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Why LP’s Passed on Seed Funds 10 Years Ago (And What’s Happened Since)

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But in the grand scheme of things, 10 years is a blip, and one that had a continuous bull market in tech. Today, multiple rounds are often raised, due to the atomization of the seed space. Even the “oh s**t” moment of Covid lasted 1-2 quarters for most tech startups not servicing the travel or hospitality industries.

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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

Agile VC

The VC industry (both the GP part and the LP part) pays attention to the sector’s returns, but the broader tech ecosystem only occasionally tunes in. fund or marginally profitable fund doesn’t generate any carry for the GPs that are investing it. Even if you’re top decile for your vintage year (e.g.

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Battery Ventures Announces New $750 Million Fund

VC Cafe

This is one of the largest funds raised in the first quarter of 2010 as VC funds struggle to raise money due to poor performance and low liquidity. A midst a 72% decline in funds raised by Israeli venture capital funds in 2009, Battery Ventures announced the completion of its new fund, BV-9, totaling $750 million.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. You can learn as much from these cautionary tales as you can from the enduring successes, plus studying a broad sample of firms helps avoid drawing false conclusions due to survivorship bias. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. July 11, 2012.

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10 Ways close the Coronavirus budget gap in New York

This is going to be BIG.

We all have to make due with less—and this is basically the increase in budget during the Mayor’s administration. Due to some archaic bond offering rules, the tax actually gets collected, but then it gets sent right back to brokers. Closing the carried interest tax loophole is something Trump said he was going to do when he campaigned.

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