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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

I wrapped up the closings on a few deals I had in progress—which I’m super glad I did, because those companies are now doing terrifically well. One just got a seed term sheet for twice the valuation I put in at in the pre-seed and the other is doing $200k/month in revenue.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. I find that one of my best sources of deal flow is from lawyers. He was the first guy that I saw demystify the legal terms in his term sheet series. That’s why I love VentureHacks. And Brad Feld.

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VC Fundraising is Neither a Sprint nor a Marathon

Genuine VC

VCs are triaging their own incoming deal flow, traveling, or are booked up on their calendar for the next couple weeks. Peace of mind in that an entrepreneur shouldn’t worry early-on that a term sheet isn’t forthcoming after one conversation.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

Series Seed Term Sheet (v 2.0). Series Seed Term Sheet. You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. In reviewing these documents on the term sheet, last item, how is the term "double trigger" defined.   Series Seed COI.

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Doing Due Diligence on Potential Investors

View from Seed

If you have a strong relationship with a founder that a VC has backed, that is usually the best intro you can get to kick off conversations with the investor. Once a VC has given you a term sheet or told you that they want to invest, it’s fair game to ask VC’s to introduce you to founders they have worked that you can reference.

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How VC Fundraising Favors White Men

This is going to be BIG.

The responses I got came at a time when I've been having a lot of conversations with female founders as well about their fundraising experiences. Vetting deal flow is part of the job. I could be wrong, but there's really no way to have an objective conversation about that unless you get traction.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. Kushim manages your deal flow and track portfolio performance.