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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

One of the things I pointed out in my prior post was that even though the 2007 vintage was 10 years old, the vast majority of the value was still unrealized. If we compare the 2007 vintage data today vs. what we looked at 2 years ago, it gives us a sense of how much liquidity that vintage has enjoyed in the last couple years.

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What’s a Fair 409A Discount?

VC Adventure

Back in the olden days of venture capital, company boards had wide discretion in pricing company options. These reports are generally quite lengthy and not always particularly comprehensible to non-finance professionals. Quick note: I’m not your lawyer. I’m not giving legal advice in this post. I was wrong.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. It’s true that it’s cheaper to start companies now and cheaper to get distribution. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. I avoided much of this.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. But in 2007, after Jumpstarts success, he decided to get serious. Start-up | Mondays. Franchises.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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A Guide to Funding a Business in the U.K.

Up and Running

The good news is that there are more routes to financing available to businesses of all sizes in the U.K. It’s no secret that access to mainstream credit and lending facilities has dried up significantly since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007. than ever before. The funding landscape. Traditional channels. Business grants.

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Kernel column: Falling costs enable regional startup hubs

The Equity Kicker

As we all know, the last ten years has seen a near-total collapse of the innovation cost curve, thanks to the perfect storm of open-source, cloud infrastructure, and “free” global distribution via search, social and app stores. Sometimes the companies simply struggle and grow as best they can with inadequate financing.