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Venture Capital - Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Moritz Says Consumer Tech Blows

Richard McManus scratches his head over quotes in Forbes from Sequoia Capital VC Michael Moritz saying he isn't interested in consumer technology: "I suspect Moritz is being disingenuous with his statement that consumer tech is played out."McManus points to other VCs, including DCM - Doll, who remain interested in consumer tech as evidence that consumer tech investment will not dry out.
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We think Moritz would look at the big investment in Sling Media announced today and wonder what are Sling's VCs doing?

Sling has been a fabled success but still there are a couple of dozen global conglomerates that will substain on-slaughts on Sling for decades if it makes it that long. These guys are going to do to Sling what they did to Tivo - copy its features then under-price it. Tivo has been a tremendous success as consumer tech startups go, but every day is a battle royale for survival there. Given so many green-field sectors that VCs can invest in, consumer tech ventures do seem like a blood bath.

Read - Consumer Tech Played Out (Read-Write)

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