View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”. The question then becomes whether these lead investors remain impactful after the deal closes or shifts into a mode of monitoring progress and hunting for the next deal. .
Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
Encyclopedic knowledge of term sheets and startup buzzwords can be quickly learned, trained, and packaged. The best entrepreneurs have been coached to run a tight process, to shop their term sheets to a myriad of VCs, all of whom have great reputations and large networks.
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OnlyOnce
OCTOBER 31, 2013
Here are a few tips for ending up with the best long-term partner as an investor. Look for VC portfolios that have a lot of “like” companies (B2B, B2C, media, tech, etc.). And this is true of any negotiation, not just a term sheet. This is probably the most important piece of advice I can offer.
The Startup Toolkit
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
You’re facing two term sheets and have boiled them down to the most relevant facts, listed below. Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? Which do you choose? Roughly 33% dilution for full round ($2mm pre-money).
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
We’re currently evaluating about 20 companies a month and issuing term sheets to 25% of them; those that fit our investment criteria. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. We developed Scaleworks venture finance loans to fill a need we saw for our own B2B SaaS companies.
Rob Go
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”. The question then becomes whether these lead investors remain impactful after the deal closes or shifts into a mode of monitoring progress and hunting for the next deal. .
The Startup Toolkit
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
You’re facing two term sheets and have boiled them down to the most relevant facts, listed below. Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? Which do you choose? Roughly 33% dilution for full round ($2mm pre-money).
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