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How Will a Venture Capital Recovery Feel? Observations from 2008

Tom Tunguz

What will a venture capital turnaround feel like? In 2008, I had just become a venture capitalist. Will it be gradual or sudden? What will change the sentiment in the market? Three months later, Lehman fell & the Global Financial Crisis started.

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Losing a Month of Runway to Inflation

Tom Tunguz

In February 2008, the ARS market seized. The point of raising venture capital is to have money when the company needs it. In the mid-2000s, many startups invested their excess cash reserves in instruments called Auction Rate Securities. Startups seeking to sell their ARSs to fund burn were out of luck : no one would buy them.

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A New Chapter

Tom Tunguz

The US venture capital ecosystem has grown 40x in dollars from $8b to $320b invested in 10 years. Fueled by this capital, startup company formation rates touched fifteen-year highs in 2021. I remember joining in 2008, a green product manager out of Google who had just landed his dream job. This era will be no exception.

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18 investors fueling Latin America’s SaaS superstars

SaaStock

One of those was 2008/2009 when 5 funds were started. It is a venture capital firm based in Brazil and Silicon Valley. Its partners boast diverse venture experience and have previously invested in more than 70 companies. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed. Kaszek Ventures. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed.

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The growing dissonance between two business models (SaaS and VC)

The Angel VC

Had I seen a SaaS startup with this growth curve in my first 2-3 years of SaaS investing (in 2008-2010) I probably would have asked “where do I have to sign?”. Not yet convinced that you shouldn’t raise venture capital? :) Let us know ! I’ll keep you posted.) And chances are that it would have been a good investment.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Today Carman is Founder and Managing Partner of Click Ventures, the globally renowned Hong Kong venture capital firm. She has been featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Asia in Finance and Venture Capital for 2018. Since 2008, she has been on the SAP team. The reason? Maxine Ryan. Hande Cilingir.

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Loyalty Prime Raises $5.5 million for Next-Generation, AI-based Loyalty Marketing SaaS Platform

The SaaS Garage

[link] Contact Hi inov: Wolfgang Krause | Managing Partner | w.krause@hiinov.com About BayBG Venture Capital With its venture capital team, BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Munich, invests in Series A financing rounds and subsequent tech start-ups. link] Contact BayBG: josef.krumbachner@baybg.de