Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. Some quick highlights include: The Role of a Seed Stage VC.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.”

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Jussi Laakkonen , CEO & founder of Applifie, summarized it well: We recently raised our seed round at Applifier and it was led by a silicon valley seed fund MHS Capital, whose general partner is Mark Sugarman. And what do the investors think? You are then “certified&# for local capital raising and will get over hump.

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Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

It’s quite simple, which is when you had systems where you had limitations on distribution or transportation of products, it enabled you to operate with a certain cost structure. That cost structure for traditional industry, for historic reason, remains high. So VCs invest in different stages. What Vcs are investing?

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Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Our intended pace is roughly 10 investments per year, and we had a handful of legacy angel investments that we rolled into the fund at cost. Stage and Sector Focus: In 16/23 companies, we were part of the first outside round of capital. Pace : We have made 23 investments so far. So that 23 is right on pace.

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New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Portfolio 50

K9 Ventures

MARCH 23, 2011

There has been a lot of noise in the Valley lately about how most seed stage deals are now being done as convertible notes. I’ve done priced equity rounds for companies at pre-negotiated amount with law firms on the basis of using standard docs at prices which are marginally more than it would have cost to do a note.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Equity Liquidation Preference 132

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

As such, you should make sure to think of the proposals as an investor and get a reasonable term sheet. Please note: I am not an institutional investor and I am not a consultant although I occasionally dabble/consult in projects I find particularly interesting. Here are some of my favorite things to avoid.

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Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41