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CMO CTO COO Equity and Compensation

SoCal CTO

I was just asked about a particular startup situation (seed stage, CMO hire, non-founder) and particularly what compensation and equity is appropriate. Seed Stage Compensation What are typical compensation numbers? Quick & Dirty How-To: Employee Stock Option Allocations

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Seed-Stage Startups: Beware the “Stickiness Squeeze”

View from Seed

Many will say “it’s going to be another 2009 vintage!” In 2009, according to some old Payscale data I dug up, that number was $90,000. Paying current rates is a lot easier to do on a $3 million seed round. It’s very different with a $1 million seed round. In 2009, it was $37 in FiDi and below $30 for all of SF.

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Trends in Seed Stage Funding for Entrepreneurs

Gust

I’ve recently taken a look at seed stage funding by venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors over the past five years. For VCs, I chose to look at all seed stage VC deals (from MoneyTree©) as well as those in five of the most active regions in the country. All Seed-VC. million in seed stage deals in 2010.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. On the surface the narratives have been. more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

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Announcing K9 Ventures, L.P. – a seed stage fund

K9 Ventures

– a seed-stage fund. is a $6.25M fund that is designed to do concept and seed-stage investments in technology companies. The first closing for the fund was held in Q2 2009. K9 began investing in 2009 and is honored to have the following five companies in its portfolio: CrowdFlower (Seed and Series A).

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners.

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How valuations are really determined at the seed stage?

Hippoland

Valuation is a nebulous topic amongst early stage startups, so I thought I’d really spell it out in detail. In short: Valuations for seed stage companies are fairly arbitrary and driven solely by supply and demand. 2008-2009 was a terrible time to raise money. Supply - amount of your round and Demand - investor demand.