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...“A strong reception for Arm is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for VC-backed companies to come to market,” said Eric Liaw, a general partner at VC group IVP....
...Most VCs continue to charge LPs a management fee regardless of whether they had made investments, but Sequoia Capital, one the premier tech VC groups, started waiving fees on capital it had not yet committed...
...“There are other state VCs [like Bpifrance and Scottish Enterprise] out there but we’re investing more at earlier stages....
Tech debuts were overshadowed by concern about interest rates, frustrating hopes for a rush of listings
...PitchBook tracked VC deals worth nearly $80bn in AI and machine learning last year. While the total has fallen since 2021, it accounted for 23 per cent of deals — the largest of any sector....
...While some have credited Botha with eventually brokering a compromise, the extraordinary episode still left an impression across the VC world that closely follows Sequoia’s moves....
...For the past month, the highly popular short-video sharing platform has dominated nearly all my personal and work conversations, whether it’s at brunch with friends in Big Sur or afternoon coffee with a VC...
...Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, AutoNation’s bid values Pendragon at £447mn. Pendragon said it was “carefully considering” the proposal, which was pitched at 32p a share....
...The Triago data indicates that there is still a decent discount on secondary stake sales, especially for VC and growth equity funds....
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...Well, consider that VC has pumped and dumped nearly every industry it could get its hands on over the past decade....
...Basically, easier monetary policy tends to stimulate R&D bonanzas, stir VC splurges and nurture innovation, while tighter monetary policy does the reverse....
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...“They’re obviously a very strategic partner; you want to be a priority for them as they roll out new chips,” said one VC who shares investments with Nvidia....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on April 6 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...This isn’t just VC chatter either....
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...Besides potentially going a long way to underpinning demand in the IPO, the VC’s willingness to put up more cash at what is normally seen as the moment for an exit is a significant vote of confidence....
...More than 90 per cent of VC-backed start-ups are not profitable and burn through cash, living on money raised when valuations were high. They cannot hang on forever....
...The trend has forced some VCs to mark down the value of the companies held in their funds....
...It’s therefore hard to see this as anything but a desperate pivot to retail investors to keep the train on the tracks after VC funding went POOF....
...Ripple Labs Inc., . . ....
...Tom Brennan, partner at McKinsey, said VC investment in food and agritech had grown about 20-fold over the past decade....
Venture capitalists have put $236mn into mind-expanding treatment research in the 12 months to July
...“The Four Seasons in Riyadh is basically Palo Alto,” one VC told our mainFT colleagues recently....
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