VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Pre-seed rounds accounted for 14% of all seed stage deals in 2023, up from just 5% in 2020 according to Pitchbook data and I predict it will be even higher in 2024. I genuinely believe that the next 24-36 months will be a great vintage to invest in early stage.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. VII: Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability. These investors are paid back primarily based on a percentage of revenues.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

And EVEN if you ARE an experienced entrepreneur, all but just a few VCs still want to see customer validation, business model validation and traction, before they will invest. You can get cash without diluting your ownership in the company. Next comes the topic of angels. In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Transformify

JULY 23, 2018

To boost innovation and SME sector growth, the EU Commission has launched the SME Instrument of the Horizon 2020 program – the largest non-dilutive fund in the world. EUR 3 billion are available to fund a maximum of 7,500 startups by 2020! Why non-dilutive? What is your current stage of development?

Intellectual Property 66

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Dilution Startup 66

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. And today, we have a group of early adopter premium members who are making good use of the program.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116