article thumbnail

Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. So they will have allocations to US public equities, international public equities, emerging market public equities, real estate, mining, minerals and so forth.

Las Vegas 396
article thumbnail

This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT).

Partner 240
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Increasingly, people who were only available as full-time, equity-position founders or [.]

article thumbnail

Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

While private equity has a history in the U.S. that dates back over a century , the “boom or bust” period of the 1980s to early 1990s is considered the period that marks the rise in private equity and venture capital funding as we know it today. Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake, via the Los Angeles Times.

article thumbnail

Magento Keeps Going from Strength to Strength

VC Cafe

million in an equity deal to an undisclosed investor. According to TechCrunch , it may very well be Paypal, who has been collaborating with Magento on product development since 2008. Varien was founded in 2001 by CEO Roy Rubin and is based in Los Angeles. million in an equity deal to an undisclosed investor.

article thumbnail

Shark Tank 2012 Holiday Episode Breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The most interesting company to present was The Coop , a modern, design-focused, indoor-outdoor children’s playspace in Los Angeles. As O’Leary said, this isn’t an equity investment. The company has grown from about 100 trees rented in 2008 to 1,300 trees rented in 2011, charging $100-200 each.

Covenant 156
article thumbnail

Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term. (The