For the past dozen years, Top Tier Capital Partners has believed that using data wisely can potentially help us to “see around corners”. Venture capital is an industry enshrouded in secrecy, making it difficult to determine what is happening in the world of private companies. The intersection between this part of the market and the…
There are right ways and wrong ways to handle generational transitions at venture capital firms. This concept is most often associated with family businesses, which inevitably are required to pass the leadership reigns if they expect to maintain family control through time. If done correctly at a VC firm, the plan will enable a smooth…
Top Tier Capital Partners (“TTCP”) has been evaluating the venture capital industry for twenty years. As we analyze the market across various regions, we look at three metrics in particular – innovation, capital and liquidity. A balance of these three metrics often leads to attractive market conditions. Too much or too little of any one…
2018 ended up being a distinctive year for venture capital, just about any way you look at it. Despite a decreasing deal count, the industry managed to reach recent highs in invested capital, total value of funds raised and exit value. Outside the borders of the U.S., global funding was pushed to its highest level…
What is Frontier Technology? Some call it frontier technology or “frontier tech” and others use terms such as disruptive, emerging or bleeding-edge technologies. Frontier tech is neither a sector nor a vertical, but rather a broad collection of the newest disruptive technologies sharing the common characteristic of being very early in their market-adoption cycle. Frontier…
It’s that time of the year again! Time to start holiday shopping, and this year we have many gifts perfect for all of your friends and families. We have collected a list of our top products of the year from our portfolio companies to help you pick out the latest technology-driven gifts. Please see below…
Introduction The Top Tier team is excited to continue to increase presence in Europe by opening an office in London! After evaluating the global VC landscape in preparation for our last venture fund of funds in 2017, our team uncovered some interesting facts amongst our portfolios. We found that our portfolio companies in Europe and…
One of the trends we’ve been tracking here at Top Tier is what we like to call the rise of the “Private Company IPO”. The Private Company IPO reflects the upsurge of rapidly growing “unicorn” companies with $1B+ private valuations raising increasingly large growth rounds. These rounds play a dual role: providing working capital to…
PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association recently released their half-year venture capital market trends report – the 2Q 2018 Pitchbook-NVCA Venture Monitor. In the report the two groups use their collective databases to break down industry statistics ranging from fundraising to valuations.
The healthcare venture capital market continues to be an exciting area of focus for Top Tier. Being located in the heart of San Francisco, we’re lucky that we are able to enjoy the heavy saturation of healthcare investors. In this blog we’ll outline some of the trends that we saw earlier this year at the…