View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below).

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below).

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

VC Adventure

MAY 19, 2010

My partner Jason has an impassioned post up about the carried interest debate currently taking place in Congress. While I wouldn’t say that I’m a “fan” of government, I’ve always been of the mind that some level of government safety-net is appropriate. Obviously this issue is important to me and to all VCs.

Carried Interest 74

Carried Interest India Capital Gains China 74

Hunter Walker

MARCH 30, 2023

And that’s why I’m challenging our government to regulate them. When she asked what would I recommend my response wasn’t about getting rid of carried interest or breaking up the big companies but about customer support. But they won’t help us navigate through this new world they’re creating. They want DMCA safe harbor?

United States 92

United States Carried Interest Engineer Viral 92

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

These IPOs meant that technology companies didn’t have to get acquired to raise money or get their founders and investors liquid. to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. government would invest three (up to $300,000.) Was it using government money as a private SBIC firm?

Silicon Valley 130

Silicon Valley SBIC San Francisco RSS 130

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

Last year, I went to an National Venture Capital Association dinner where the President of the organization, Bobby Franklin, spoke about all the great things our lobbying group was doing for VCs—like keeping our carried interest tax loophole. That was before Prop 22 passed.

Venture Capital 151

Venture Capital Cap Table Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 151