Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Goldman Sachs and CB Insights recently reported that startups have raised over $1 billion in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this summer — more than the total amount of venture capital raised during the same period. Need for growth capital. A company that can successfully raise money in an ICO may never need venture capital again.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2016

” When I go back a decade, we were just making the decision not to raise another Mobius Venture Capital fund. Venture Capital and entrepreneurship was dramatically out of favor. Early stage and seed capital was extremely difficult to find. My partners and I hadn’t yet created Foundry Group.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital Seed Capital Early Stage Partner 70

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation.

PR 319

PR Venture Capital Hiring Seed Capital 319

Up and Running

MAY 2, 2014

I learned this lesson when I raised the first round of seed capital for my startup PopInShop , an online platform that connects brands and boutiques to facilitate short-term, cross-promotional shopping events. Venture Capital and Angel Investors' We didn’t want to be rude, so we followed up. So what’s the takeaway?

Angel Investor 146

Angel Investor Seed Capital Venture Capital Early Stage 146

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

“I’ve had a few conversations recently about how individual seed investors are getting kind of tapped out – for a variety of reasons, but in general it’s not that easy to find people who are still actively investing. There is also a huge amount of seed capital available from seed funds.

Angel Investor 70

Angel Investor Seed Capital Valuation Demand 70

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. A few years ago “venture capital” was a revenue model. Instead of a handshake and “so what do you do” the conversation evolves over time and each person's unique strengths come through.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Startup SEO 150

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. Seedups Hi Jeremy.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

We are happy to speak with you at any revenue level, but somewhere in the $150k-range is when founders may start to look for seed capital. Traditionally, venture capital has consisted of unicorn-hunting. On that note, there is another fund with a similar mission to TinySeed’s, but it’s later stage: Indie.vc.

Early Stage 46

Early Stage Valuation Seed Capital Revenue 46

Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2011

In case it isn’t clear by now, angel investors aren’t in the business of making risky early stage investments in order to earn 6% interest on their money, or even 10%— the upside is all in conversion to equity—so the interest rate isn’t a major point of negotiation. These deal terms are simple but significant.

Finance 79

Finance Preferred Stock Term Sheet Early Stage 79

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. has demonstrated both high user engagement and better than average conversion rates of 1%-3.5% (versus 0.05% for traditional display advertising) for February 2010.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285