Freestyle Capital Points to its Exits - WSJ
The seed-stage investor “had the most number of exits out of all our portfolio firms,” said Michael Kim, managing partner at Cendana Capital , a limited partner in Freestyle and an investor in other ...
Denham Capital to Launch $200M Mining Venture
PRIVATE equity heavyweight Denham Capital is on the verge of launching a new $200 million venture that will aim to overhaul underperforming Australian mining ventures...
The Biggest Threats to Seed Micro VC's
Seed funds face big external threats to their businesses.
The barriers to entry are low (500 funds)
The barriers to scale are higher, but seed funds shouldn’t scale
The barriers to excellence are high, but sustained excellence is hard
Explosion of Micro VC funds and LP Fatigue
Upfront Ventures Upfront Ventures, Mark Suster, "Venture-nomics: The Explosion Of Micro-Funds & The LP Fatigue Epidemic"
The Economics of a Small VC Fund
How does one make money raising a venture fund of this size? Not easily, let me tell you. The benefit comes in the upside, and it's very back end weighted. If you're looking to make a lot of dough in the short term, microVC isn't for you.
Microfunds: What's the 411?
"We want to get a foothold now and accelerate into it." The the concept of a microfund is still one which is unclear to many. Is a microfund the same as a VC fund? What are their business models? Where are micro fund deals happening? Three MicroVCs tell all.
First Batch of Tech Startups Graduate From DP World Accelerator - Middle East Real Time
The first batch of tech startups to graduate from the Turn 8 accelerator scheme in Dubai pitched to investors on Saturday evening looking for up to almost a $1 million in funding. ...
New Fund Seeks to Fill Gap Between Seed and Series A - Tech Europe
Hoxton Ventures launched a $40 million fund aimed at funding early-stage companies in Europe, trying to fill a gap between seed and Series A investors....
Techstars NYC -- in a downward Spiral
TechStar NYC struggles with 3 directors in 2 years and multiple failures in classes. One class — the one that that graduated in the second half of 2011— has 8 failures already- 50% failure rate.
Illuminate Ventures raises $20M for new fund | VatorNews
Illuminate Ventures raises $20M for new fund. Illuminate Ventures invests in enterprise cloud and mobile companies by Steven Loeb on November 20, 2013...