Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Amy Cortese published “Venture Capital, Withering & Dying” in the New York Times on Oct 21, 2001. Venture capital funds lost 18.2 percent, on average, for the 12 months ended June 30, according to Venture Economics, while Internet-specific funds were down 27.7
Kellblog
MAY 8, 2019
Every so often I post highlights from the quarterly Fenwick & West Venture Capital Survey , as much to share knowledge about the existence of the survey [1] as to share its current-quarter data. As an example, there were two kinds of startups in 2002: those that raised large amounts of money at crazy valuations in 2001 and dead.
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Tom Tunguz
JULY 22, 2014
If this pace of fund raising continues, 2014 would mark the biggest year for VCs since 2001, when the industry raised about $38B. The second quarter of 2014 is the sixteenth largest by capital deployed sinced 1995, making it a top quartile quarter, but to break into the top five, that figure would need to triple.
SaaStock
JANUARY 30, 2019
A healthy availability of capital is one. Starting from 2001 with the establishment of DGF Investimentos, there has been a steady addition to the roster of funds, with key periods where a few were started around the same time. It is a venture capital firm based in Brazil and Silicon Valley. Founded: 2001.
Tom Tunguz
AUGUST 14, 2014
The chart above compares the total number of MegaRounds, those VC investments of $50M or more, from 2001 through 2013. Rather, they empower startups to remain private longer and continue to grow, which enables them to command higher valuations and raise more capital at IPO. Last year, there was 1 MegaRound for every 2 IPOs.
Tom Tunguz
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
Instead, venture capital growth funds are financing these companies at these stages. The fraction of small IPOs with negative EBITDA has doubled to nearly 90% in about 30 years. Small IPOs. . Large IPOs. . Number. % < 0. Number. % < 0. Once public, profits don’t improve. Public investors punished them for it.
FastSpring
MARCH 10, 2023
And then there was this big ERP dying, which was shot after the first ecommerce new academy scene was going down for 2000 2001. What what do you think the danger is of being too focused on those types of venture capital type ideas. Unfortunately, I called them and it was 2001 and they say oh, the money all the money is gone.
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