Hippoland

JANUARY 4, 2017

Here’s a quick primer on how investments tend to work in startup companies at the seed stage. So, in the aggregate, it is possible that you may be required to pay as much as $30k-$50k to get an equity round done. So, startups started raising seed rounds — rounds that took place before a series A.

Convertible Security 48

Convertible Security Equity Security Silicon Valley 48

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

Lots of people more forward-thinking than me have rightly said that data is a powerful asset and aggregating, mining, and making it useful will be a core element of many businesses currently being built. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. After all there are various ways to monetize data assets.

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Right now, the only company who’s really innovating is Dwolla, which is starting from the payment layer by aggregating funding sources and will eventually try to position itself as a platform (starting by offering real time cash transfers for free to banks). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. aggregation. Silicon Roundabout. silicon valley.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53