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Going Big in Venture Capital

SaaStr

years ago in the first few months of SaaStr.com, in November 2012. Some may even be more than just 1%-3% of the committed capital pic.twitter.com/hqca4dfVxY. The post Going Big in Venture Capital appeared first on SaaStr. So the original post below I wrote a full 10 (!) Means Losing Biggish a few times, at least.

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The Figures that Will Move the Venture Capital Market in the Next 5 Years

Tom Tunguz

What does it mean for venture capital and Startupland? Let’s examine the relationship between total venture capital investment and the 10 year Treasury in some detail. The y-axis tracks enture capital investment by year and the year of the data point resides in the reddish circle.

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Dear SaaStr: Will a VC Agree To Wait 5-10 Years For a Very Profitable Exit?

SaaStr

There are a lot of myths around venture capital. The first investors invested in 2012. Dear SaaStr: Will a VC Agree To Wait 5-10 Years For a Very Profitable Exit? One of the top ones is that VCs will push you to sell early, or something similar. VCs are paid to wait. They waited for Figma. The payoff?

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The Inflationary Forces in Startupland

Tom Tunguz

2012: Facebook. The data is a lagging indicator, but it does show how quickly and how significantly pricing has skyrocketed, the effect of evolution in both supply and demand in the venture capital marketplace. 3 of the 11 years recorded 40%+ growth. 3 of the years saw declining prices. 2014: Alibaba.

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VC State of the Market with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Cowboy Ventures Founder & MP Aileen Lee (Pod 597 + Video)

SaaStr

The number of global venture capital (VC) investments dipped in 2022, thanks to ongoing geopolitical tensions, turbulence in global capital markets, supply chain issues, and increasing interest rates. Venture capital firms pumped a lot of money into the economy during the pandemic, buying countless software companies.

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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. In 2012, she moved to Hong Kong and later on served as its Vice President there. In 2012, she became Assistant VP at JJL Overseas Education in Beijing, soon enough becoming its VP of Global Development.

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18 investors fueling Latin America’s SaaS superstars

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Another was 2011/2012 where not only were another 5 VC firms started but it’s also when international ones set their eyes on this vast market. Most well-known funds experimented with funding Brazilian and Latin American B2C ventures. It is a venture capital firm based in Brazil and Silicon Valley. Founded: 2012.