virtual sensing company Tactile Mobility

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The funding round, which brings Tactile’s total funding to $47 million, was led by Delek Motors, with strategic investment from Goodyear Ventures and Porsche Ventures and support from Union Group, The Group Ventures, Zvi Neta (AEV), Giora Ackerstein and Doron Livnat.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. We’re in a new tech bubble!” some have pronounced. Valuations are out of control” is the mantra of others.

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When the Good Guys in Venture Change Roles

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This morning it was announced that Matt Murphy had left his role as a partner Kleiner Perkins to join as a partner in Menlo Ventures. I’ve worked very closely with Matt over the past four years as we share an investment in a company in Los Angeles called NextPlus and we sat on a board together for years. He’s committed.

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Sequoia heats up early-stage startup investments in India and Southeast Asia

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One founder set eyes on getting the most downloads in the mobile gaming category. The storied firm’s vast resources — there are about 30 people who work diligently with these founders for months, offering them help in scores of areas — set it apart from its rivals in India even in the early-stage of venture.

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ByteDance Co-Founder Resurfaces with New Venture in Hong Kong After Two-Year Absence

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Register Zhang Yiming, the co-founder of ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social media platform TikTok, has established a new private investment fund in Hong Kong. The fund, known as Cool River Venture, will primarily focus on investing in technology-related industries.