What do venture capital stats mean for NC? 3 investors speak up
What’s the story beyond the rosy North Carolina venture capital numbers for the first six months of 2018? Three investors speak out.
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What do venture capital statistics tell us about NC’s entrepreneurial sector? Investors, execs speak up
What do the latest venture capital statistics tell us about the status of the state’s startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem? Was 2017 good or bad? What about 2018? WRAL TechWire finds a variety of differing views from some of the state’s top entrepreneurs and investors. Also, a consensus on some issues. Amy Huffman reports.
Read MoreKey Insights From Southeast, National Investors at BCVP’s Annual Venture Outlook
Considering a slow-down in venture funding last year, a political environment with many unknowns and yet, the Dow Jones at a record high, it was hard to know what to expect from yesterday’s annual venture outlook by Durham venture capital firm Bull City Venture Partners. I can best sum it up as a mixed bag. Investors on a pair of panels seemed expectant that M&A activity will accelerate in 2017, IPOs may happen in greater frequency and early stage and series A capital will still be plentiful for companies with the best teams and product market fit. And yet, companies...
Read MoreKey Insights From Southeast, National Investors at BCVP’s Annual Venture Outlook
Considering a slow-down in venture funding last year, a political environment with many unknowns and yet, the Dow Jones at a record high, it was hard to know what to expect from yesterday’s annual venture outlook by Durham venture capital firm Bull City Venture Partners. I can best sum it...
Read MoreVenture Capital and Regulations Impact Future of Telehealth Companies
This is the third in a series exploring the telehealth sector and the Triangle-based companies behind its rise as a complement to traditional healthcare delivery. Check out previous articles and videos here. On the surface, telehealth startups are just like any other startup. They seek to disrupt an industry using new technologies. They compete for the same capital, talent and visibility. And they seek financial sustainability and profitability so they can add jobs and create value in the world. They also face the same barriers to scalability—funding (or the lack there-of), capacity and market demand. But unlike other startups,...
Read MoreTelehealth: Delivering on Long-Promised Solutions to the Healthcare System’s Inherent Pain-Points
This is the first in a series exploring the telehealth sector and the Triangle-based companies behind its rise as a complement to traditional healthcare delivery. Before my son reached his second birthday, we visited his pediatrician’s office at least 40 times. Some of those visits were scheduled, monthly or bi-monthly check-ups. But most were unscheduled—ear infections, common colds, and more ear infections left me scrambling to get to the doctor’s walk-in hours at least once a month. The inconvenience of visiting the pediatrician is always worth it—if it turns out my son actually is sick. When he’s not? Well,...
Read MoreHow to Get a Piece of BCVP’s $26M Fund
And it’s proof that this region—and other second and third-tier cities across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast—have businesses worthy of investors’ time and dollars. “One of the greatest return potentials in the venture marketplace is the small end of the market. We think we can generate outsized returns for our investors by investing in these smaller U.S. venture funds,” BCVP investor Roland Reynolds told me last week. He’s a managing director at Industry Ventures, a Silicon Valley firm with $1.75 billion under management and a fund of funds now invested in the most recent two of the men’s funds. What...
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