A great piece by my partner Jared Heyman on #seed #investing and the predictability of #YC #startup valuations RebelFundVC link.medium.com/ZcesaAK8t2

The Role of a #VentureCapitalist (To be an active or passive #VC). lnkd.in/gfckxNX

Raghu Belur PedroPAndreu Neal Caldwell Manoj Nair ihab alkhatib @carloscaceres75: #HBS classmate RKS 🟦 🎗️ launches Rebel! Read more at hbs.me/2RftQlR.

I just published IT IS TIME TO BE THE OPTIMIST! link.medium.com/AL3ZcOkqW4

P.1 Irrespective of what’s happening in the public markets, venture is an illiquid asset class with a 10yr horizon. It’s the long-term nature of venture investing into visionary projects that creates the potential for enormous value appreciation, regardless of the market’s cycles

P.2 Best to remember that in the past those VCs that have achieved a 10x return in their portfolio are the funds that have bet against the odds during a recession.

P.3 Venture is simply betting on the future of the market. Smart investors will look @ downturns as an op to find great inv. Google, Uber, Square, Airbnb, WhatsApp...some of all the co’s that raised $ during a downturn- all able to return 10x for early inv, exceeding the avg IRR

P.4 As such, venture capitalists are financially incentivized to look even more closely for top performing companies to diversify their portfolio, especially if they are able to get on the capitalization table at a good valuation.

P.5 Another reason it’s a great time to invest in venture is that downturns attract the best founders — those with a lot of grit and determination who aren’t just chasing easy money.

P.7 If investors remain active in venture during a recession, they have the ability to help new investments hire top talent during a floundering job market, allowing their invested capital to play a role in the trajectory of their portfolio companies as well.

P.8 More of these winners will undoubtedly present themselves in this current environment.

P.9 If we are indeed entering a recession, VCs and founders can expect smaller round sizes, fewer and smaller IPOs, and lower valuations. Although, these predictions should not prevent startups from raising money during a recession at all.

Just my two cents! What do I know? I even missed p.6 😉

Striving to stabilize the situation with COVID-19 around the world I have been asked to be a judge at Coronavirus Battle US. battle.startup.network/events/411991/

I just published IT IS TIME TO BE THE OPTIMIST! link.medium.com/7gdeb92VL5

Please join us on Tuesday, June 23rd at 10:30am pst for an exclusive webinar. Learn from some of the brightest minds in Venture Capital how global VC’s are turning COVID-19 disruption into investment opportunities. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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Timing is Everything! One of our (RebelFund’s) earlier investments, Together (lnkd.in/gNJ8Kv4) is making a real difference. With an increase in employees working remotely due to COVID, greater employee support is required. In people-centered or…lnkd.in/ghdnAqp

L.A. companies raised a total of $71 million in seed funding, a 26% decline from the first quarter of the year. lnkd.in/gbS5mPb

As one of my first fund’s portfolio companies it’s truly very exciting to watch these guys make leaps and bounds in the world of robotics. Congrats on all the success. lnkd.in/gQQ6eiM