Comments on: The looming Series B funding crash http://gigaom.com/2011/07/11/series-b-funding-crash/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Yuvamani http://gigaom.com/2011/07/11/series-b-funding-crash/#comment-638514 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:03:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=374309#comment-638514 If FB ipo’s well, there will be new series B funds. Or maybe DST will raise more money and become a series B fund …

If FB ipo goes badly… Oh well, the apocalypse.

]]> By: Matt Palmer http://gigaom.com/2011/07/11/series-b-funding-crash/#comment-638464 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:13:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=374309#comment-638464 One impact that many entrepreneurs overlook is even if you are one of those lucky enough to close a Series B — you still have a high probability to lose because a) new investors refuse to pay up or b) you are forced to do an inside round because there are so few investors doing Series B’s — which in either case usually means the entrepreneur is the one diluted or wiped out.

]]> By: Gregg@MobileMerger http://gigaom.com/2011/07/11/series-b-funding-crash/#comment-638281 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:37:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=374309#comment-638281 It sounds like they are giving out too much seed funding to too many start-ups. The other issue could be that their series B funding is just too much.

]]> By: Rodolfo Rosini http://gigaom.com/2011/07/11/series-b-funding-crash/#comment-638266 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:44:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=374309#comment-638266 Plenty of Series B money in Europe and the Middle East as there is a lack of early stage money there. So “crash” is not really a crash now is it?

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