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...Rising interest rates have hit the valuations of private start-ups, forcing Silicon Valley venture capital firms to shift their focus from raising ever-larger funds to instead ensuring the survival of companies...
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...Venture firms begin tapping secondaries for needed cash Early employees who receive company stock at the hottest Silicon Valley start-ups have (in theory) a golden ticket....
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...With his new venture, he has decided to cut back on wine and get a personal trainer, a performance coach and a health coach....
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...The deal was finalised as markets unravelled during the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and as other potential bidders bowed out....
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...Now, with crypto exiting the market stage left, there is only one industry remaining to “disrupt”: venture capital itself. Even if accidentally....
...Earlier this week, DD revealed Apollo may assist a group of top venture capital firms that are considering reviving parts of the bank’s client-facing operations....
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...Like Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists, retail investors have gone cold on the sector too....
...A week after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, a group of venture capital firms wrote to the shell-shocked start-ups they had put their money into....
...But we’re not quite sure that M&A arb around a 16-year old Silicon Valley heavyweight is quite the “democratisation of venture capital” that Wood has promised investors....
...Silicon Valley venture capitalists invoke a “Rule of 40”....
...Silicon Valley giants continued their rapid hiring last year on the assumption the historic surge in digital demand would endure....
...He is six-feet tall, with a diamond stud in his nose, and is wearing a T-shirt that reads “No Fuckery”, the motto of his employer, Urban Alchemy....
...It’s guest-list only, with leather seats, bottle service and a huge custom ceiling light that looks like a giant diamond....
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