Venture capital has funded more than half of all US public companies since 1979. Despite having an outsized public presence, VC has historically has been an opaque boutique industry run by only a few hundred venture firms heavily concentrated in Silicon Valley. In this video, I'll demystify venture capital from inside Silicon Valley, including how venture capital differs from private equity and angel investing, the various stages of venture capital across early and late stages, how venture funds make money, roles within venture firms, how venture capital has changed in the past few years, and fundamentally what VC funds need to excel at to be competitive in 2021.

0:00 Introduction
1:25 Venture Capital vs Private Equity
2:15 The Stages of Venture Capital: Early Stage and Growth
5:46 How Venture Capital Firms Make Money
7:50 What does a VC Do?
10:41 Venture Capital Roles

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