Family Offices Investing in Venture Capital

In 2000, the total market capitalization of the top five companies in the S&P 500 totaled about $1.6 trillion, with Cisco being the only technology-first enterprise on the list. In 2019, non-traditional investors participated in more than 85% of the 252 deals over $100 million. Over half of the companies on the 2009 Fortune 500 list began during a recession or bear market, and the list of companies founded during or slightly after the Global Financial Crisis includes Airbnb, Cloudera, Convene, DropBox, Flipkart, GitHub, Glassdoor and Groupon.

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