Inside the Secret World of Venture Capital The Stanford Venture Capital Initiative is quietly assembling a massive database from people who prefer to stay mum The authors develop a valuation model for venture capital-backed companies and apply it to 135 U.S. unicorns — private companies with reported valuations above $1 billion. They value unicorns using financial terms from legal filings
Read moreGreylock Partners is one of the oldest Venture Capital firms in the world. And it has a portfolio full of blockbuster investments to show for its long tenure in the tech world. Greylock Partners invests at every stage, from seed to early stage to growth. The firm is currently investing out of its 15th flagship fund, which closed on $1.1
Read moreInvestment into venture-backed companies is already on pace to experience another record-breaking year in 2018, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, the authoritative quarterly report on venture capital activity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem jointly produced by PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Coming off multiple years of record fundraising, just over $8 billion raised in 1Q 2018, a
Read morePricewaterhouseCoopers and CB Insights’ 2017 MoneyTree report highlights the latest trends in venture capital funding globally. 2017 was the second year that saw dollar funding top $70 billion, but deals declined for the third straight year, falling 4% from 2016 and reaching the lowest annual total since 2012. Total annual global funding increased nearly 50% in 2017, as over $164
Read moreHere’s Tim doing a great job discussing BitCoin on Bloomberg’s Technology (12-08-17). I had the biggest laugh of the week when Tim was told that big bankers are telling customers to watch out for BitCoin. “What do you expect? Who was the messenger?” Another great laugh when Tim was asked what is he going to do with all his BitCoins.
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