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Started by : Veena Gupta, Analyst, Blackstone Group   01 13 2011 06:14:06 +0000
Industry : Hedge Funds/VCs/Private EquityFunctional Area : VC funding(Entrepreneurship)
Activity:  31 views;  last activity : 01 15 2011 12:22:58 +0000

Lately VC's are afraid of young startups and raised less money for investment in early- and mid-stage startups in 2010 and flocked to late-stage startups.

Despite some positive activity in the exit market, it looks like investors are still less willing to take significant risks on early- and mid-stage startups that haven’t found some significant traction yet. So, why today VC's are afraid of young startups?  Your views on this please...

 
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1 Funny Side of the term VC
2 VC's are spooked by declining returns
3 Hard to trust
4 It has a lot to do with the current ecosystem in India
5 Goals & returns deceptive

Funny Side of the term VC

idea posted by INDRANIL BHADURI Sales Training for Impatient Entrepreneur,Sales and Non Sales People, Freelance Trainer
Veena Gupta Thanks for your referral. Some years back I was in a Young would-be entrepreneurs group @IIT.On a FUNNIER note one of the eminent Entrepreneur termed VC as VULTURE CAPITALIST .. They are always afraid of investments..!!!!and they should be doubtful... Regardless of technologically sound concepts ,Its only THE ENTREPRENEUR who has to persuade VC for funding.
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by Ravindra Sharma, Managing Consultant, CHEF-India  | 01 13 2011 07:25:38 +0000

Well shared Indranil,

And the deprived, would forever feel thus much more as their share continues to get hijackjed.

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VC's are spooked by declining returns

idea posted by Veena Gupta Analyst, Blackstone Group

I think VC's are spooked by the declining returns that they are getting from these Young startups and VC's are now geared toward startups that have already seen some success and become established. This is the situation in the last decade where there is very less return from the young or a fresh startup, VC's are seeing too much of decline....so, its difficult proposition for Young entrepreneurs in the market, they have to start on their own bootstrap investment and then go for VC's.

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It has a lot to do with the current ecosystem in India

idea posted by Sanjay Bhardwaj Partner/Principal/VP, Health Management Solution
India has still to come in terms with providing opportunities to young adn budding enterpreneurs unlike western countries where a host of initiatives and directed more towards young blood
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Goals & returns deceptive

idea posted by KALIYAMOORTHY Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed

It may not be yielding the laid out returns for the goal set. So that, the expected profit is not arrived at by the VC. MAY BE THE PRESENT START-UPS ARE NOT CONVINCING THE VC's THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR THEIR INVESTMENT & ENSURING IT AS SPOKEN OUT BY THE START-UP.

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