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The main concern for founders and VCs today was whether their cash in the bank will still be there tomorrow. Reviewing SVB's mid-quarter update: US VC investment activity will likely drop 15-20% this quarter Startups' cash burn is 2x higher than pre-2021 levels
According to this research paper, if you are a startup founder CEO who raised from a reputable VC, you are more likely to be replaced with a more experienced startup CEO unless: you possess unique technical know-how, or you have a large board with more external members.
Silicon Valley Bank was the second biggest bank failure in the history of bank failures. Customers withdrew $42 billion in a single day, on the very day that a bank run rumor circulated through email, Twitter, and WhatsApp. SVB was shut down on Friday.
Seven of the top ten endowments had a negative year in FY 2022. According to the recently published NACUBO report: The average endowment return dropped from 30.6% in FY 2021 to -8.0% in FY 2022 PE/VC has a 30% allocation, which is higher than 28% allocated to public equity

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According to this report, venture capital will deliver an 8.5% annual return over the next 10-to-15-year investment horizon. The report also states…
According to this recently published paper, VCs close to each other tend to invest together much more often. But that does not lead to superior returns…
Startups today use incredibly sophisticated tools to build and scale their companies. Whether they are small teams that have yet to find product-market…
Startups today are much more sophisticated than past cohorts and yet they face the same problems when capital dries up and the focus on growth at all…
Dartmouth's endowment returned -3.1% for FY 2022. It paid out $336 million to the school covering 33% of its operating budget. The 10-year return for…
2022 was a reversion to the mean kind of year. Dollars deployed and number of deals are, respectively: Global funding: down 64% and 27% YoY $100m…
Notre Dame's endowment returned -6.9% for FY 2022. This is after its second-highest one-year return of 53.2% last year. The endowment paid out $499…
According to this VC survey that was published back in 2016: Founding team is the most important factor to startup success (or failure) Team selection…
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