VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

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Israel SBA Technical Review Startup 124

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Marco Cesare Solinas , VC Analyst with Blue Future Partners , said, “ From the LP perspective, another disadvantage is the lack of track record given the early stage of the concept. Governance. Early liquidity. Short track record.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

On paper, only one is in positive return territory as a fund, but the SBIC leverage is a substantial negative factor for the LP investors in that particular fund. As a partner in one of the most visible VC firms in Colorado and an LP in many of the Colorado VC firms, I’ve never heard from Matthew or anyone from the SBIC.

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SBIC Venture Capital Colorado SBA 145

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Cash distributions are what matter at the end of the day, bug big paper gains still make for good fundraising pitches. One response from the LP community might be to demand commitments from new funds that prohibit inside-led rounds and cross-fund investing. If you over-fund the industry, aggregate returns fall.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? This is Out Of the Crisis. What are institutions for? Can we build better ones? Do we need more regulation in this area or less?

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IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

By the by, women donors, I recommend diversifying some of your capital distributions to reap that ROI to keep doing good… (+ this is a whole ‘nother blog post…) Undeterred. I see consumer markets harnessed to wag the dog of public sector employers (government, military) and then the private sector. We boot-strapped some more.

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Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54