Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

Unless you have a differentiated angle / approach to the problem AND/OR significant traction, an investor won’t be able to understand why you stand out and why to back your horse instead of someone else’s. Especially at the early stages. That’s a feature difference.

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

In addition, I think that a “peace treaty&# between early-stage investors and startup companies on standard terms (at least at a term sheet level) is a step in the right direction. Why is it called Series Seed? In an early stage company, extensive reps and warranties are probably unnecessary. Series Seed.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

Unless you have a differentiated angle / approach to the problem AND/OR significant traction, an investor won’t be able to understand why you stand out and why to back your horse instead of someone else’s. Especially at the early stages. That’s a feature difference.

Sales Cycle 48

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

However, in terms of the complexity of deal making and buoyancy of the Russian VC market, there is little to differentiate it from the West. Much of the slack at seed stage funding is taken up by the Russian state. That is five to ten times less than the average investment in the US. The role of the Russian Government.

Russia 140

Russia Europe Government Vertical 140

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The things that always differentiated Accenture? There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Now we can call you a seed-stage VC or a micro VC. I understand why he wants to differentiate himself but I wonder if a scorched Earth strategy against the main funding source for your company pays in the long run. This is evidenced by the current price creep that we’re experiencing for early-stage deals.

Liquidity Event 308

Liquidity Event Silicon Valley Seed Stage Finance 308

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Instead, those funds try to invest in companies that can be “bigger”, but at the early stage, it’s hard to differentiate companies that could be $400M exits vs. $1B exits. You would think then that this would necessitate that larger funds target more ownership, but that ends up not really being the case.

Dilution 61

Dilution Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder 61

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 8, 2017

Suitable for early stage investment. The major concern we had is that AI more generally has been a popular investment theme with other investors for some time and we wanted to make sure that Applied AI is sufficiently differentiated to be a viable investment focus for Forward Partners. We can articulate use cases.

Artificial Inteligence 78

Artificial Inteligence eCommerce Early Stage Algorithm 78

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

so that's what I said my exits would be as a seed stage fund. After factoring in price and mortality rate (risk), every stage's investor would be trying to get a return that satisfies their LPs--and I think that's the same across all early stages. The average VC-backed exit is somewhere around $250mm.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IRR Valuation 60

Mucker Lab

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The webinar delved into the crucial topic of company culture for early-stage startups. These surface-level components, while not inherently flawed, lack the depth required to truly differentiate a company in the competitive landscape. The recap of the webinar is listed below with the full webinar recording.

Early Stage 78

Early Stage Seed Stage Leadership Founder 78

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

To make preferred shares more marketable, different companies issuing the shares include several characteristics that differentiate them from common stock. It is also essential for an investor to know how much of the company’s stock they would get in exchange for the money they committed at the seed stage.

Valuation 108

Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

The term “early-stage” covers a lot of territory in venture investing, from incubating a brand-new idea, to investing in a Series A. At the seed stage, we have backed very non-obvious, non-pedigreed entrepreneurs, in spaces that weren’t obvious, who ended up being amazing. We can also help evaluate the market.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69