David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network. Another example is Correlation Ventures ($300M+ AUM), a VC firm which co-invests in financings with at least one other new outside VC. I’ve listed a few more below which require meaningful startup and ongoing costs.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

My father eventually decided on Santa Clara (Saratoga, more specifically), and so I grew up in the shadows of the orchards of Cupertino and the nondescript concrete startup boxes of Santa Clara. Encyclopedic knowledge of term sheets and startup buzzwords can be quickly learned, trained, and packaged.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

Most folks who are not close to early-stage startups and new company formation would be surprised to discover that a high number of companies, after receiving funding from individuals or institutions, do not send updates to their investors. For me, I am pretty zen about this after six years of early-stage startup investment.

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Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2012

If your startup desperately needs an investor, you may not care if the investor is a so-called “angel” investor, or a venture capitalist (VC). Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K. Type of startup.

IRR 248

IRR Term Sheet Startup Valuation 248

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The Internet might be truly global then, but the world of startups still revolves much around Silicon Valley. Together with 40 Nordic entrepreneurs , we decided to take a trip to the startup mecca, looking for opportunities and lessons to learn. Startups are keen on business development and will seek partnerships. Down to Earth.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Investing in startups is a lot more than just buying “stock” in a company. For investors who have come to the table with a history investing in publicly listed companies or the property market, it’s easy to think that backing startups is largely a “set and forget” strategy. Ask yourself, where is your startup currently struggling?

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Pre-Money Valuation Seed Stage IP Deal Flow 187

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S. billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Angels are also moving up-stage, leaving a bigger and bigger black hole for new startups.

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Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

If your startup desperately needs an investor, you may not care if the investor is a so-called “angel” investor, or a venture capitalist (VC). Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K. Type of startup.

IRR 225

IRR Startup Term Sheet Angel Investor 225

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance. Gust News Invested Interests angel investors David Rose Gust investments startup' As a very active angel investor myself, I frankly can’t imagine how I could keep track of all the pieces without Gust.

Angel Investor 150

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 150

Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The obvious trend in startups (which has been going on for a year or two) is the idea of the “prosumer as the new consumer.” This has led to some very competitive financing rounds, which from afar is a signal various groups see the market potential of these models. ” In 2020, I gave 1.5 answers to that question.

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B2B North America Malaysia Warrant 90

View from Seed

JANUARY 30, 2020

Prior to an investor giving you a verbal or written offer to invest, most of your diligence should be self-directed based on your own network and research. It’s very hard to really tell who might be the perfect fit for your startup. Did you ever face serious financing risk? How does follow-on decision-making work at their firm?

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Due Diligence Partner Term Sheet Finance 195

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

Silicon Valley 235

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 235

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance. Gust News Invested Interests angel investors David Rose Gust investments startup' As a very active angel investor myself, I frankly can’t imagine how I could keep track of all the pieces without Gust.

Angel Investor 89

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 89

View from Seed

MAY 12, 2015

For entrepreneurs setting out to raise a round of VC financing, with some diligent research, it’s reasonably straightforward to put together a list of target firms to pitch. Are you a founder of an ecommerce startup? Always think about fit. It matters. The first part of finding the right fit is from a domain perspective.

Partner 120

Partner Term Sheet Reputation Deal Flow 120

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. Today's discussion was largely about those options.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

government’s long standing restrictions on fundraising has given life to a new type of financing called crowdfunding that allows Angel and other early stage investors to quickly assemble a group of investors over the internet. While startups are still limited by the types of investors they can take money from (i.e. Startup Funding'

Angel Groups 51

Angel Groups Accredited Investor Angel Investor Due Diligence 51

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. 2) Market .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

They provide additional value add in the form of coaching and mentorship, and most of all access to a network of other entrepreneurs and smart people – that to me is really the real value of being involved with an incubator / accelerator. The incubators also help get their teams get visibility amongst potential investors.

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Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

On an app advertised to "meet inspiring people" for meaningful networking, someone tells this black founder, whose last name is "Youngblood" that is name is inappropriate. However, if you don't want to evaluate your inbound deal opportunities, that's the job, my friend. Your network never signed up to do your outsourced job for you.

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Founder Conversion Naming Term Sheet 118

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. That is always true for all startups until they get old, right? What I mean by that is startups nowadays that raise money have absolutely ludicrous metrics. Edwin: I know.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. This is the man you’ll need to impress should you wish to slice off a piece of the sFund pie for your startup. Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. The phrase is quite ambiguous.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

Even if they were, startup employees usually don't hold more than 10% of the company's overall stock and less than 10% of the company's employees were black at the time of the IPO. Sure, that means exponentially opening up the flow of deals and going through a ton of deal flow. so they make up less than 10% of 10%.

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Michigan Deal Flow Accredited Investor Equity 132

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60