Another great article from Jason M. Lemkin with SaaStr discussing the ongoing shift in venture capital dynamics, emphasizing a prolonged period of caution and adjustment in startup funding. It's a thought-provoking read for anyone in the startup ecosystem! Key points include the need for startups to prioritize profitability and operational efficiency, the rise of alternative funding sources like private equity, and the importance of adaptability in navigating uncertainty.
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Experts are bullish on #VentureCapital for 2024, predicting that the ever-evolving Venture Market will continue to adapt to changing times. Gone are the days of throwing money at startups willy-nilly, hoping something will stick. In its stead, funds that conduct meticulous research and rigorous due diligence have a higher probability of success – enter Seismic Capital.
Forecast: After A Turbulent Few Years, Venture Should Steady In 2024
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2023 was a challenging year for venture capitalists and startups alike. Eze Vidra summarises the key numbers from the year end reports, and outlines a few reasons to be optimistic about the second half of 2024, in his latest post on VC Cafe. Read here: https://lnkd.in/e__ViN-Q
2023 Global Venture Reports were Gloomy, but there are reasons to be optimistic - VC Cafe
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F1V investment director Elena M. talked to TechCrunch about 2024 in VC. The story also features opinions from amazing VCs from Ripple Ventures, Thomvest , Lux Capital, Graham & Walker, Sapphire Ventures, Celesta Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and others. 🟨 Where do investors expect the next venture bubble to pop next year? 🟨 Which startups do they think will IPO first? 🟨 Do they expect to see more startups shutting down in 2024 than in the past few years? It's all in the story. #vc #startups #investment #techcrunch
More than 40 investors share their top predictions for 2024
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A whole lot has changed in the world of venture capital since the start of 2021. What have all those changes meant for founders and startups trying to raise new rounds of capital? This chart from Peter Walker does a pretty good job of breaking it down. Since the start of 2021, deal count on Carta is down at every stage of the startup lifecycle—between 30%-35% from seed to Series B, and more than 50% at later stages. At the early stages, valuations have gone up. Seed valuations have soared, and the past few months were quite kind to Series A. But that valuation growth doesn't continue at other stages. In general, the later the stage, the more valuations have fallen. I say "in general," because Q4 brought an exception: Valuations plunged at Series C to end the year, and they jumped at Series D. After those moves, it's now Series C that has seen the most valuation decay over the past three years. Series D wasn't alone: As you can see, valuations also trended up in Q4 at seed, Series A, and Series B. Will the valuation ups and downs continue? Or is this a sign of positive things to come?
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At 186 Ventures we spend a fair amount of time thinking about what non-obvious trends may be in motion or may exist around the corner. As a generalist early stage investment strategy, these 2024 trends inform how we think about the world and our approach to partnering with founders. Big thank you to Stéphane Nasser and the rest of the OpenVC team for publishing this piece on what myself, Julian Fialkow, and Sophie Panarese are keeping at top of mind as we enter into what should be one of the best vintages in recent times to invest in seed stage tech enabled startups. https://lnkd.in/exTzRPDU
The 5 VC trends to watch in 2024
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Founders and aspiring founders take note. Learning from the best accelerates our progress towards being our best. “Enter Sequoia’s product-market fit framework, which comes at a time when venture funding has taken a nose-dive due to high interest rates and other economic pressures. Founders today need to do more with less, and get to product-market fit as efficiently as possible. Sequoia’s framework defines three product-market fit archetypes and outlines different ways of thinking about each one.” #entrepreneur #business #startups #productmarketfit #sequoia
Here’s how Sequoia teaches founders to find product-market fit
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Giuseppe nailed it- important read for founders! Re: trend #1, hyper lean optimization is a company lifestyle we are proud of. Capital efficient thinking flows directly into data-driven core principles, mindfulness of expensive meetings, and comprehensive multistep road mapping. As a follow-on to that principle, giving your founding team a strong sense of ownership & flat hierarchies on design decisions embodies how much you value and treasure your developers. Having a super fun, intoxicating-to-build, game-changing product doesn't hurt. An inverse extreme of trend #2, but a healthy startup ecosystem requires both!
At 186 Ventures we spend a fair amount of time thinking about what non-obvious trends may be in motion or may exist around the corner. As a generalist early stage investment strategy, these 2024 trends inform how we think about the world and our approach to partnering with founders. Big thank you to Stéphane Nasser and the rest of the OpenVC team for publishing this piece on what myself, Julian Fialkow, and Sophie Panarese are keeping at top of mind as we enter into what should be one of the best vintages in recent times to invest in seed stage tech enabled startups. https://lnkd.in/exTzRPDU
The 5 VC trends to watch in 2024
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Managing Partner & Cofounder, Golden Gate Ventures, leveraging Machine Learning to select investments. Student of gradient descent.
In the world of venture capitalism, overpayment is a common practice that serves deeper strategic purposes. Venture capitalists use overpayment to secure their position and protect themselves from competition. However, it is unclear whether overpayment truly signifies unwavering commitment or if it is just a facade. It is possible that this charade is a calculated move to make startups more desirable and attract future stars. The flexible nature of seed rounds allows venture capitalists to overpay without consequences, but the fear of missing out haunts their minds. Founders must be cautious and align their goals with those of the venture capitalists in order to navigate this complex landscape. https://lnkd.in/gwwwvz_g
Venture Capitalists Will Overpay For Seed Rounds But For Reasons You Likely Haven’t Considered
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Taking inspiration from the many wonderful portfolio updates I get monthly/quaterly, I thought I’d start doing the same. Every quarter I’ll be publishing my thoughts on the present venture funding markets + macro markets + startup musings. For Q3, I outline how I think our present new normal is just the old normal of 2018 — we are unlikely to see any improvement in funding markets for some time. Give it a read! https://lnkd.in/g6TA-CNn
Q3 2023 - State of Venture Update
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