Practical Venture Capital @PracticalVC
How to make $1B in VC?š¤ Start w/ $2Bš¤£ https://t.co/ZV2iITeymj is a Silicon Valley secondary fund. @DaveMcClure @AmanVerjee @StephVentured @LadyChutzpa @aFehrenbacher PracticalVC.com Silicon Valley Joined December 2017-
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ep 1 of [trading places] is here @davemcclure & @AmanVerjee talk to @cupazhou about: ā openaiās $500B tender ā Canva @ $42B vs. Databricks @ $100B ā busted DPI - āmoolah in the coolahā ā 6-layer SPVs ā and @eriktorenberg's rap origin story?? a very bad podcast about brokenā¦
short clip āThe Science of Sellingā #secondary with @cupazhou from our new & very bad [trading places] podcast launching tuesday #TVPI #DPI #MoolahInThaCoolah š°š§ cc @TradingVCs @AmanVerjee @PractialVC h/t @cdouvos
short clip āThe Science of Sellingā #secondary with @cupazhou from our new & very bad [trading places] podcast launching tuesday #TVPI #DPI #MoolahInThaCoolah š°š§ cc @TradingVCs @AmanVerjee @PractialVC h/t @cdouvos https://t.co/F7xqxSxnbz
BG2. Inside Chinaās Tech Surge: EVs, AI, and How America Can Compete šš„@bgurley
The only show you have to listen to every week. No politics. Just tech. - Databricks at $100BN: Is it Undervalued? - OpenAI Staff Cash Out Billions & Sam Altman Will Spend Trillions - CoreWeaveās $11BN Debt Bet - Nubankās $2.5BN Profit Shocker @jasonlk @rodriscoll better thanā¦
the 5 chapters of secondary selling š§µ never sell i didnāt sellā¦ and regret it sell 10ā20% teach your founders set up your own SPV & sell to yourself @Jason & @davemcclure break it down on @twistartups full episode coming soon on [trading places]
āwinners keep winning. losers keep losing. tweeners keep tweening.ā brutal vc wisdom from @davemcclure on portfolio triage. be helpfulā¦ but be the voice of reality. full episode soon on [trading places].
.@davemcclure on @twistartups: why raise a series bā¦ when youāre already profitable? $3M revenue 10-person team no board seat no distributions founders win. early VCs hold paper. first episode drops soon on [trading places]
āLiquidity shouldnāt be a luxury. It should be part of how we build.ā Hiive CEO @SimDesai was recently featured in Rohit Yadav's āRethinking Venture Capitalā report, a new, sweeping, global analysis of where venture goes next. In a section devoted to secondaries, Sim shares aā¦
āvc marks are bullshit.ā ā @davemcclure @Jason says 70% of unicorns arenāt actually unicorns. @davemcclure says every VC knows most fund marks are inflated ā they just pretend it's only OTHER VC funds which are way off, but THEIRS are "just fineā [trading places] @twistartups
š§µ 1/ Is venture broken? Itās a question Iām hearing almost daily across the VC ecosystem ā and as an LP, one I canāt ignore. We set out to find an answer by digging into the data. What we found was that, despite the expanding influence of mega-funds, dedicated Seed & Series Aā¦
I set out to write a very different post : one with the thesis that venture capital holding periods were lengthening relative to private equity. But the data violates the narrative! Conor Quigley at PitchBook ran an analysis on Theoryās behalf to answer the question: How manyā¦
[trading > < places] a very bad š©VC podcast about broken unicorns š¦š and busted carry š°šš± coming in September š cc @TradingVCs @PracticalVC
šØ NEW POD ALERT šØ introducing @TradingVCs ā the only pod that goes deep on VC secondaries, hosted by @davemcclure and @AmanVerjee guests include: @cupazhou @msuster @SimDesai @JSchorge @PeterJ_Walker (and hopefully @Jasonš¤) launching on thursday. follow for alpha.
How do secondary firms decide what to buy? Was @Jason TOO HARD to Lina Khan? And when do VCs have to become the āVoice of Realityā? Weāre answering all these burning questions and MORE of another All Star VC roundtable. Join JCal, @Theoryvcās @ttunguz, @davemcclure of Practicalā¦
Lies, Damn Lies, and Startup Valuationsš¦šš open.substack.com/pub/davemcclurā¦ Why Are So Many Busted Unicorns Still Valued Like Itās 2021? #SiliconValley #Unicorns #VentureCapital @PracticalVC
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." Down Round #IPO is the New Black linkedin.com/posts/aman-verā¦ by @AmanVerjee @PracticalVC #BadNews: every VC-backed IPO in past yr has been a "down round". š #GoodNews: last 11 VC-backed IPOs up 83% on avg since listing. š
VCs and LPs looking at #secondary market for #liquidity as #IPO exit options appears limited in 2025 newcomer.co/i/163178657/vcā¦ by @EricNewcomer cc @IndustryVC @HansSwildens @PracticalVC
VCs and LPs looking at #secondary market for #liquidity as #IPO exit options appears limited in 2025 newcomer.co/i/163178657/vcā¦ by @EricNewcomer cc @IndustryVC @HansSwildens @PracticalVC https://t.co/gdv7ODOukp
1/ Q1'25 venture fundraising numbers are out ā & while itās still early in the year, the trends from last quarter offer a pretty clear view of where things stand.
the @PracticalVC Q1/25 #SaaS Index is out, and it aināt pretty: practicalvc.com/pvc-saas-indexā¦ - median 5.7X Saas rev multiple is historical low for past decade - āLiberation Dayā #tariffs crushed the market and still weigh heavily - Saas Index value down >30% since Feb; no gains inā¦
.@PracticalVC is now raising PVC-3 #TheHalftimeFund, our third #VC #secondary fund. PVC-3 is a #506c general solicitation fund open to #QualifiedPurchasers and Level 10 #SuperVillains. Info on our new fund + #SkipTheJCurve strategy: linkedin.com/posts/davemcclā¦
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