NEW YORK -- Predictions from Venture Capitalists
“2013 should see a sustained good IPO environment rather than the starts and stops of recent years. All the ingredients
are in place.”
- J. Sanford (Sandy) Miller, Institutional Venture Partners
“Ed-Tech, Cybersecurity and the business of health care will be trending VC investment areas in 2013.”
- John Backus, New Atlantic Ventures
“'Mobile first' becomes prevalent developer strategy for business and consumer apps as tablets replace
PC/TV as the first screen.”
- Scale Venture Partners
“The B2B tech private company valuation bubble will grow and then pop in October.”
- Scott Maxwell, OpenView Venture Partners
“Broader economy and public markets will negatively surprise, which is never good for venture.”
- Chris Meldrum, Gold Pine Ventures
“Severe contraction in incubators and ‘accelerators’."
- David Titus, Windward Ventures
“Strong decline of large cleantech funds. Diversified funds pull out of cleantech.”
- Robert Fenwick-Smith, Aravaipa Ventures
“Fewer firms with more money.”
- Scott Albert, The Aurora Funds
“I believe some focus will shift to the venture capital since it is more likely to create real value.”
- Sebastian Lethansen, Commonwealth Holding
“The # of VC funds will continue to decline, and there will be fewer but better quality startups being backed.”
- Todd Jaquez-Fissori, Hercules Growth Capital
“IPOs will increase by 50% from 2012.”
- William Quigley, Clearstone Venture Partners
National Venture Capital Association
