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Could your business be next in line for a major boost from Ishbia's Shore Capital? 💡 Chicago-based private equity firm Shore Capital Partners, under the leadership of Justin Ishbia, is aiming high with the closing of three new funds totaling $1.9 billion. Notably, two of these funds will broaden their investment scope beyond their conventional area of small-business ventures. This signifies exciting times ahead for businesses anticipating capital influx. **Ready to accelerate your innovation? 🚀 My team quickly develops AI solutions to help you outpace the competition. Interested in boosting your success? Book a meeting with me today! https://lnkd.in/dnJagc2M As an integral part of a powerful corporate development network spanning globally across 160K+ top decision makers from Strategy, Business Development and M&A sectors- our bond is our utmost strength. Our impressive roster comprises venture builders from myriad industries driving venture growth and important liaisons between startup founders and angel investors or VCs. If you are eager to elevate your business presence in Europe or United States, now’s the time to seize this opportunity! Read more: https://lnkd.in/dsvnFw2p #ShoreCapitalPartners #PrivateEquity #JustinIshbia #BusinessInvestment #VentureGrowth #StartupFunding #AngelInvestors #VCs #EntrepreneurshipInnovation #EmergingBusinesses #GlobalCorporateNetwork

Could your business be next in line for a major boost from Ishbia's Shore Capital? 💡 Chicago-based private equity firm Shore Capital Partners, under the leadership of Justin Ishbia, is aiming high with the closing of three new funds totaling $1.9 billion. Notably, two of these funds will broaden their investment scope beyond their conventional area of small-business ventures. This signifies exciting times ahead for businesses anticipating capital influx. **Ready to accelerate your innovation? 🚀 My team quickly develops AI solutions to help you outpace the competition. Interested in boosting your success? Book a meeting with me today! https://lnkd.in/d8PuzGsE As an integral part of a powerful corporate development network spanning globally across 160K+ top decision makers from Strategy, Business Development and M&A sectors- our bond is our utmost strength. Our impressive roster comprises venture builders from myriad industries driving venture growth and important liaisons between startup founders and angel investors or VCs. If you are eager to elevate your business presence in Europe or United States, now’s the time to seize this opportunity! Read more: https://lnkd.in/dQ6sQM79 #ShoreCapitalPartners #PrivateEquity #JustinIshbia #BusinessInvestment #VentureGrowth #StartupFunding #AngelInvestors #VCs #EntrepreneurshipInnovation #EmergingBusinesses #GlobalCorporateNetwork

Could your business be next in line for a major boost from Ishbia's Shore Capital? 💡 Chicago-based private equity firm Shore Capital Partners, under the leadership of Justin Ishbia, is aiming high with the closing of three new funds totaling $1.9 billion. Notably, two of these funds will broaden their investment scope beyond their conventional area of small-business ventures. This signifies exciting times ahead for businesses anticipating capital influx. **Ready to accelerate your innovation? 🚀 My team quickly develops AI solutions to help you outpace the competition. Interested in boosting your success? Book a meeting with me today! https://lnkd.in/dnJagc2M As an integral part of a powerful corporate development network spanning globally across 160K+ top decision makers from Strategy, Business Development and M&A sectors- our bond is our utmost strength. Our impressive roster comprises venture builders from myriad industries driving venture growth and important liaisons between startup founders and angel investors or VCs. If you are eager to elevate your business presence in Europe or United States, now’s the time to seize this opportunity! Read more: https://lnkd.in/dsvnFw2p #ShoreCapitalPartners #PrivateEquity #JustinIshbia #BusinessInvestment #VentureGrowth #StartupFunding #AngelInvestors #VCs #EntrepreneurshipInnovation #EmergingBusinesses #GlobalCorporateNetwork

Is the reign of bank-financing loosening its grip? Private funds and family offices are taking up more & more space in an area previously dominated by traditional capital.   The Venture Capital sector has seen immense growth over the last decade, as a result we’re seeing an increase in non-traditional VC players entering the market. What does non-traditional look like? Family Offices are definitely making their mark, both by investing into VC funds and the Family Offices essentially becoming VC funds themselves via their own investment teams.   Mythily Katsaris asks Howard Watt about the rise in non-traditional capital driving deals.   Discover more about our approach to Private Capital here: https://lnkd.in/eDxcxS2m  

💬 Seniority Structures: When Do They Really Make Sense? We often see investors pushing for seniority, even in Series A rounds, when the new investment is 5-10x larger than a previous seed round of less than $1M. But is the benefit really there? In these cases, the upside seems modest at best, while the downside is clear – pari passu is disrupted, especially when future rounds like Series B are made senior to all previous investments, making it less favorable for all earlier investors, including Series A. Stay tuned! We’ll be hosting a session soon to dive into seniority structures and the latest trends in liquidation preferences. #startupfunding #liquidationpreferences #senioritystructures #investorconcerns #venturecapital

Venture capital was once just a small part of allocations for family offices. That’s changed. In 2024, 75 surveyed family offices expect 52% of their portfolios to be invested in alternative investments like #VC, up from 42% in 2022. What’s driving this growth? A few contributing factors: -Making direct investments into private markets is difficult and takes serious time. Many FOs are finding joining forces with VC partners is an easier, faster way to expand a family office portfolio and tap into VC expertise and guidance in frontier tech like AI. -FOs can play the waiting game and don’t need quick returns on their investment. -Institutional Investor shares that “Family offices … expect 2024 will be a standout vintage year” for funding and exit activity, and want in on the action. FOs dedicating a greater share of their portfolios to alternative assets is welcome news for the venture community. #FamilyOffices #VentureCapital #privatemarkets #VC #alternativeinvestments Kyber Knight Capital

Insights: European VC valuations largely survive 2023’s corrections 👇🏼 Correction. The word to summarize venture capital markets in 2023. However, despite the large declines across deal, exit, and fundraising value last year, median startup valuations ended with more resilience than perhaps expected. Still, valuation multiples compressed and top decile valuations significantly declined across most stages, according to PitchBook's 2023 annual European VC Valuations report #europe #venturecapital #valuations === Key takeways: ➡️ 2023 was a year of correction, while 2024 will be the year of the three Rs (rates, recovery, and rationalisation). ➡️ The proportion of venture deal value with nontraditional investor participation slightly declined in 2023, but several industry stakeholders continued to tap venture markets for nascent technologies. ➡️ Unicorn deal value unsurprisingly declined in 2023; however, the aggregate post-money valuation of active unicorns only slightly decreased.  ➡️ The median exit valuation sat at €23.0 million in 2023, down 28.7% YoY, with the median public listing valuation underperforming the median acquisition valuation. 👉 Full report: https://lnkd.in/eDmkGa2w Brought to you by: #pitchbook === ➡️ Deal readiness New State Ventures operates as an independent deal maker for software and technology-led businesses. We collaborate with high-growth companies, their founders and investors to drive deal readiness and transaction value in preparation for and execution of investments, acquisitions and exits. 👉 Contact: https://lnkd.in/eFAxZ9W #newstateventures #founders #investors #venturecapital #privateequity #dealreadiness https://lnkd.in/eG9k4XCv

Insights: European VC valuations largely survive 2023’s corrections 👇🏼 Correction. The word to summarize venture capital markets in 2023. However, despite the large declines across deal, exit, and fundraising value last year, median startup valuations ended with more resilience than perhaps expected. Still, valuation multiples compressed and top decile valuations significantly declined across most stages, according to PitchBook's 2023 annual European VC Valuations report #europe #venturecapital #valuations === Key takeaways: ➡️ 2023 was a year of correction, while 2024 will be the year of the three Rs (rates, recovery, and rationalisation). ➡️ The proportion of venture deal value with nontraditional investor participation slightly declined in 2023, but several industry stakeholders continued to tap venture markets for nascent technologies. ➡️ Unicorn deal value unsurprisingly declined in 2023; however, the aggregate post-money valuation of active unicorns only slightly decreased.  ➡️ The median exit valuation sat at €23.0 million in 2023, down 28.7% YoY, with the median public listing valuation underperforming the median acquisition valuation. 👉 Full report: https://lnkd.in/eDmkGa2w Brought to you by: #pitchbook === ➡️ Deal readiness New State Ventures operates as an independent deal maker for software and technology-led businesses. We collaborate with high-growth companies, their founders and investors to drive deal readiness and transaction value in preparation for and execution of investments, acquisitions and exits. 👉 Contact: DM (or https://lnkd.in/eFAxZ9W) #newstateventures #founders #investors #venturecapital #privateequity #dealreadiness https://lnkd.in/eHbJkPck

Key takeaways from 20VC pod with Mark Suster: 1. The current market conditions are vastly different from the overvaluations seen in 2021, with a correction that is expected to take several more years. 2. Venture capitalists need to be disciplined about entry prices and valuations, as irrational pricing can lead to poor returns. Founders Fund's strategy of investing in the top companies regardless of price may not be replicable for all investors. 3. Reserves and follow-on funding are crucial, as they allow VCs to support promising companies that may take longer to gain traction. However, VCs should be cautious about over-investing in "rocket ship" companies without sufficient traction. 4. Investing in hard tech and infrastructure sectors like space can be promising, but VCs need specialized expertise in these areas to be successful, as they are fundamentally different from software investments. https://lnkd.in/gzzNgK27

And yet, many limited partners look for firms that fit a pattern they recognize and feel comfortable with . . . That pattern is a pattern that virtually assures failure. If we’re gonna fail anyway, I’d rather Lisa Morales-Hellebo and I fail in our own unique and glorious way while we build REFASHIOND Ventures: The Industrial Transformation Fund into the world’s best early-stage Industrial Transformation & Supply Chain Technology venture firm. At most venture capital firms, Industrial Transformation & Supply Chain Technology is a tiny, emerging “area of interest” . . . At REFASHIOND Ventures: The Industrial Transformation Fund it’s our entire world. Join us. #IndustrialTransformation #SupplyChain #Innovation #Technology #Startups #VentureCapital