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What every entrepreneur should know about financing right now

Version One Ventures

We have all heard about the Series A crunch in the Valley (there might actually be up to 2000 companies in the Series A pipeline right now), and perhaps there’s a Series B crunch now too. First, there will be a consolidation in the accelerator space, with the net effect of reducing the number of available spaces for start-ups.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

The net effect for [my company] for example is we are now doing reasonably well. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die. I took money with a 3x participating preferred liquidation preference with 8% compounded interest annually. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company.

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