Comments on: Venture-Backed Liquidity Going Down, Down, Down

By: R.I.P. Good Times: One Year Later

R.I.P. Good Times: One Year Later — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:47:07 +0000

[...] there have been some hard times. We tracked a steep decline in venture investments and liquidity events earlier this year, particularly when tracked against the peaks of Q4 [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:21:59 +0000

@ Robin
The title of the first graph should not be “total amount raised”. It should rather be “total value of exits” or another expression for exit.

The amount raised by a venture capital firm describes funding from limited partners (venture capital fund investors).

By: Tech in the Next Few Years…

Tech in the Next Few Years… — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:33:39 +0000

[...] VC money available now than in the past few years, Robin Wauters at Tech Crunch gives a grim but solid overview. We’re in a technology slump, with many big name founders/innovators tied up in companies they [...]

By: ベンチャーに投じられる資金は減少に減少を重ねて前年比50%割れ

ベンチャーに投じられる資金は減少に減少を重ねて前年比50%割れ — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:49:50 +0000

[...] ［原文へ］ [...]

By: Where is the money going? Open a newspaper lately?

Where is the money going? Open a newspaper lately? — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:11:50 +0000

Edwin:

Open up a newspaper. No one has any money to invest. The VC firms can’t raise capital. No one has capital to invest.

You read the newspapers, right? You are aware of what’s going on in the world, aren’t you?

Please tell me you are…

By: Pepe Silvia

Pepe Silvia — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:42:20 +0000

Robin,
Is that a reference to The Cable Guy, where the Red Knight is going down, down, down?
If it is, I applaud you for the reference.

By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:12:42 +0000

Actually the numbers were correct with the sole exception that in your final release you counted 59 M&A transactions instead of 58. We’ve updated both posts to reflect that change.

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By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:44:31 +0000

And with higher taxes on venture capital and with new bankruptcy laws, expect that number to go lower, lower, and lower.

By: Nico2p

Nico2p — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:03:23 +0000

I’m going to forget (or dealy?) about my 10,000,000 EUR need for my first round.

By: Die Venture Capital Firms. DIE!!!!

Die Venture Capital Firms. DIE!!!! — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:01:31 +0000

Good. Excellent. Venture Capital firms do very little, take too much, and are filled with decision makers who are rich kid sons of their more successful fathers.

So please die off, Valley VC. No one wants you.

No one cares.

By: Edwin

Edwin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:12:06 +0000

Is this related, in any way, to business dealings on the internet – where R&D costs are much cheaper? It may not be a bad thing. I need to know more. I’d be very interested in seeing where the dwindling money is going. From what and to what? Where can we find that out?

By: Luis Pereira

Luis Pereira — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:55:29 +0000

This is called the monkey see, monkey do effect!

By: Emily Mendell

Emily Mendell — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:13:11 +0000

The NVCA has not released any numbers with regards to IPOs and M&A’s yet this morning. I am not certain where you received your information but it is incorrect with regards to what we will release in the next few hours.