Top Tier Holiday Shopping Guide 2022
If you are like all of us at Top Tier, you are trying to figure out where the year went. Hopefully, our annual holiday blog helps make your end-of-year shopping a bit easier.
Category: Blog
Update to IPO Blog: Median Returns for Venture-Backed Tech IPOs Still 1.6x Higher Than Quarter Prior to IPO
In mid-December we wrote about the performance of IPOs when uncertainty in the markets started to cause a buzz in the press. At that time, we wrote that “the bulk of the returns were made in private market investing vs the early years post IPO.” We still firmly believe this, but are updating some of the…
Valuations Double at IPO for Venture-Backed Tech Companies
Reading the press these days could make one feel like the IPO window is closed and companies are struggling after they go public. Top Tier Capital Partners has long believed that early stage private market investing is where the real money is made. Over the last few years, however, we’ve invested more in the later…
Top Tier Holiday Shopping Guide 2021
With the holidays right around the corner, we here at TTCP thought we would try and take some of the stress out of your holiday shopping. Whether the recipient works in venture, tech, or just likes getting presents, any gift from this list is sure to please. We spent the whole year with our ears…
Top Tier Capital Partners Surpasses Target With Nearly €260 Million Raised for Dedicated European Venture Capital Fund of Funds
SAN FRANCISCO and LUXEMBOURG —May 13, 2021—Top Tier Capital Partners (TTCP) announced it has closed on nearly €260 million (approximately USD 310 million) in new capital commitments for a dedicated European investment fund, exceeding its target of €250 million. This builds on the nearly $1.2 billion raised for Top Tier Venture Capital IX, Top Tier…
US Venture: Year in Review
2020 will go down as a memorable year for venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and the limited partners who support the asset class. The beginning of the year was marked by uncertainty and hardship brought on by the pandemic, but VC activity roared back to life in the second half as the world adjusted to working remotely. It will be a few months before audited financials come out, but it is our expectation that many VCs had record years for liquidity and value accretion across their portfolios.
Defining Today’s Opportunities Funds
Top Tier has observed a growing number of funds titled as “Opportunities” Funds in the ecosystem, which can mean many different things. We are continually having to define these fund names internally so we have accurate context, and thought it would be helpful to share our naming conventions which are based on the underlying investment strategy.
Top Tier Holiday Shopping Guide 2020
Welcome to the 2020 Top Tier Holiday Shopping Guide! We have organized a shopping list from the latest consumer start-ups within the Top Tier portfolio. It has become essential this year for consumer start-ups to offer online products or services and we hope you will all be able to find a technology-driven gift from one…
Two and Twenty: What’s ‘Market’ for Venture Funds These Days?
One of the most frequently asked questions from our venture managers is “What is market?” Whether market refers to terms like management fees and carry, compensation for employees, number of companies per fund, or the size of LPs, the term that is hardest to find data on is economics.
Private IPOs are Here to Stay (For Now)
The topic of Private IPOs is getting a lot of interest and is something we have examined before. We previously wrote about the rise of unicorn (private $1B+) valuations and the impact of mega rounds on exit dynamics within private markets. We have spent the last 18 months thinking about what a new normal might look like as companies choose to remain private for longer. A Private IPO is defined as a financing round of $100M or more. While we do not have a crystal ball, we think that the Private IPO is here to stay (for now).