Investment Strategy | Market Trends
Surviving a Coming Storm: Explaining the Unique Factors Driving a Tech Market Correction, and How Technology Founders and Investors Can Persevere Through It
2019 appeared to be a banner year for the technology markets. The year ushered in a boom in public market liquidity, with unicorns such as Uber, Lyft, and Pinterest going public before the end of Q2....
Investment Strategy
Venture Capital Blind Spots: The Top 7 Reasons Why VCs Miss Billion-Dollar Outcomes
This post is Part II in our series on venture capital investment strategy, following the “Circle of Competence and the Venture Capital Investing Triangle”. In that post, we defined the Venture Cap...
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Hot off the press: @weekendfund's Q1 2023 Emerging Manager Report on @signatureblock_
2023 on pace to have lowest ...fundraising total since 2017 - with 91% of emerging mngrs saying it was (very) difficult to close their fund, w a majority raising for 6+ months.…
Key takeaways to strong deal flow via @signatureblock_
- Lean into existing networks
- Multiple sources of deal flow ...will expand market coverage
- Play into your strengths, do what comes naturally to you & build your brand
+ much more in full read: https://www.signatureblock.co/articles/how-to-get-deal-flow
State of #VC 2023 via @juniper_square 👇
🔹63% of VCs plan to fundraise this year
🔹45% say LPs putting pressure... to find exit strategies
🔹53% plan to improve portfolio monitoring
🔹40% want to invest in better LP reporting
🔹Newer firms & GPs are more optimistic ab raising