WLG 2020 Fall eConference: Venture Capital: Global State of the Market
Moderator & Panelists
Moderator: Allan Goodman, Goodmans LLP - Ontario, Canada
Panelists: Luke Zhang, Zhong Lun - China Yair Geva, Herzog Fox & Neeman - Israel Thomas Kahl, Taylor Wessing - Germany Matt Stamski, Faegre Drinker - United States
Key Takeaways
There is a lot of money in the market that is finding its way to promising startups.
As a consequence of the pandemic, a lot of VC investors do not shy away from taking over majority share in startups.
There has been more of a shift to later-stage deals and a drop in early-stage deals as a result of COVID-19.
FinTech, telemedicine, online retail, edtech, biotech and anything related to cyber are all hot areas for VC investment.
There is a robust IPO market in the US and China, as non-traditional players are buying up shares in late-stage startups and forcing them to go public.
