Comments on: What Is Really Happening to the Venture Capital Industry?

By: שוק ההון

שוק ההון — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:06:33 +0000

Look at how the market reacts now, even economic plan

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New Seed and Start-Up Funding Model? « A Nickel for Your Thoughts — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:58:26 +0000

[...] impact on all those reliant on VC funding. A few months back, Bill Gurley(1) at Benchmark Capital had an excellent primer at his blog explaining the dynamics behind why he felt the venture industry …Essentially, because the big LPs that fund most VCs got hammered on their overall investment [...]

By: Allocation investing and the social premium | Wordwide News Exposed

Allocation investing and the social premium | Wordwide News Exposed — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:46:00 +0000

[...] were so large that they caused the VC industry to grow orders of magnitude larger – many say larger than it should be. In turn, this lead to many bad venture investments that drove down returns in the industry (these [...]

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Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:06:24 +0000

By: ana

ana — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:25:29 +0000

will be much better next year i think

By: שוק ההון

שוק ההון — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:16:48 +0000

New research from DowJones shows that US Venture Capital fund-raising has hit a seven-year low. During 2010, firms raised $11.6bn across 119 funds, a 14% drop from the $13.5bn collected by 133 funds in 2009, according to Dow Jones LP Source. In the fourth quarter, 15 funds raised $2.4bn, a 48% drop from the…

By: Kris Pearson

Kris Pearson — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:30:48 +0000

In the same way the collapse of our financial system has people scrambling about regulations rather than redesign our economic model so these issues don’t occur? Don’t bet on Silicon Valley recovering by itself. The collective wisdom of GPs verbalized by the playbook of the NVCA gives us a good idea that protectionism, rather than self cannibalization is at the top of their minds. And therefor change in Silicon Valley will have to come from the outside.

By: card

card — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:29:39 +0000

Thanks for an exceedingly well-organized and insightful article. At a gut level, a halving of the VC industry seems about right, and you’re surely correct that the asset class will never go away.

By: Georges van Hoegaerden

Georges van Hoegaerden — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:03:27 +0000

By: Luther Lore

Luther Lore — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:10:10 +0000

Even though this post is a bit older, I still found it to give some really great info after stumbling across your blog. You would hope that in the end, the fall of Silicon Valley would knock some sense in to some people.