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Mergers & Inquisitions

There’s plenty of information online about case studies in finance interviews (IB, PE, etc.), but the venture capital case study remains a bit mysterious. Depending on your source, a VC case study might consist of a “cap table” exercise where you calculate the company’s ownership over many investment rounds and the proceeds to each group upon exit… …but it could also be a qualitative discussion o…

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Science and Enterprise
IPPI: The IP Policy Institute

The following post comes from David Ward, a 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By David Ward Venture capitalists pouring money into a small startup has become a sort of new American Dream for many innovators. The success stories of big American companies starting with nothing more than an idea have […]

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QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH AND TRADING

Too Cool for School? Startups and Venture Capital are red hot right now. And very cool. If that isn’t a contradiction. Perusing the Business Insider list of “The 38 coolest startups in Silicon Valley”, one is struck by the sheer ingenuity of some ideas. And the total stupidity of others. Innovation is hard. I … Continue reading "Why do Investors Invest in Venture Capital Funds?" The post Why do I…

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Mergers & Inquisitions

If you want to work with tech startups in the finance industry, you might assume that you have to be in venture capital. After all, technology investment banking groups work with larger, more established companies… right? That might be true in developed markets, but in some emerging markets, such as India , investment banks dedicated to tech startups have been popping up left and right. To get th…

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Farnam Street

In this episode, a16z partner Chris Dixon and I discuss the history of venture capital, artificial intelligence, what makes a great entrepreneur, and why companies fail. Now available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Transcript Chris is a partner at perhaps the most famous venture capital firm in the world, Andreessen Horowitz or commonly known … The post Chris Dixon: The State of Venture Capital […

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