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8. VCs Keep Throwing Money at Web 2.0 Startups. Dreams... Originally uploaded by noahwesley The numbers are out for how much money venture capitalists poured into Web 2.0 startups like Facebook, Zillow, and Netvibes during the first half of this year. Worldwide, counts Dow Jones VentureOne, VCs put $464 million into 101 deals. That’s up from 89 deals worth $432 million during the first half of 2006. (See the full-year 2006 figures here). Most of this increase comes from Europe, where early-stage investors are getting the Web 2.0 bug. Two thirds of those 101 deals were in the U.S., maintaining a steady pace with the activity during the same period last year. But the $357 million raised in U.S. venture deals represents a mere 1.6 percent up-tick from last year. And while Web 2.0 deals made up 30 percent of all “information services” deals, that’s actually down from 41 percent last year. With all the low-hanging fruit already well picked over in the U.S., VCs here are migrating to later-stage financings and funding startups focused on the enterprise, whereas consumer-oriented deals still dominate overseas. Sequoia Capital and Draper Fischer Jurvetson lead the charge in Web 2.0 financings, with six and five deals, respectively, But, for the first time, New England beat out the Bay Area in terms of money raised for Web 2.0 companies ($102 million vs. $90 million). Soon, it is going to stop making sense to count Web 2.0 deals separately from any other Internet deals. At this point, any Internet company worth its salt can claim... (09/17/07 09:00 AM)

9. Venture Capital Term Sheets. A venture capitalist, once comfortable with the company and its plans, submits a term sheet—a summary of the proposed terms and conditions for a proposed investment. Normally, the term sheet isn't bin ...
   
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10. A Unified Theory of VC Suckage. A Unified Theory of VC Suckage
    
    "A couple months ago I got an email from a recruiter asking if I was interested in being a 'technologist in residence' at a new venture capital fund. I think the idea was to play Karl Rove to the VCs' George Bush.
    
    I considered it for about four seconds. Work for a VC fund? Ick.
    
    One of my most vivid memories from our startup is going to visit Greylock, the famous Boston VCs. [1] They were the most arrogant people I've met in my life. And I've met a lot of arrogant people.
    
    I'm not alone in feeling this way, of course. Even a VC friend of mine dislikes VCs. 'Assholes,' he says.
    
    But lately I've been learning more about how the VC world works, and a few days ago it hit me that there's a reason VCs are the way they are. It's not so much that the business attracts jerks, or even that the power they wield corrupts them. The real problem is the way they're paid."
    
    - I usually don't Blog Blogs. No real reason for it, no matter of principle, it just seems to happen that way. I don't know if you can call Paul Graham's site a blog but it does have that feel. Here is a great post about why VC's (Venture Capatilists) suck. It actually give a lot of insight into the VC world and is worth the read. -ed. (07/29/06 02:29 PM)

11. Why It's Pouring VC Cash. Why It's Pouring VC Cash
    
    By Michael V. Copeland
    
    "The forecast for entrepreneurs during the next few months? It'll be raining -- cash. Consider Flickr, a popular photo-sharing-meets-social-networking site based in Vancouver, British Columbia. When it went live a year ago, it attracted plenty of notice and even pulled in a few angel investors, such as Excite co-founder Joe Kraus. But that's nothing compared with the torrent of offers it's entertaining now. Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO) want to buy it outright, while venture capital firms are flooding it with all kinds of creative proposals. 'We get four or five calls a week from VCs,' says Stewart Butterfield, who co-founded Flickr with his wife, Caterina Fake. 'We even had a health-care fund call recently. I guess they wanted in on the excitement.'"
    
    - I've noticed a lot of VC activity lately involving web based companies such as Flickr and Technorati. This article explains what is going on. It seems like there is a lot of money out there with a time constraint on it. Dust off those business plans everyone! -ed. (07/29/06 02:29 PM)