Venture Capital 2000-2010
Venture Capital’s Lost Decade
The last decade started off with a bang as the dot-com bubble burst in the beginning of 2000. The rest of the decade did not go very well for the venture capital industry, the aughts have been called the “lost decade” for venture capital. Surely, we’re all hoping that the next decade is better for venture capital. Given the increase in venture-backed IPOs in the end of last year, this year should yield more activity than the last few.
The “aughts” have given rise to a class of “zombies” in the venture industry. These zombie firms have made investments in companies but probably don’t have funding left to make new investments. These venture capital can’t raise another fund yet.
We’ve come up with a list of 18 large venture firms with most recent funds of $100 million or larger that fall into zombie territory and highlighted five in the most recent issue of Forbes Magazine.
The five largest zombie funds: Prospect Ventures‘ $500 million 2005 fund; Sanderling Ventures‘ $421 million 2004 fund; Healthcare Ventures’ $378 million 2005 fund; Alloy Ventures‘ $368 million 2005 fund; and Kodiak Venture Partners‘ $316 million 2004 fund. Source
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