Sixty-eight percent of U.S. VCs said they plan to increase their investments in cloud computing.
VCs are already putting a lot of money into these technologies and companies are already underway.
Not surprisingly, angels and seasoned VCs think much more like expert entrepreneurs than do novice investors.
It didn't hurt that the elder Chopra, 53, often accompanied Mallika to meetings with the VCs.
Yes, we need to continually refresh the pool of VCs that have active funds to deploy.
The guy who turned off dozens of VCs is now considered a model entrepreneur.
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How will VCs stay relevant when the cost of launching an Internet business asymptotically approaches "free"?
Even though they vehemently deny it, VCs are looking for bailout money and tax-breaks.
"VCs get a better filter and framework for investing in an emerging startup, " said Damarillo.
For him that means helping entrepreneurs become visible to VCs, build networks, and structure their companies.
' But most VCS want a profitable company that they can make more profitable.
Ms Goldie said the SNP plan was manifestly flawed and that VCs offered a unique service.
In other words, VCs may ultimately wind-up holding a large number of companies at inflated valuations.
These players are now raising funds with outside money, investing full time and competing with VCs.
Raising money is just as difficult for VCs as it is for the startups we fund.
This makes DST a more attractive source of funding than typical VCs and the public markets.
And most VCs dedicated to cleantech collectively shifted their focus to more capital-efficient deals, Woodward said.
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So what happened was that before the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, VCs did amazingly well.
Advisory panels cannot stimulate our nation in the same manner that hungry VCs can.
VCs traditionally have regarded public offerings as an exit strategy, not an investment opportunity.
Lastly, Pharma is clearly very interested in tighter linkages with VCs, and vice versa .
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VCs are generally thought of as private investors who provide capital to promising business ventures.
Even before they met with the entrepreneurs, the VCs planned to turn them away.
VCs are still interested in infrastructure or service companies that bolster the existing B2B pipelines.
It was no superlative year for entrepreneurs or VCs looking for the fun to begin again.
In this world "acquisitions will be the exit for VCs, " says Mayfield managing partner Kevin Fong.
They saw an opening left by traditional VCs, who were abandoning very young companies.
The newfound bounty of young VCs is something of a mixed blessing for entrepreneurial clients.
Pattern recognition is the phrase I hear most often among VCs when describing their decision-making process.
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