Venture Capital in 2009
One quick point of order: I am not a VC but I get the dynamics pretty well. And I have invested in a handful of early-stage companies over the past few years; some with VCs, some ahead of traditional...
View ArticleVenture Capital Update for Q1 2009
I’ve said in the recent past that I believe there is trouble in the supply chain of venture capital and that 2009 might be a significantly down year for fund raising with a potential total raise of $10...
View ArticleFunding Spreadsheet & Discussion
This Summer, I’m working with The Capital Factory and helping out a number of young companies here in Austin, Texas. The purpose of this spreadsheet is to show the effects and calculations for...
View ArticleVenture Capital in 2009 – an update for Q2
in my last post on this topic, I suggested that Q2 was the “tell tale” quarter for the year…and the numbers are in. the NVCA has just released the Q2 numbers and they’re pretty bleak: Just 25 venture...
View ArticleThird Quarter VC fundraising level falls to new low
The third quarter of 2009 represents a new low in the on-going analysis of VC fund raising. Below is the chart; numbers on right are in MILLIONS of dollars. VC Fund Raising for 3Q 2009 In Q3 of this...
View Article2012 Example Investor Pitch Deck and Discussion
This is the updated, 2012 version of the ReOverthinking start-up pitch deck; since the first version was written in 2009, this post and it’s predecessors has been read on average 50 times a day…often...
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