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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. VIII: The Leading Flexible VCs, With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing. Versatile has built out a suite of no-cost portfolio acceleration services to help its companies succeed. Details here.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

I’ve been looking for suggestions for an initial deal structure that is appropriate for the theoretical case of a trusted dev shop putting in $100k in market-value of services over a 6 month period in time. I recently joined CoVenture , an early-stage venture capital firm that develops products and invests cash in exchange for equity.

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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

They’ll therefore systematically seek to invest in startups at the lowest cost-basis possible. As a funding conversation progresses from initial to subsequent meetings, the topics of round structure and pricing become much more natural. Building a startup and currently in the seed stage?

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Ultimately, finding a low-cost, repeatable way to show customers how to be successful with your solution is as important as the solution itself. You put into words what we were thinking for our cost of client. Michael Kassing. Let me just say "Thanks". You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts.