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September 23, 2011
Venture capital performance continued an upward trajectory as of the first quarter of 2011, the improvements were seen across all time horizons, with the exception of the 15-year numbers, and were driven by the strong one-year venture capital return of 18.5 percent.
May 5, 2011
This is an insightful blog post by Chris Dixon (www.cdixon.org)... "Having raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, I’ve come to think there are a set of dominant best practices that entrepreneurs should follow..."
March 29, 2011
Overall, Cooley's data pointed to a year marked by slow but steady improvement in the financing environment. In 2010, deal volumes reached a level not seen in the last five years. Median pre-money valuations increased across all deal stages and saw a significant increase in "up rounds" versus flat/down rounds. Up rounds represented 60% of all financings in 2010, a level not seen since 2008. Additionally, the percentage of recapitalization transactions fell in 2010, though the number of tranched deals remained flat from prior years.
September 15, 2010
Deal activity was down from Q1, but there were positive signals as well.
August 17, 2010
Silicon Valley venture capitalists often invest in the youngest start-ups. But now some venture-capital firms are partly outsourcing that investing to others.
May 28, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives has just begun floor debate on a proposal to tax the "carried interest" of private equity and venture capital firms as ordinary income rather than capital gains. Link here to article by Dan Primack of peHUB.
May 26, 2010
There were 90 venture capital fundings in New England in Q1 2010, according to the PwC/NVCA MoneyTree™ Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. That represents a 23% increase over the same quarter in 2009. The recently published report details venture capital activity nationally for Q1 2010, as well as 2009 and prior years.
May 13, 2010
In their most recent survey of venture capital financing transactions, the law firm of Cooley LLP notes that pre-money valuations were up in Q1, and there was a material increase in the number of financings with pre-money valuations north of $100 million.
May 12, 2010
Acquisitions and IPOs of start-ups are starting to come back after the downturn. There were eight venture-backed IPOs in the first quarter, compared with none in the same period a year ago. (Article from WSJ May 12, 2010)
December 7, 2011
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