Tag: Startup Funding
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Why allocate to Emerging Managers (VC Lab)
By VC Lab Venture capital is an asset class that epitomizes the high-reward and high-risk paradigm. When done well, venture capital can generate unparalleled returns. It offers Limited Partners the opportunity to partake in the growth stories of tomorrow’s leading companies, providing returns with the satisfaction of contributing to innovation and societal progress. Within the venture…
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VC Returns and the Endowment Model
Venture capital — an attractive and proven asset class for long-term financial returns As the “Endowment Model” has become broadly adopted by US institutional investors, venture capital (VC) has proven itself as a powerful instrument for long-term financial returns and value creation. Most institutional investors and long-term capital allocators in Europe have yet to adopt…
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Not All VCs Need Operational Experience. But They All Need Operational Empathy.
Source: VC Mastery newsletter – published on Medium Most VCs have never worked at a startup. In the UK just 8% of venture investors have startup operational experience, according to data from a 2019 Diversity VC report. In the USA the fraction is higher, ranging from 20% to 30% across a random sample of funds. (It’s…
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Will fund-of-funds open the door to early-stage deals?
Source: Pitchbook (Written by Leah Hodgson) The late-stage venture market is a perilous place to be at the moment, particularly for those itching to offload assets in the public markets. For that reason, many VCs dedicated to backing the most mature of startups are glancing behind them to see what the earlier stages have to…
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AVCA African VC Activity Report (H1 2022)
As we wind down 2022, we thought it would be useful to look back at some numbers from the broader African Venture Capital industry for the first half of the year, as contained in the African Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Africa VC Report H1 2022 released in Q3 of this year. As…
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Africa’s VC Landscape (CNBC Africa)
8th Season Capital founding partner spoke to CNBC Africa’s Power Lunch on Friday 11th November 2022 and provided high level insights into Africa’s growing Venture Capital (VC) landscape. Some notable points included: Access the full interview HERE: https://www.cnbcafrica.com/media/6315384289112/
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Africa Funding for Startups Surges During H1 2022 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-03/africa-defies-global-trend-with-funding-for-startups-surging Africa Defies Global Trend With Funding for Startups Surging Companies more than doubled funding in the first-half All other regions have shown declines; Latin America fell 43% By – Antony Sguazzin, Samuel Gebre and Rene Vollgraaff 3 August 2022 at 08:32 GMT+2 As funding for startups falls across the globe, Africa is standing out…
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Funding raised by startups in Africa since 2019 (in the 4 key markets)
Article by Max Cuvellier (www. thebigdeal.substack.com)21 May 2022 A more granular view of the performance of the ecosystem since 2019 Looking at funding raised from a calendar year point of view (between Jan and Dec) is both convenient and intuitive… but it feels a bit unfair sometimes, in particular because the deals announced at the…
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Monthly Evolution of Startup Funding in Africa (Jan 2019 – May 2022)
Start-ups in Africa are breaking a new record every month, though one key market is losing steam. Article by Max Cuvellier (www.thebigdeal.substack.com) Jun 7, 2022 In recent posts we have covered the ecosystem’s accelerating growth (e.g. here or here), and last week, we put this growth into perspective, comparing it to other regions globally. As we analysed the numbers,…
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