How Venture Capital Works PT1

SVB Financial Group recently hosted a panel discussion titled How Venture Capital Works. The panelists discussed the relationships, decisions, and economics that drive venture capital. The panel included participants representing the three key roles in VC industry dynamics:
Bryan Roberts, Ph.D. -- Partner with Venrock, a leading venture capital firm

Judith Elsea -- Co-Founder and Managing Director of Weathergage Capital, a fund-of-funds and limited partner in venture capital investing

John Mendlein, Ph.D. -- Chairman of Fate Therapeutics, an emerging company backed by venture funding.

Michael Hanewich moderator and Head of Silicon Valley Banks Life Sciences East practice.

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[moemes]

Brian (the middle guy) kinda looks like Giovanni Ribisi. ANd it's nice to heare about the POV of the party's themselves.

@californiaspinnaker: you saying it yourself. It's the job of those (Venture )Capital investors to assess the potential of the startup. Losing the seed is for their own risk. However, thats where the business lawyer can come in to negotiate creatively to reduce risk.

[swankrecords]

those are large glasses of vodka

[californiaspinnaker]

ATTENTION !!!

98% of Venture Capital money invested is Lost and many start up companies

find sucker investors to pay off homes of start up company scammers !!

Bryan Schreier

[cheesynounou]

@donmeswimee

[donmeswimee]

Very informative!

[dbess72]

Hello,

Do your company participate in franchising investments?

[GammaSouljah]

@TheViperAndTheFox

Thats not true, there are loads of them sipping pina colada's on the Beach!!!

[downtownLAking]

ive learned so much about VC just from watching this video......awesome totally awsome.........by the way the lady is a doll

[jackz4555]

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[Jackdave72]

I watched all 6 parts, very informative, concise and loads of information. Thank you Michael Hanewich, John Mendlein, Bryan Roberts and Judith Elsea for giving us your valuable time and knowledge.