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Bigger isn’t better Part 1: Size considerations for Venture Capital Funds
What is the right size for venture funds?
Veteran investor Alan Patrikof is musing in a recent piece in The New York Times about the “good old times” when venture funds were $100 million at most.
So why should VC-Firms be smaller? (more…)
3 comments September 29, 2009
Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Most indicators for the venture capital industry are down significantly. As indicated by the latest Moneytree Report, funding is down (Q1/09 investments are at the lowest level since 1997), valuations are down (87% of Q1/09 venture rounds are flat or down, as reported by Cooley Godward Kronish), and the industry is in a slump and is trying to reinvent itself (as remarked earlier).
Curiously, the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index for the Q1/09 actually rose to 3.03 from 2.77 (with 5 indicating high confidence and 1 indicating low confidence). This is the first substantial uptick in eight quarters. (more…)
July 7, 2009
It’s a Buyers’ Market for Assets and IP
Bankruptcy-related mergers and acquisitions have hit their highest level globally since August 2004. (more…)
June 8, 2009
Turnaround Issues for Distressed Tech Companies
In a recent whitepaper Strategic Options for Distressed Technology Companies I discuss how turnaround management for venture-backed technology companies is different from that for companies in more traditional industries. (more…)
April 17, 2009
Going…going…GONE! Selling a Company or Assets via Auction
Clients often ask us if they should consider selling their company (or certain assets) in an auction or through individual negotiations. Depends. (more…)
February 23, 2009
Venture Funding in 2009 — Glass half full or half empty?
The financial markets melt-down will have long range ripple effects on the Silicon Valley ecosystem, and The Brenner Group’s Gunther Hofmann, Vice President Financial Advisory Services, weighs in with his take on national and local implications.
January 20, 2009
