techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. The cost of money is steep, and only works in certain verticals, of which software is NOT one. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. just my opinion.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. Yes, the infrastructure is cheap (to start), but the human costs have gone up dramatically. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. Q: Does a Pre-Seed require founders to give up more equity in the company? Q: Is Pre-Seed a Thing?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

If you don’t want to read that post, the summary is: Open source computing drove computing costs down 90%, which spurred innovation in technology. Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. This led to an explosion in startups. Will public investments come next?

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296