AngelList, CapLinked, And Financing Marketplaces

AngelList has been generating  a lot of buzz recently. Today, Business Insider has a piece claiming that they are scaring VCs to death. Really? I have a hard time believing that! In any case, I thought this would be a good time to give readers my perspective on AngelList, as well as other fund raising

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Forbes Column 08: Fund Envy

My new Forbes column, Fund Envy, follows up on the previous one, The Real VCs of Silicon Valley with more on the venture capital industry, and the consistent move of capital and expertise away from true venture capital to money management. And once you have read the piece, apply the formula I offered to the

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Stanford’s Seed Fund

While we’ve been on the topic of seed funding, Techcrunch is reporting the launch of a new seed fund at Stanford.

Forbes Column 08: The Real VCs of Silicon Valley

Here’s my new column on Forbes: The Real VCs of Silicon Valley. It addresses the quest of entrepreneurs to find seed funding as the financing eco-system is going through its own set of changes. Especially for first time entrepreneurs, as we have been discussing, the battle is tougher.

Would You Have Funded Zuckerberg?

So, here’s a question … if Mark Zuckerberg came to you with a powerpoint explaining his vision for Facebook, would you have funded his seed round?

KaThunk!

By Frank Levinson, Guest Author When I left day-to-day contributing at Finisar in early 2006, I wondered if it was not possible to teach others some of what we learned in those early years. So began my journey working with small companies somewhere between being an angel investor and a venture capitalist.

Quickstart: CRV’s Seed Strategy

Charles River Venture’s announcement yesterday of offering $250k micro-loans to entrepreneurs, generated a lot of discussion: Techcrunch Don Dodge Paul Kedrosky Stowe Boyd Fractals of Change Fred Wilson … The list goes on. I had a few conversations with friends in the venture business, and asked them whether they were going to start a similar

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