recently rated:

Rated by 6

2.3 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4

2.5

Merus

 

$$$$$ US West

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Rated by 14

4.6 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.8

4.4

New Atlantic Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Reston, US East

Rated by 31

3.4 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.8

3.9

True Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 21

3.7 3.6 4.0 3.9 3.7

3.8

FLOODGATE

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 39

3.8 4.1 3.3 3.6 4.1

3.8

RRE Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 30

3.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0

3.8

Leapfrog Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 54

3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.9

3.7

First Round Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 98

4.7 3.8 3.7 3.0 3.6

3.7

Sequoia Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 4.0

3.7

Altos Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 19

3.8 3.9 4.0 2.9 4.0

3.7

406 Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Boston, US East

Rated by 16

3.6 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.5

3.6

August Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 15

3.7 3.2 3.8 3.5 3.6

3.6

Aberdare Ventures

 

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 11

3.6 3.8 3.0 3.2 3.7

3.5

Mangrove Capital Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Luxembourg, Europe

Rated by 57

3.7 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.8

3.5

Trinity Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 11

3.9 3.7 3.4 3.0 3.4

3.5

GRP Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Los Angeles, US West

Rated by 13

3.8 3.7 3.6 2.9 3.6

3.5

Meritage Funds

Certified

$$$$$ Denver, US West

Rated by 12

3.0 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.4

3.4

Fidelity Growth Partners Europe

Certified

$$$$$ Boston, US East

Rated by 13

3.2 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.8

3.4

Blumberg Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 32

3.4 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.5

3.4

InterWest Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 44

3.5 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.3

3.3

Mayfield Fund

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 25

3.1 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.4

3.3

Opus Capital

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 15

3.9 3.6 2.8 2.9 3.5

3.3

Versant Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 33

2.9 3.2 3.6 3.4 3.5

3.3

Shasta Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 42

3.5 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.7

3.3

Bessemer Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Larchmont, US East

Rated by 50

3.7 3.2 2.9 3.4 3.3

3.3

New Enterprise Associates

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 25

4.0 3.5 2.7 2.7 3.3

3.2

Index Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Geneva, Europe

Rated by 10

2.7 3.4 3.2 2.7 4.1

3.2

DN Capital

 

$$$$$ London, Europe

Rated by 38

2.9 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.4

3.2

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 28

3.7 3.3 2.9 3.2 2.9

3.2

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 25

3.4 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.1

3.2

Sigma Partners

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 21

3.3 3.3 3.5 2.6 3.2

3.2

Emergence Capital Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Mateo, US West

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I'm fundraising right now and it is absolutely brutal. I want to to tell all entrepreneurs, "Fight through this. You can raise capital." But that isn't true. You may not be able to raise capital until 2010 no matter how good your product or company is. It is not a reflection of you, just the external factors that are largely out of your control.

Survive until 2010 and position your company to take off as the next economic cycle does. These things always come back. While it is bad now, it will eventually get better. The Wall Street guys will get tired of losing money and companies will start hiring again.

I hope I am wrong. (Boy, do I hope I'm wrong.) Maybe Obama will follow through on his plan to eliminate capital gains tax on investments to startups. That would help us immensely. But I have heard nothing about that since it was mentioned during the campaign.