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...But India’s start-up ecosystem — second only to China in the region for VC and growth funding — has suffered more than other markets in the most recent downturn....
...That has concentrated VCs’ minds on distributing cash to investors rather than amassing paper gains....
...VC performance has dropped by 23 per cent since the end of 2021, she adds....
...Replacing acquisitions with hires and leaving investors with modest returns for their risky bets would threaten the entire VC funding ecosystem....
...One source of hope for female entrepreneurs is greater representation of women within VC firms....
...The firm — which separated from Sequoia Capital last year as the VC empire broke up into three companies across the US, China and India — manages $9bn in assets....
...Without a reality check, VC powder will remain dry. elaine.moore@ft.com...
Madonna; attention; VC puritans; UK growth; language; Boeing; asset management; and tattoos
...Mike Gallagher, the Republican head of the panel, and his Democratic counterpart, Raja Krishnamoorthi, warned that their investigation had only captured a slice of the VC money that they believed was helping...
...Fundraising activity has slowed sharply since 2021, when VCs hauled in $555bn....
...VC firms have raised more than $655mn for Africa’s tech industry since November....
...For one VC, the choice was either “follow the hype or choose to stay calm”....
...— When the New York Times lost its way (Economist) — Twitch decides to permit ‘artistic nudity’, immediately regrets it (The Verge) — The language of VCs (Jacob’s Tech Tavern) — Aswath Damodaran on...
..., VCs, and the Bavarian State Ministry of Digital Affairs....
VC money may be further away but regional start-up centres bank on local strengths to attract entrepreneurs
...VC investors are often actively involved in the early stages of a start-up’s life but lack the clout to supervise bigger companies....
...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...
...(The Polycrisis) — Did Sam Altman really tell a room of VCs that he’s going to ask the AI how best to make AI profitable?...
...It represents one of the largest fundraisings by a VC since a downturn in the sector began about two years ago....
Silicon Valley VC firm says it fully supports its former partner ‘upon a fuller assessment’
...And hyped-up VCs are still frantically chasing AI start-ups aiming to apply the technology to different fields....
...VC is returning to its origins as an artisanal cottage industry after failing to become an institutional asset class. That suits some VC firms just fine....
...Kyle Stanford, lead VC analyst at PitchBook, said: “The bottom still feels a ways off....
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