Comments on: VCs Finding Seed Financing More Attractive

By: Silicon Valley Ready to Make a Comeback? | Venture Hype

Silicon Valley Ready to Make a Comeback? | Venture Hype — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:56:34 +0000

[...] that VCs are increasingly considering deals that were previously reserved for angels, what is the outlook for such investors in Silicon Valley? In truth, angels are responsible for [...]

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:27:41 +0000

Excellent post, Côme. We'll reach out to you next week! -Heather

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:11:17 +0000

That's because web-based startups cost much less to build nowadays, thanks to open source and technological advancement.

For 2008 though, everyone had tightened their purse string because of the credit crunch and economic downturn. VCs mostly stopped providing capital to startups and allocated most of their fund to companies that show more promise. But some savvy angels and big companies see the recession as a great opportunity to shop for high-potential startups.

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:27:41 +0000

Excellent post, Côme. We'll reach out to you next week! -Heather

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:11:17 +0000

By: ComeLague

ComeLague — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:47:10 +0000

Susan, nice post and thanks for mentioning our firm Nueva Ventures! We're very active these days as this is a great time to be investing in and building a new business. Our most recent investment was in CloudKick, a Y-Combinator incubated company, in what was a $750K series A round. I also invested as an angel in Sparefoot, which took in $300K in a series A, and was the lead angel in Oneforty in a not yet disclosed seed round.

I did a post a few months ago on term sheet conditions that we've been seeing out in Silicon Valley, which generally apply both to the angel and micro-VC investors. Feel free to have a look:

http://blog.nuevaventures.com/2008/12/03/term-s...

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:32:25 +0000

I'm a little surprised to hear Y Combinator invested just US$6,000 in Loopt, especially back in 2007.

I'd imagine just a year later toward the last half of 2008, that investing was much tighter as we all watched the markets react to the failure of the businesses.

That must have slowed a lot of ventures down.

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:59:37 +0000

Thanks Matt! Updated.

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Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:02:36 +0000

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By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:32:04 +0000

Angles?