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What's a VC to Do?



        Forbes.com



        What's a VC to Do?
        Shelley Pannill, Forbes ASAP, 09.10.01

        Someone's always looking for a bargain.

        As thousands of new economy startups crashed and burned this past year, speculation mounted that the venture capitalists they once enriched were now cautiously sitting on pots of gold and playing golf. But the VCs we talked to say it's only the limited partners, the investors behind the venture funds, who get to perfect their putts.

        So what are these high-powered moneylenders up to now?

        Damage control. VCs, like the rest of us, have lost a lot of money lately. Some 25% are expected to go out of business over the next several years. "Sometimes your widget doesn't widge," says Alan Salzman, founding partner at VantagePoint Venture Partners. He should know. His firm recently faced the grim task of writing severance checks after one bankrupt portfolio company's management team had squandered its money. Then there's the job of smoothing things out at companies that survived but were merged, downsized, or acquired. Says Philip Gianos of InterWest Partners: "I'm acting like a marriage counselor, which is a full-time job right now."

        Scouring the ocean floor. Last year, says one observer, "You felt lucky to be able to invest in a new technology startup." This year, VCs get to play God, waiting to invest until impoverished companies are desperate for cash. "I've been out bargain shopping," says Heidi Roizen of Softbank Venture Partners, sipping chardonnay on a rolling lawn at the Atherton, California, home of a fellow VC. "I can't believe these valuations!"

        Revisiting old friendships. Last year's "shootouts" for deals have subsided. VCs are again finding synergies with competitors. "The tourists are gone," says Accel Partners über investor Jim Breyer, alluding to the rush of cash-happy hobbyists--both individuals and companies--combing the landscape for gold in recent years.

        Business as usual. Sort of. VCs are doing what they do best: investing in startups, although the pace has slowed. According to research firm Venture Economics, VC investments have fallen by nearly two-thirds, from $27.2 billion in Q2 last year to $10.6 billion in Q2 this year. Still, they're actually spending more this year in some sectors, such as wireless, biotechnology, fiber optics, and data storage. E-commerce, of course, was the big loser, with VC investing sinking from $210 million in the first quarter of last year to $3.3 million by the fourth quarter.

        But venture capitalists had better keep investing, warns Steve Lisson, who runs the popular InsiderVC.com. According to data tracker VentureOne, 27 venture capital firms have completed raising funds of more than $1 billion each since the start of the dot-com doldrums in spring 2000. Says Lisson: "They've got to use it or lose it."



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