View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” What Are Your Valuation Expectations? Advice on How to Make Your First Analytics Hire “Analytics is about designing, reporting, and leveraging operating metrics to aid strategic and functional decision-making. ” (Rob Go). ” (Lee Hower).

Seed Stage 178

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 178

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. If you have one, please contact me.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Yes, there are intermittent points of feedback along the way, like valuation marks from subsequent rounds of financing. It’s been documented repeatedly that the mean/median fund (let alone an individual investor) faces subpar performance, and the true winners in the space are outsized. And that’s for the successful investors!

Venture Capital 205

Venture Capital Cap Table Partner LP 205

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

For modifications, please edit the original document here. Scanning / Document Management. Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? Mavenlink -Â manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments. Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents. model legal documents.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This post is intended to be a dynamic document, and I will attempt to update it from time to time with new questions that may arise or as financing trends evolve. Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. That’s squarely in Series A territory and you now need to have Series A metrics for that.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Startup Company Lawyer

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Due to aggregate liquidation preferences that may exceed the acquisition price in an M&A deal, common stock may be rendered worthless. This was particularly common from 2001 to 2003, after the dot-com crash when companies had raised a large amount of venture financing at high valuations. Change of Control Bonus Plans. Vesting.

Retention 31

Retention Liquidation Preference Employee Common Stock 31

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

One key to this population growth has been the remarkable ease of the Unicorn fundraising process: Pick a new valuation well above your last one, put together a presentation deck, solicit offers, and watch the hundreds of million of dollars flow into your bank account. By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40