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| | | | | Every venture firm reports the "value" of each of its underlying investments. Typically, this is updated quarterly and sent to each of the fund's investors. The idea is that investors will then have a definitive view of the value of the firm's investments. Simple, right? But what is the "value" of a private company? Turns out the answer to that question is not so easy to determine, and, as a result, valuation reporting in venture is a mess. Prior to 2007, most firms held company valuations at the price of the most recent round. This was relatively straightforward and generally pretty consistent across funds. The rationale for this approach was that the best indicator of value was the last "market"... | |
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| | | | | Just before the end of the year, Erin Griffith of The New York Times published an article titled "What Is Venture Capital Now Anyway?" It's a provocative look at the state of venture capital and, as these sorts of things are want to do, very quickly started making the round in venture circles as VCs tried to map how they fit into the landscape that Erin describes - a split in how VC firms are operating: some firms are keeping to a smaller, boutique style while a handful are becoming behemoths, almost unrecognizable as venture firms. There's very little in between. | |
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awealthofcommonsense.com
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| | | In a recent Q&A with Patrick O'Shaughnessy, I said the following when asked about the momentum factor: I'm a huge fan of the momentum factor, mainly for its diversification benefits. It's also the least understood of the well-known risk factors. I've done a ton of work on momentum in my day job, but haven't been... | ||
