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I live in SV as well. Hard to say really. I'm just beginning to raise seed funding myself, so I'll have more perspective on that side soon. So far so good thou
by mfrye0 9y ago
I live in SV as well.
Hard to say really. I'm just beginning to raise seed funding myself, so I'll have more perspective on that side soon. So far so good though.
On the VC side... I went to a VC panel in SF a couple weeks ago, and they all were gushing how this is the best time ever to raise money. They are all looking to invest.
There does seem to be a consensus though that investors are preferring to invest in "quality" businesses now vs chasing the Ubers and Uber for this. So potentially in line with the article talking about the levels of "uninvested cash".
- sgt101 9y agoFind me a VC panel where the VC's say anything other than "we're keen to invest in quality" and I will find you a hedgehog that likes naked skydiving.
- osullivj 9y agoWell VC are investors and money managers. If they've raised a new fund, then they need to put it to work. Capital that's just sitting there as cash on deposit isn't working, which means the VCs running it aren't doing their jobs. Q: how do VCs manage money that isn't yet invested? Put it in US Treasuries? Or the money markets with short term paper?
- sgt101 9y agoI've worked with a fund that didn't invest a bean, returned everything less expenses to investors. This was at the nadir of the .com crash...