David Bogoslaw
One Way Ventures has assembled a star-studded group of founders – including LinkedIn, Slack and Noom alums – to share lessons and advice with its portfolio company founders.
Firm founder Jason Howard says New Catalyst Strategic Partners plans to initially do seven to 10 deals, with investments between $60 million and $75 million or more.
Distributions are key to an improved fundraising market. 'DPI tells the story,' says QED co-founder and chief investment officer Frank Rotman.
An extended timeline to liquidity means LPs will be more careful about which GPs they continue to allocate to in 2024.
VCs foresee more flat and down rounds this year for companies that last raised capital at heady valuations during the venture boom.
Many of the 18 venture capitalists we spoke with expect M&A exits to become more viable this year, but most don’t see the IPO market rebounding meaningfully until late this year or more likely in 2025.
VCs have low expectations for IPOs, but see a rebound in M&A, citing optimism about lower interest rates and interest from private equity investors and better-capitalized public companies eager to get teams and technologies at a discount.
As firms take a more thoughtful approach to their cultures, more general partners are thinking about how to best mentor younger professionals.
The operator of an accelerator for emerging fund managers hopes to expand awareness of opportunities to stake minority investments in VC managers.
Want to be a talent magnet? These veteran VCs say mentoring, 'passing the ball' and sharing carry equally are key.