Q3 2020 Quarterly VC Update: Logan Bartlett on Continued Strength During the Pandemic as Deal Sizes Surge
In conjunction with our Q3 Venture Financing Report, Sacha Ross sat down with Logan Bartlett of Redpoint Ventures to get his take on the state of venture capital investing. Key Insights On valuations moving forward: “While the amount of capital in the system is so high, it’s discerning in nature, and some of […]
CFIUS Reform UPDATE: Implications of FIRRMA for Fund Managers
UPDATE (October 8, 2020) We are providing updates on our original post here to reflect the issuance of a final rule by the U.S. Treasury Department which will become effective on October 15, 2020. Between November 2018 (when the first regulations implementing FIRRMA came into effect) and October 15, 2020 […]
SEC Proposes Registration Exemption for “Finders”
The SEC has proposed new rules that would clear up the longstanding difficulty a venture capital fund manager has faced when wanting to use a “finder” for investors in the fund and such “finder” is not licensed as (or associated with a licensed) broker-dealer. This article discusses the application of […]
Investment Funds Beware: Proposed HSR Amendments Would Increase Reporting Obligations
The US Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice announced proposed changes to the rules governing Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings that, if implemented, would significantly increase the number of transactions that must be reported to the antitrust agencies – primarily by private equity, venture capital and other investment funds – as […]
SEC Broadens the Definition of Accredited Investor to Permit Greater Access to Fund and Other Private Offerings
On August 26, 2020, after over a year’s worth of work examining how it may better simplify, harmonize and improve the framework and rules around exempt offerings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and heighten protections for investors participating in such offerings, the Securities and […]
Q2 2020 Quarterly VC Update: Michael Lints on Navigating Through the Storm
In conjunction with our Q2 Venture Financing Report, I sat down with Michael Lints of Golden Gate Ventures to get his take on the state of venture capital investing. Key Insights On executing deals in the pandemic: The venture capital market is very connected. Although, for instance, Vietnam has managed COVID really well, it’s still […]
Q1 + April 2020 Quarterly VC Update: Tip of the Iceberg?
With the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in March, we decided to include April data in our first 2020 report to better illustrate any early indicators of effects of the pandemic on the financing environment. Additionally, we have broken out specific statistics by month and industry (technology/life sciences/other) to offer […]
Q4 2019 Quarterly VC Update: Nisa Leung on the State of Venture Capital Investing
In conjunction with our Q4 Venture Financing Report, I sat down with Nisa Leung from Qiming Venture Partners to get her take on the state of venture capital investing. It is worth acknowledging that at the time of drafting the interview questions, coronavirus was just beginning to appear in China. By the time […]