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Loverro: IVP saw two potential down rounds in a single week
“We're seeing, I would call it a trickle, but like a noticeable uptick from Q-four in deal flow, and we saw two potential down rounds this week.”
Loverro: IVP announced multiple 2022 deals at 10-15x forward ARR
“We've, we announced multiple deals last year in 2022, where they were priced at something like 10 to 15 times forward ARR.”
Loverro: IVP took a disproportionate amount of liquidity in 2021
“We did feel a little bit like that in 21, and so we took a disproportionate amount of liquidity in 21.”
Loverro: RRE Ventures executed a rare successful bridge round for Venmo
“At RRE, there was a bridge round we did for what is now a very famous fintech company that got the company to a sale. Ironically, though, in retrospect, that was just a good company. And they should have just raised more money and kept calling. That company wa…”
Loverro: Passing on Fivetran cost hundreds of millions in missed gains
“Biggest mistakes in investing are not doing the things that make you a lot of money, because the opportunity cost there so far outweighs anything else. So I feel like my biggest mistake in the last couple years was not investing in an entrepreneur named George…”