Comments on: Venture fundraising: Going, going, gone? http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:55:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: chris http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-862342 chris Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:02:27 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102868#comment-862342 A great bunch of thoughts on the subject: <a href="http://cli.gs/g3BA9v" rel="nofollow">http://cli.gs/g3BA9v</a> A great bunch of thoughts on the subject: http://cli.gs/g3BA9v

]]> By: chris http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-862341 chris Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:21:01 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102868#comment-862341 Younoodle is a joke. They claim they can predict the value of a startup based on some fairly arbitrary things, but I do like the initiative they have shown in the space; getting the community together is a great thing. Take a look at <a href="http://venturephenomeproject.com/" rel="nofollow">http://venturephenomeproject.com/</a> for some interesting work that's being done with the Buck Institute to try and isolate the specific attributes of a company that may or may not contribute to its success There are some leading genetic scientists who work trying to isolate cancer causing genes embedded in strands of DNA who are working on the project. I think its a good start. Younoodle is a joke. They claim they can predict the value of a startup based on some fairly arbitrary things, but I do like the initiative they have shown in the space; getting the community together is a great thing. Take a look at http://venturephenomeproject.com/ for some interesting work that's being done with the Buck Institute to try and isolate the specific attributes of a company that may or may not contribute to its success There are some leading genetic scientists who work trying to isolate cancer causing genes embedded in strands of DNA who are working on the project. I think its a good start.

]]> By: Anthony Ha http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-862340 Anthony Ha Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:09:40 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102868#comment-862340 Did you have anything specific in mind? What do you think of YouNoodle? <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/07/younoodles-startup-predictor-wants-to-tell-you-how-much-a-company-is-worth/" rel="nofollow">http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/07/younoodles-st...</a> Did you have anything specific in mind? What do you think of YouNoodle? http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/07/younoodles-st...

]]> By: chris http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-862339 chris Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:02:59 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102868#comment-862339 Early stage investing will always be considered a high risk, high reward game. But what if there were smarter, more efficient tools that enabled both investors and entrepreneurs to optimize the process by making the investment process “less gut” and “more guided," could we eliminate some of the fear and confusion surrounding early stage investing and begin to truly optimize entrepreneurship? Maybe if VC firms focused on innovating rather than just collecting their management fees the whole game would change. Early stage investing will always be considered a high risk, high reward game. But what if there were smarter, more efficient tools that enabled both investors and entrepreneurs to optimize the process by making the investment process “less gut” and “more guided,” could we eliminate some of the fear and confusion surrounding early stage investing and begin to truly optimize entrepreneurship? Maybe if VC firms focused on innovating rather than just collecting their management fees the whole game would change.

]]> By: Anthony Ha http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-862338 Anthony Ha Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:09:14 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102868#comment-862338 Yes, I heard Adeo was putting an event together. Looks quite cool, though I'm disappointed it's not going to be in the Bay Area. Everyone should do what's convenient for me. Yes, I heard Adeo was putting an event together. Looks quite cool, though I'm disappointed it's not going to be in the Bay Area. Everyone should do what's convenient for me.

]]> By: Anthony Ha http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-862336 Anthony Ha Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:05:37 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102868#comment-862336 Good point, Peter. Good point, Peter.

]]> By: Scott http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-862337 Scott Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:41:35 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102868#comment-862337 I also believe the VC's that invest with a long-term perspective will be the ones to make it. However, I think some tinkering with the model must be done. I've said it before.. I see a lot of pointing fingers but not many solutions on both sides (and this is coming from a VC).<br><br>For this reason, I'm putting on a conference on February 23 featuring Adeo Ressi that proposes to bring together VC's and entrepreneurs to talk about innovation, the vc model and the change that may need to take place. You can learn more about the event here: <a href="http://innovation2009.eventbrite.com" rel="nofollow">http://innovation2009.eventbrite.com</a> I also believe the VC's that invest with a long-term perspective will be the ones to make it. However, I think some tinkering with the model must be done. I've said it before.. I see a lot of pointing fingers but not many solutions on both sides (and this is coming from a VC).

For this reason, I'm putting on a conference on February 23 featuring Adeo Ressi that proposes to bring together VC's and entrepreneurs to talk about innovation, the vc model and the change that may need to take place. You can learn more about the event here: http://innovation2009.eventbrite.com

]]> By: Peter Antypas http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/venture-fundraising-going-going-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-862335 Peter Antypas Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:59:47 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102868#comment-862335 There is another underlying trend here that you didn't mention: The Internet Era spoilt VCs with 2-5 year liquidity windows. Those days are over. VC money will increasingly go towards cleantech and biotech (non-pharma) investments, all of which have both higher capitalization needs than software and longer paths to liquidity. There is another underlying trend here that you didn't mention: The Internet Era spoilt VCs with 2-5 year liquidity windows. Those days are over. VC money will increasingly go towards cleantech and biotech (non-pharma) investments, all of which have both higher capitalization needs than software and longer paths to liquidity.

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