In the wake of the dot-com crash and the global financial crisis, many corporate venture capital firms ran for the hills with their capital, earning a reputation of being fair-weather VC investors, but this time might be different. READ MORE
US Venture Capital Outlook
At the start of the year, PitchBook analysts mapped their projections for the US venture capital market in 2022. Halfway through the year, trends are beginning to crystallize, and our latest analyst note updates the scorecard. READ MORE
The Decentralization, Transparency and Anonymity of Venture Capital in Web3
By now, most readers have heard the term “Web3.” It was coined in 2014 and represents the third generation of web technology, one that is built using decentralized blockchains. This new technology has created new investment opportunities – and more notably, new investment methods – for established capital providers to consider. READ MORE
4 Questions Venture Capital Investors Will Ask in Your Pitch
Pitching your startup to a venture capitalist (VC) investor can be intimidating. You're speaking to exceptionally smart, successful individuals in a competitive market. According to Statista, 2021 set a new record for venture capital investments in the U.S. at approximately $330 billion invested — nearly twice as much as the year before. You're competing against a crowd of clever founders and amazing ideas. How can you best prepare for success? READ MORE
Are you on top of term sheets?
There was perhaps no better year for founders to pitch their startup than 2021. The cash was flowing, diligence was scarce and eager investors were just a Zoom call away.
The script is being flipped, and entrepreneurs must adapt to a new world of dealmaking. For the first time since 2020, valuations and deal terms are trending in investors' favor—although the market still benefits from years of founder-friendly momentum. READ MORE
Is Corporate Venture Capital Right for Your Startup?
Traditionally, startups have looked to three primary sources for funding: venture capital firms (VCs), angel investors, and family offices. But in recent years, a fourth option has grown increasingly popular: corporate venture capital funds, or CVCs. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of CVCs grew more than six times to over 4,000, and these CVCs inked more than 2,000 deals worth $79 billion in the first half of 2021, surpassing all previous annual tallies. READ MORE
VCs are flooded with unprecedented funds but in no rush to deploy capital
Venture capitalists ( VCs) are mostly gripped by the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) and that sentiment peaks during boom periods like in 2021, but it takes only a few months for risk investors to change tack.
Six months into the new year, despite raising a record $4.7 billion of dry powder compared to $2 billion last year, as per Venture Intelligence data, for investing in startups, over a dozen VC firms, including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Elevation Capital, and a numb . READ MORE
Private equity wakes up to outsourcing
An outsourcing trend is sweeping through the offices of fund managers and investors, as new technology solutions and providers emerge.
While fund administration and back-office accounting are still the first and most common functions to be outsourced, the trend is starting to hit investor relations and portfolio management too. READ MORE
The Threat Of A Down Round: How Startups Can Adapt
Over the past four weeks, I’ve talked to hundreds of SaaS founders and there’s one recurring topic: The current funding environment. How do you address this tough situation? Do you cut costs or do you make a risky decision to keep spending and attempt to grow into the original valuation? READ MORE
VC fundraising is set to surpass 2021 record
Venture capital is on track to register its largest fundraising year on record despite the market correction.
So far this year, VC funds in the US have closed on $137.5 billion, just shy of 2021's full-year total of $142.1 billion, according to PitchBook data. READ MORE
‘This Is Going To Blow Up’—Top VC Issues Dire Prediction
The bitcoin and cryptocurrency market was rocked by the collapse of the stablecoin terraUSD and its support coin luna in May—though a looming, radical ethereum upgrade has reignited the market.
The bitcoin price has lost almost 70% of its value since it peaked in November last year, crashing under $20,000 per bitcoin last month. The ethereum price has seen even wilder swings, along with most other major cryptocurrencies, as the market braces for a Federal Reserve earthquake. READ MORE
Venture capital is hard–and it’s supposed to be
It may be blockbuster season at the movies, but over in the fintech investment space, the season for mega deals has passed. After yet another year of record-breaking funding—2021 saw $621 billion in global venture capital financing, easily doubling the previous high—the easy money of boom days is gone. READ MORE
In VC market slowdown, alternative financing emerges as a path to funding
The down market in VC dealmaking is proving to be a boom time for venture lenders.
Until earlier this year, it was relatively easy for startup founders to obtain new capital at high valuations for their companies. But in today's bearish conditions, it's now commonplace for investors to assign them lower valuations alongside more stringent deal terms. READ MORE
When Will Valuations Bottom Out? Lessons From Past Downturns
To help startups put their financing plans in context, we wanted to develop a sense for how long the current downturn in VC funding might last and how far valuations could fall. Nobody can predict the future, of course, but just because we can’t predict the future doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t learn from the past. In this instance, we wanted to see what insights past downturns might have regarding two specific questions: READ MORE
The Best Private Equity Returns Come After a Recession
Private equity investors have little to fear from a recession, as the best returns come after these periods. READ MORE
The Newest Trend In Private Equity Is Buying Companies Directly
Traditional private equity fund investing is still hugely popular, with a whole new class of individual investors joining the institutional investors who’ve dominated the asset category for decades. Evidence suggests private equity’s control-driven, activist style of investment leads to higher, more predictable returns than passive public market investment, so no surprise there. READ MORE
Private Equity Subject to Increased Antitrust Scrutiny from DOJ
In his first public remarks as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ), Andrew Forman announced that the DOJ is “thinking a lot about enhancing antitrust enforcement around a variety of issues surrounding private equity” especially in the health care sector. In particular, Forman pointed to four areas of enforcement that the DOJ is “thinking” more about. READ MORE
New headwinds slow private equity fundraising, deal activity
Record inflation, rising interest rates and a significant slowdown in M&A activity are creating new challenges for private equity managers and asset owners, according to a new report from Boston-based management consultancy Bain & Co. READ MORE
What do Gen Z founders really want from VCs?
Members of Gen Z — those born after 1996, generally — are self-aware, persistent and innovative; they’re digital natives, care deeply about their own wellbeing and that of the planet; and they’re more culturally diverse and socioeconomically vulnerable than older generations.
But how does that affect Gen Z founders’ relationship with VCs? READ MORE
Looking for an investment from a CVC? Take these 3 tips to the negotiation table
As venture capital flows continue to fluctuate, founders have to double down on the terms they agree on. While it can be tempting to overlook certain terms for the sake of closing a deal, founders should remember that nearly everything in a deal is negotiable. READ MORE
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