Source - https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/25/1828292/
TL;DR - Paul Asel predicts that venture capital will become more consolidated, featuring more large firms and fewer closely-held partnerships as a result of increasing capital intensity.
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Tags - notable investors, future vc
Questions addressed:
- How is venture capital changing and how are the major players leading the way?
Summary:
- Venture capital firms are becoming larger and more specialized, rather than smaller shops composed of just a few partners.
- Firms like SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, GGV, and Lightspeed are leading the way with both larger and more specialized funds.
- Investment banking and private equity firms offer a potential road map for VC.
- Small partnerships became large, complex firms as the search for more capital led to a need for more corporate structure.
- More capital is becoming necessary for VC as startups increasingly seek to disrupt rather than enable.
- The VC world is also likely to become more consolidated, although this is unlikely to extend to smaller, more specialized seed and early-stage firms.
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