thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

Additionally, while we are in a very bullish funding market, this will eventually change (having invested through the boom and bust 1999-2003 in Silicon Valley and the run up and financial crash of 2004-2009 in NYC, I can virtually guarantee that cycles will continue).

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 19, 2018

In addition to our own funds, we are investors in a number of other early-stage VC funds as part of our Foundry Group Next strategy. “Historically, the $10 million valuation mark has been somewhat of a ceiling for seed stage startups. It has happened only one other time in my investing career – in 1999.

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Early Stage Seed Stage Valuation Finance 105

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

I talked about this in my social proof post where I gave some suggestions about how to get the early guys off of the fence. Most early-stage entrepreneurs who have worked with me (either as an angel or as a seed VC) know that I don’t rely at all on the social proof of other investors. When I’m in, I’m in.

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Finance Term Sheet Technical Review Warrant 286

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. VC’s in early rounds will argue that “participation&# is simply downside protection and if you sell for a lower price they should get more of the proceeds. This is a shame.

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Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

That’s a sizeable amount, especially in comparison to the US venture capital industry, which similarly invests over $20 billion annually. In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Morning in VC.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. A fund size of $25 – $100 million in normally an “early stage&# fund that is likely to do seed investments and/or smaller A round investments. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Venture Capital is a popular buzzword in China.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Due Diligence 44

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company).

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Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The video above shows Billie Holiday (one of my favorite singers) singing “Strange Fruit”, a song that Time manazine named, in 1999, the “song of the century” The song is a protest against racism. Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Staffing your startup?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

In 2007, when we set out to raise our first Foundry Group fund, early stage tech VC was in the shitter. No one believed that you could make any money as an early stage VC and when we went out to raise our first fund, we heard over and over again that we were on a fools errand. Venture Capital fundraising VC'

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LP Advisory Board Venture Capital Early Stage 155

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto , Market Types « “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch Closure » 21 Responses Tweets that mention Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development « Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on November 16, 2009 at 7:20 am Said: [.]

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David Teten

APRIL 16, 2012

ff Venture Capital is creating a new, spin-off business from an existing company, and we need a team to take the reins. About ff Venture Capital ( http:/ffvc.com ) : We are one of the most active early-stage investors in New York. Since 1999, our partners have made over 150 investments in over 55 companies.

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Cofounder New York Venture Capital B2C 133

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Fralic was also one of the early employees and VP of Business Development at Half.com starting in 1999, and after the eBay acquisition, spent six years with eBay in a variety of entertainment, business development, and media roles. Nikhil Kalghatgi is an early-stage Venture Capitalist at SoftBank Capital and is based in NYC.

Portfolio 122

Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. She is also an Angel Investor in early stage businesses. 6:30 Registration.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Alone in a ski cabin with the snow coming down outside, and my wife and daughters out on the slopes all day, I started collecting my thoughts by writing a series of “lessons learned” stories that I had hoped would become my memoirs.

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Redemption Silicon Valley RSS California 126

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 17, 2015

Firstly this table comparing 1999 and 2014 on key bubble-related metrics. However, Andreessen Horowitz conclude that so far the frothy late stage activity isn’t moving down the chain to smaller or earlier stage rounds, pointing out that the rise in the number of seed deals is a result of declining costs to start a company.

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IPO Early Stage Valuation Metrics 60

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

This from a man who knows from having made bigger investments that are smaller : Duncan Davidson, Managing Director of Menlo Park-based Bullpen Capital. Bullpen is one of a growing number of early-stage funds - or, perhaps more accurately, "earlier-stage," since even his is no longer the first out of the gate.

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IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Follow Chelsea on Twitter @ChelseaMcC #Policy #SmartCities #EisenhowerFellow Cindy Lo was one of the first people I met in Austin in 1999 when I came to work at Trilogy Software. Now he is a VC at Moonshots Capital , focused on investing in early stage tech companies with a special focus on backing military veterans.

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital. When you’re an early-stage startup that hasn’t raised any institutional money you end up doing almost every job function of the company yourself. Our first big round of venture capital (our A round) was a whopping $16.5 True story.)

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Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. We had many term sheets (it was 1999 and we had a pulse) and we were deciding which one to take. It was December 1999. It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. Let me start with a story.

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Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. Innofund is designed to bridge early stage technology companies that have innovative technology and good market potential but are too early for commercial funding (banks or VCs.) Seed Funding (Innofund).

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. This global reach is a new model of early stage venture, one that we believe we will see more of in the future.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

andrewchen.co

AUGUST 20, 2012

My theory is, we’re currently in a golden age for early stage startups, and the early stage market will stay hot for at least the next 3-5 years. Whether you think this is a good thing or a bad thing, IMHO the mobile wave is so huge that it has the ability to power the early stage investing marketplace for years.

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Seed Stage Early Stage Mobile Seed Money 51

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

IPO issues: Possibly the biggest problem for German venture-backed companies is the very low number of IPOs in Germany. The boom years of 1998 (79 IPOs), 1999 (175 IPOs), and 2000 (142 IPOs) are long gone. It is not uncommon for companies wanting to go public to relocate their registered office to the USA at an early stage.

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Germany Liquidation Preference Option Pool Advisory Board 165

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

This is particularly true in the early stages of a new venture when you may be a solopreneur or working with a very small team. If you’re at the stage where you’re looking for outside investment to take your business to the next level, SaaStock boasts having over 200 representatives of venture capital funds in attendance.

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Las Vegas Software Review Affiliate Cofounder 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. Innofund is designed to bridge early stage technology companies that have innovative technology and good market potential but are too early for commercial funding (banks or VCs.) Seed Funding (Innofund).

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you doubt that, take a look at the following chart I spotted on Twitter today: I’m long term bullish on technology which is why I run a venture fund. I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now.

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Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you doubt that, take a look at the following chart I spotted on Twitter today: I’m long term bullish on technology which is why I run a venture fund. I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

If you doubt that, take a look at the following chart I spotted on Twitter today: I’m long term bullish on technology which is why I run a venture fund. I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

K9 Ventures

APRIL 20, 2019

In 1998–1999, when I was running my first company, one of my investors, the late Don Jones , came by to visit us at the office. Our company was at a stage where we were recruiting, building product, and trying to find product market fit. Don was totally a people person and just an all around great person to talk to.

Technical Review 117

Technical Review San Francisco Startup Architecture 117

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And trust me, if you’re early stage you DO want to meet Bryce. He’s awesome for early-stage entrepreneurs. Meet early. So why would raising venture capital be any different.

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Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. Venture capital, the money that is invested into startup companies, is shrinking. The base of our industry is weakening.

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Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100