This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 10, 2016

In fact, the main partner became increasingly difficult to reach, and a junior person started interacting with the company more and more. Reference calls to potential limited partners seemingly have no upside to founders. Many founders realize the hard way that reputations of many "top" VCs are little more than smoke and mirrors.

Cap Table 60

Cap Table Limited Partner LP Reputation 60

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Last week I spoke with a partner at a large VC firm whose firm has been around for a long time. The partner that I talked to told me that they are doing 30 seed investments out of their newest fund. The partner that I talked to told me that they are doing 30 seed investments out of their newest fund.

Cap Table 134

Cap Table Reputation Finance Programming 134

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

I thought it might be helpful to provide transparency on how we and many of our VC peers think about optimizing the cap table for our companies. . First, a formal definition: According to Capital Dynamics , “Co-investments are direct investments in a company made alongside and on the same terms as a lead [General Partner].

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

That’s how it feels when your hot deal from two years ago winds up running low on cash and gets into a pay-to-play round that wipes out the cap table. I’ve summarized the descriptions in the table below, but a few trends stood out to me—my favorite being that it took a lot of work and wasn’t easy. But I thought I was good!?”

Non-Compete 97

Non-Compete Cofounder Cap Table Reputation 97

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

But taken to the extreme, you would have rounds with only one lead and almost no one else on the cap table. Some funds have elaborate platforms or staff to support founders at this stage, but I’ve actually found that the most valuable asset for founders is the time, energy, and capabilities of their lead partner.

Syndicate 267

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect. The fund managers, who are called"general partners," get about 2% of the fund annually as a managementfee, plus about 20% of the funds gains. Dont be misled by thisoptimism.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. Your customers and your investors like partners? A lot of people are literally doing if for their brand reputation but they didn't. So then what?

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. You can no longer simply look at the cap table and estimate your return. LIMITED PARTNERS (LPS).

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

And entrepreneurs are working hard to make sure they have as many VC names and famous angels on their cap table for signaling value. That’s what they’ll be saying to other VCs or their partners as your company is flaming out. As a result they end up taking money from many firms all at once. If you had taken $1.3m

Strategic Investors 312

Strategic Investors Los Angeles Cap Table Startup 312