View from Seed

MARCH 12, 2015

In a typical first meeting between a VC and team of co-founders, the investor typically ends up asking more questions than the founders. Most venture firms list their portfolio on their website ( here’s ours ) and sometimes talk about their typical investment model ( ditto ). Consult the Interwebs.

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Term Sheet Cofounder SEC Portfolio 120

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. You can start by examining every aspect of the co-founder relationship. Don’t leave anything out just because you and your co-founders already talked about it.

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Cofounder Founder Preferred Stock Startup 40

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years. The capital calls are not done on a perfectly regular cadence, because sometimes a fund will need money sooner than later.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. And then later, when the fund needs money, the fund does a capital call. Typically, capital calls are done over the course of 3 years. The capital calls are not done on a perfectly regular cadence, because sometimes a fund will need money sooner than later.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48