Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but We have a team of 7 in San Francisco (a counter bet on our belief that the Bay Area is an amazing place.) 40% of our deals are done in Los Angeles but 100% of our deals leverage the LA networks we have built for 25 years.
thinkspace.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Should founders have anti-dilution rights? Last weekend at Seattle MindCamp we had a session on this topic of “How to divide co-founder equity” and we did talk about there being too much emphasis on what was done in the past and not enough about what is actually going to get done. Dilution should occur across the board.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
But the reality is that you’re faced with two problems: 1) the earlier the stage the riskier and thus more write-offs so you need to have enough ownership percentage in your winners to make up for the losers and 2) the earlier stage your check the more likely the company will need many more funding rounds behind you and thus you face dilution.
keen.io
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
If the company is pre-funding or only has a small friends-and-family seed round, then the numbers should go up from there, based on expected dilution and greater risk.” Assumption: The pre-dilution amount prior to Series A should be approximately double the amount in this post-Series-A chart. Result: A fair offer would be between.8
rapidrollout.wordpress.com
JANUARY 15, 2011
And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. I also run a small firm that provides CTO level help to start-ups in Los Angeles and Seattle. By deciding to use a consulting CTO on a temporary basis, you avoid getting stalled in the earliest stages.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
Whatkind of anti-dilution protection do they want? The angel now owns 200/1200 shares, or a sixth of thecompany, and all the previous shareholders percentage ownershipis diluted by a sixth. 3 ]If "near you" doesnt mean the Bay Area, Boston, or Seattle,consider moving. They just want to invest in this startup. Hell if they know.In
Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2021
In 2019 and 2020, we saw hundreds of millions of dollars in non-dilutive funding go to Texas startups, most of which had never worked with the government before. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.)
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