The View from Venture

Take a tour de force through today’s venture capital opportunity with Kate Mitchell, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners, as well as the former Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and a key shaper of the JOBS Act.

In a fascinating interview with Privcap, Mitchell recommends that the private equity industry do what the venture capital industry has been doing for years in order to maintain its positive image with the public _ tell the stories of portfolio companies and tell them “again and again and again.” Topics discussed also include why the JOBS Act will not lead to a “completely undisciplined market” but instead to a better public on-ramp for smaller companies, the effects that certain “bubblettes” are having in a post-Facebook market, why so many interesting opportunities to invest are coming from places like Provo and Indianapolis as well as Silicon Valley, and why her firm is seeing great success helping companies scale up sales and marketing efforts.