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The VC Walking Dead
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Then I made the mistake of mentioning this document to peHUB Wire readers, who began regularly asking me to publish it. This posed some big journalistic dilemmas, because the list was mostly based on hearsay and intuition. Great for my desktop — bad for the Web. Last week, however, I began the process of verifying the zombie-hood of the aforementioned firms. What I came up with were 14 shops that could legitimately be dumped into the Walking Dead bucket. That only represents around one-third of the firms on my personal list, but it’s better to be safe than sorry when it comes to things like this. If you’ve got an additional firm to nominate — and can provide some specific details — my inbox is always open and confidential. And yes, I do expect this to just be Part I of an ongoing series. So, without further ado, here you go… |
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March 19th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
I was surprised you had only a dozen walking dead. There are probably hundreds…start with the SBIC list. But first, how about the already clearly dead? No new funds, no office, etc.
Crosspoint (Silicon Valley)
Smart Technology Ventures (Los Angeles)
Hamilton Apex Ventures (San Diego)
Idanta Partners (San Diego)
March 19th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
[...] TheFunded with legal action, and failing to make new investments. (That final category draws from the list that PEHub’s Daniel Primack has put together of “the walking dead,” namely firms [...]
March 20th, 2009 at 8:05 am
[...] The last list is made up from PEHub’s slideshow of “The VC Walking Dead.” [...]
March 20th, 2009 at 10:04 am
What about the PE firm walking dead?
Flash animation still works at Sandell Asset Management/Castlerigg Investments, but ain’t nobody home.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:37 am
[...] The VC Walking Dead [...]
March 20th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
[...] about kicking VCs when they’re down. [...]
March 20th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
This series is both unprofessional and mean-spritied. Why wouldyou revel in someone else’s failure? Couldn’t you have simply reported this as news without the zombies and potshots?
March 20th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Dan, why not use a directory that lists, linked of course, all zombie names. Its a pain to go through each one sequentially. really slow
March 21st, 2009 at 1:01 am
[...] peHUB » The VC Walking Dead - [...]
March 26th, 2009 at 10:14 am
[...] in the past six months but it is clear that SaaS entrepreneurs need to be on the look out for Zombie VC’s, who are still operating but are no longer making investments. These walking dead have their [...]
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:54 pm
[...] couple weeks ago, Dan Primack of PE Hub blogged a list of venture capital firms he termed the “VC Walking Dead” — firms that by all indication appear to still be in business but lack the cash to bring new [...]
April 10th, 2009 at 4:26 am
[...] couple weeks ago, Dan Primack of PE Hub blogged a list of venture capital firms he termed the “VC Walking Dead” — firms that by all indication appear to still be in business but lack the cash to bring new [...]