Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

Competitors can become strategic investors or merger candidates. Good strategic partnerships often lead to strategic investments, or great acquisition relationships. This approach has been used for years, and implies very little risk, but many startups are still “too busy” to pursuing possible partners.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The acquisition probably means more to you than it does to the other party, so you will be negotiating from a place of relative weakness. Most companies aren’t that acquisitive, and a company’s reputation as a buyer is nowhere near as important to a normal company as it is to a venture investor.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

A corporate investor can provide diversity on the Board as someone who thinks differently from independent VCs. Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Some corporate funds lead rounds and take board seats, others don’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. This is often in the 5-7% range.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 24, 2016

The Bay Area is home to smart and strategic investors that contribute far more than just dollars. In addition, with giants like Intel, Google, Apple, Facebook in their backyard, Bay Area startups are more visible for acquisition. Great value-add capital. Great exits. Success stories increase everyone’s drive and expectations.

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Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

In addition to the increasing popularity of mobile apps and enterprises deploying mobile apps as a result, M&A activity has helped to make investors bullish in the sector. Notable recent exits that have caught the interest from strategic investors include: Facebook’s $85M acquisition of Parse; and.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Investors: Allen Morgan of Mayfield Fund, ff Asset Management, Bobby Yazdani, Nova Spivack of Lucid Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, Paige Craig, Tom McInerney, Michael Yavonditte of Quigo Technologies, Ofer Ronan. Segment Four, “VC Discussion – How Should Entrepreneurs Think about ‘Strategic’ Investors?”. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures. FTC is considering an investigation into Apple’s anti-competitive practices.

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www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

This is usually done when the company is acquired — if the acquisition price per share of Series A is greater than $0.50, the VC will receive the spread between $0.50 and the acquisition price. Why else might this be useful? Thanks Randy, glad you found it of value.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Apple has never bought non-software companies, so this deal would be a first for CEO Tim Cook in many ways: first hardware acquisition for Apple, first acquisition in Israel and first M&A deal for the new Apple leader. However, perhaps this acquisition was prompted while Jobs was Apple’s legendary CEO.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

In addition to Intel Capital, investors include Pitango Venture Capital , Battery Ventures , and strategic investors. Israeli startup Acquisitions. Semiconductor giant Broadcom made its seventh acquisition in Israel a few days ago, acquiring image processing company Sightic Vista. source: Mythings PR].

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