Finance Global LP 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. Rob is one of the most driven and successful CEOs I work with. In his tenure as CEO of DataSift we have never missed a monthly revenue figure.
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Feld Thoughts
MARCH 27, 2018
Now that we are 13 years into the accelerator journey, an accelerator is a well-established construct that is part of the global startup ecosystem. I was asked if any existed the other day by an LP, so following is a list of papers I am familiar with. They have evolved over the years, and many new approaches have been taken.
Babbling VC
OCTOBER 3, 2011
For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. If you see the new funds which have recently been launched you can tell the LP's are putting their money with former entrepreneurs.
Haystack
JULY 20, 2018
Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent? Global and Local. and seen the rise of absolute juggernauts with deeply global ambitions such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi. These questions have been rattling around my brain.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 10, 2017
Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug. We were infatuated with tech.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence.
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