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- Maximilian Schroeck, David Mes: Venture Capital’s “J” Curve Becomes A “W”
Bid farewell to the Venture investment “J-curve,” the notion that a venture fund has to suffer through negative returns in the early years before progressively yielding positive returns and generating liquidity in the outlying years. These days, VC funds and their investors have to deal with an even more challenging reality: a “W-curve.”
- Secondary Market Exchanges: A Valuable But Imperfect Path To The Future
The secondary market for shares of venture-backed private companies will remain largely under served for years to come. More information transparency is needed for it to live up to its potential.
Life After FacebookThe private exchanges market could contract this year. But a new post-Facebook role managing investment risk could finally be on the horizon
Secondary Market Exchanges: A Valuable But Imperfect Path to the FutureSecondary market exchanges will continue to grow if they start providing information beyond simple share tallies
- Maximilian Schroeck, Ben Smith: Unlocking Value From A Portfolio’s Walking Dead
Once you know a company has stalled, the worst thing you can do is to simply wait it out or try more of the same, strategically and operationally.
- DisplayLink Inks $15M Series D
DisplayLink Inc. has raised $15 million in Series D financing. New investor Cipio Partners led the round with existing investor DFJ Esprit. Previous investors Atlas Venture, Balderton Capital and DAG Ventures also contributed. DisplayLink is based in Palo Alto, Calif. The company develops integrated circuits and software that connect monitors to laptops and PCs using standard interfaces such as USB, WiFi and Ethernet, either directly or via docking stations, adapters, and local area networks.
- SVB Financial Group Names Greg Becker President
SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB) promoted Greg Becker to president. The holding company said Becker will remain president of Silicon Valley Bank , a position he has held since 2008. Ken Wilcox will remain chief executive officer of SVB Financial Group and Silicon Valley Bank.