Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. million and my A Round in 2005 was only $500,000 (and that’s all I ever raised). But the strangest thing about the decline in the seed stage only happened in the seed stage.

Venture Capital 328

Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage IPO 328

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

A fund size of $100 million – $200 million is likely to either be an A round investor or “stage agnostic&#. A round investor implies they are the “first institutional money in the deal.&# GRP Partners is stage agnostic. And know that raising new VC funds right now is incredibly hard.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. Thanks for sharing a candid view of what went on; I’ve heard Reid discuss the process in 2005 at a conference in the UK. Congrats! .

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

At the end of the day Kayak’s playing a key role in the online travel process, but it appears more of the revenue comes from filling top of the conversion funnel rather than the middle or bottom of it. round closed Feb 2005. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. Valuation caps can come into play in settings other than seed-stage convertible note financing rounds. Redpoint, led by Geoff Yang , invested $11.5

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Bryce Dot VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Our rules were pretty simple for a seed stage fund: We would try to own at least 15% of a company for an investment of $1M or less. If we couldn’t lead a round, or get to the level of ownership we’d promised, we could participate in a round IF it were being lead by a top tier fund (this was 2005).

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. When you make contact, send them a link to your AngelList profile early on in the conversation. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. You can follow Joshua on Twitter @joshuabaer.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80