Comments on: Venture Capital Fundraising Is Down Nearly 40 Percent In First Quarter of 2009

By: [Chart Of The Day] Venture Capital Index Versus Other Markets Indices « New Thoughts About Economics

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:26:51 +0000

[...] – The End of Venture Capital As We Know It? / VC Fundraising Down 40% / VC Down To Mid-1990s Level / Venture Backed Exits Still Anemic / VC Funds Raise $1.6bn in Thrid [...]

By: Preserving the nature of the seed – discourse and notes

Preserving the nature of the seed – discourse and notes — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:57:52 +0000

[...] the press writes about the dwindling endowments of Harvard and Yale, I think to myself, this can’t be good for VC fundraising. The two universities now singled out notwithstanding, it has been well known for some time that, [...]

By: The Squeeze Continues: Venture Fundraising Shrinks 82 Percent in Second Quarter | Newsfed - Aggregate local and tech stories with related videos and tweets!

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02:54 +0000

[...] exits appear to be blocked. Although there was cause for hope during the quarter—which saw five venture-backed IPOs poke their heads above the water—the NCVA doesn’t expect venture funds to bring in major [...]

By: The Squeeze Continues: Venture Fundraising Shrinks 82 Percent in Second Quarter | GeekStream

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:42:16 +0000

By: The Squeeze Continues: Venture Fundraising Shrinks 82 Percent in Second Quarter | Enoptix Entertainment

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:36:25 +0000

[...] capital exits appear to be blocked. Although there was cause for hope during the quarter—which sawfive venture-backed IPOspoke their heads above the water—the NCVA doesn’t expect venture funds to bring in major new [...]

By: The Squeeze Continues: Venture Fundraising Shrinks 82 Percent in Second Quarter | Stoth

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:21:14 +0000

By: The Squeeze Continues: Venture Fundraising Shrinks 82 Percent in Second Quarter

The Squeeze Continues: Venture Fundraising Shrinks 82 Percent in Second Quarter — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:29:07 +0000

By: 5 ingredient’s to make a great entrepreneurial story « Nickpoint

5 ingredient’s to make a great entrepreneurial story « Nickpoint — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:00:20 +0000

[...] odds are stacked against us: software startups take more time and money to return on investment and VC funding is 40% down. Just as well we like a bootstrapping [...]

By: Philip

Philip — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:44:06 +0000

Here is a scientific project done on the effect of the crisis on venture capital: http://papers.s...ract_id=1373723 – Rather interesting!!

By: TechCrunch Poll: How Much Did VC Investing Drop In The First Quarter? | TechgearX.com

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:00:35 +0000

[...] money going into venture funds from limited partners has also plummeted over the past year. Only 40 funds raised new money during the quarter, down from 71 the year before [...]

By: People Over Process » Numbers, Volume 9

People Over Process » Numbers, Volume 9 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:50:05 +0000

[...] VC Doe-flow In dollar terms, the total raised was $4.3 billion, down 39 percent from the year before (1Q08), but up 23 percent from the fourth quarter when it dipped to a low of $3.5 billion. At least the sequential comparisons are up. The largest capital raising was for August Capital’s $650 million fund. Bain Capital raised a $475 million fund, and Charles River Ventures raised a new $320 million fund. [...]

By: Venture Capital Firms Find it Tough To Raise Funding | Kikabink News

Venture Capital Firms Find it Tough To Raise Funding | Kikabink News — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:01:57 +0000

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By: r kumar v

r kumar v — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:05:34 +0000

At the juncture where Venture Capital Industry Leaders are expressing the optimizam on the revival of VC actitivites. I want to know from the experts about the future situation of VC industry as I am trying to go for advance course in VC keeping in the mind to shift my carreer line from current line of Business Adminstration to VC consultancy line.

r kumar v

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:14:54 +0000

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:52:23 +0000

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By: a fish out of water

a fish out of water — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:08:13 +0000

So true…lack of “real” innovation is a big problem.

There is potential though. Cleantech, nanotech, biotech, quantum computing all might offer some compelling opportunities. Most likely however, innovation will start originating overseas. Although the silicon valley culture will be hard to replicate elsewhere, the wheels are already in motion

By: Venture Capital Update for Q1 2009 « Kip McClanahan

Venture Capital Update for Q1 2009 « Kip McClanahan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:06:23 +0000

[...] momentum to carry some of the deals with the bigger, top-tier firms through to closing the fund. TechCrunch has written about two of those top tier funds in their summary of this [...]

By: Venture Capital Fundraising Is Down Nearly 40 Percent In First Quarter of 2009 | The Kingston Chronicle

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:00:14 +0000

[...] full article from TechChrunch.com Posted by The Citizen’s Paper on Apr 13th, 2009 and filed under Technology. You can follow any [...]

By: Moron Alert: Perhaps its time to run your business without lazy VC intruders

Moron Alert: Perhaps its time to run your business without lazy VC intruders — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:25:39 +0000

From the Sleepy Sonsini Kid at NEA to Ski Sweater McAdoo at Sequoia, to Hairpiece Paul Graham.

You don’t need these lazy Susans.

Come up with an idea that generates revenue and is of value.

Do it part-time until you generate enough revenue to jump full time.

Hire your own staff. Grow as your earnings increase.

Go to industry meetings. Phone calls. Meet people. Like the pioneers did.

You don’t need these bloated, trustfund Timmies to get your product in the market.

You’re welcome, Pinheads.

By: ChickenHawk Ycombinator Opened Lemonade Stand Near My Son's Junior High

ChickenHawk Ycombinator Opened Lemonade Stand Near My Son's Junior High — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:20:51 +0000

My son came home and said Ycombinator asked him to bring back Lemons, sugar, water and a business plan.

In exchange, Ycombinator will “mentor” the kids while they mix the ingrediants, drink half of it, and charge them 25 cents.

Great deal, huh?

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:16:45 +0000

F…book has a business-model? That’s news.

By: Venture Capital Funding is Down in Q'1 2009 | Upand$tarting

Venture Capital Funding is Down in Q'1 2009 | Upand$tarting — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:24:31 +0000

[...] to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There is an interesting post over at Techcrunch ( Venture Capital Fundraising Is Down Nearly 40 Percent In First Quarter of 2009) concerning the lack of new investment in Venture Funds in the first Quarter of 2009. I don’t [...]

By: david

david — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:43:54 +0000

well said

By: Web 2.0 Bubble

Web 2.0 Bubble — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:35:08 +0000

There is really no breakthrough for VCs to invest. All the web 2.0 stuff (other than FB, twitter) have no business model, and are “me-too” duplicates and “not IPOable”. Even FB with high burn rates could be running out of cash and not able to raise new cash. Over past several years, VCs have invested in a lot of startups that have no clear exit strategy. IPO exit has been minimal. There are no enough “GOOGs” for M&A activities. So these VC-funded starups are stucked in a zoombie state.

By: fenghua

fenghua — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:13:21 +0000

IMHO, 2000-2010 is a decade of innovation desert

There is no innovation with big impact coming out of this decade. Only “innovation” we can talk about is Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc. These are laughable comparing to
– Internet & Cell Phone in (1990-2000),
– PC (1980-1990)
– Integrated Circuit (1970-1980),
– Semiconductor( 1960-1970) .

This lack of fundamental tech breakthrough partially explains
– why US economy is in trouble,
– why Silicon valley is in deep trouble,
– Why it has been a very difficult decade for startups
(We could not name a few successful startups for the decade.).

I wish that 2010-2020 will be better.

(Note: Google and VmWare went IPO this decade, but they were innovation of (1990-2000)) .

From:
Silicon Valley China Entrepreneurship Forum(SVCEF)
http://www.svcef.org