Up and Running

JULY 29, 2019

We should also point out that angel investment is different from venture capital. People often use “ venture capital ” as a bucket term to include angel investment, but that’s unnecessarily confusing. Angel investment usually comes before venture capital, at earlier business stages.

Angel Investor 119

Angel Investor Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 119

David Teten

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor. Venture Deals. NVCA Model Documents. I recommend join the communities I list at Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor , in particular Confluence and GenZMafia. General career resources.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Seed Stage 78

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). I don’t plan to write the authoritative venture capital blog, just some anecdotes.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Why you should set up a board at the seed round of funding I know these days with SAFE documents and rolling convertible notes many founders prefer not to set up a board early on. What happens at the A-round of venture capital? Is it possible that you still retain board control after raising a C-round of venture capital?

Venture Capital 236

Venture Capital Startup Angel Investor Silicon Valley 236

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

It is defined as an online repository of information for storing and distributing shared documents, and can be used during business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and private equity and venture capital funding. It should also protect your IP address and your shared documents. Implementation.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Due Diligence Merger Private Equity 80

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0

Business Plan 334

Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! It’s ok to raise venture capital and try to build a monster business.

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

One of the most common complaints I hear from new business owners and startups is about the pain and difficulty raising capital. The “venture capital” model is the only option they know, where they feel they get no mercy, giving up equity and control. Document the investment types you are willing to consider.

Technical Review 220

Technical Review Accredited Investor Due Diligence Equity 220

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Over the past 18 months, the pandemic has reset these expectations, leading to huge increases in valuations for both public and private tech companies…not to mention venture capital returns that are far better than what we have traditionally seen! Read the post: Resetting venture capital expectations: is 10x the new 3x?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review IPO 60

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. Venture capital is a very rarified atmosphere of high-end startups and emerging businesses with experienced management teams, high potential growth, secret sauce, and so on.

Software Review 124

Software Review Due Diligence Elevator Pitch Venture Capital 124

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. So what can you do to get to the head of the venture capital investment queue? Overall, investors put $7.5 That represents a $1.5

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. Hacker News.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages. The summary is a two-pager document summarizing the overall business plan. Equity investors. The third source of funding is from equity investors.

Startup 150

Startup Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur Seed Stage 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital today with Jason Calacanis talking about the big VC deals at the moment and talking about the VC industry. Box.net ( raised $15 million led by Scale Venture Partners and included DFJ and USVP. Quora ( funding led by Benchmark at a crazy valuation: $86 million ).

Venture Capital 232

Venture Capital IPO Valuation Deal Flow 232

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. .” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public. … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft,

Venture Capital 56

Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

That’s on average the time venture capital investors spend on a pre-seed pitch deck, according to the latest Dropbox/Docsend funding research report. It may seem trivial, but the deck is critical document for VCs to assess fit with their fund’s investment criteria. 2 and a half minutes.

Technical Review 166

Technical Review Early Stage Cofounder Portfolio 166

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2014

Because these considerations can be quite complex, very emotional and have long-term implications, smart entrepreneurs don’t hesitate to get some legal advice at this early stage, in drawing up an agreement document to be signed by each of the co-founders. The CFO may have a major financial background, but might be a minority owner.

Cofounder 261

Cofounder Stock Founder Technical Cofounder 261

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Stick with people you meet through warm introductions, or count on the integrity of professionals who have a visible reputation and references, instead of a legal document. If you are approaching a recognized venture capital group, or even an accredited angel investor, a non-disclosure agreement is counter-productive.

Non-disclosure Agreement 153

Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Technical Review Due Diligence 153

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. I’ve Been in Venture Capital for Two Months. VCs sure do love writing. ” (David Beisel).

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

In my experience, here are some of the key elements of that “second-stage” of entrepreneurship: Move from small investors to major venture capital. Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management.

Merger 379

Merger Due Diligence SEC IPO 379

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

They also help you surface things like documents that you shared with other people without having to look through a bunch of old emails to find them. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. Enter Xobni. The build “implicit social networks.&# Do you know more about any of these deals? Want to debate them?

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Social Network Angel Investor Chad 265

Steve Blank

JANUARY 27, 2011

The traditional business plan is an essential organizing and planning document to launch new products in existing companies with known customers and markets. But this same document is a bad fit when used in a startup, as the customers and market are unknown. Business Model Versus Business Plan. And they are ready to share!

Business Model 275

Business Model Utah Intellectual Property Agile 275

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Berkonomics

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you seek funds from an organized investment group such as an angel fund, venture capital entity, or even an investment club, the first thing you want to do is to find one person to buy into your vision, become excited by your enthusiasm and be willing to become the internal champion for your fund-raising effort.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Differentiation 62

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

Technical Review 241

Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. Keep these documents constantly up to date, so all team members are aligned on key numbers, e.g., total dollars raised so far.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Bigfoot Capital’s RBI term sheet template. Alternative Capital Summit.

Revenue 60

Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

SiliconHills

MARCH 1, 2017

Silverton Partners, a venture capital firm founded in 2005, is raising a $100 million Silverton Partners V fund, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Austin-based venture capital firm lists Adam Chibib, Michael Dodd, Morgan Flagler and Kip McClanahan as its general partners.

Venture Capital 48

Venture Capital Securities and Exchange Commission Partner Austin 48

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public. Each must be documented clearly and refined regularly. No matter what you do, you can’t seem to break through and get to the next level. Conventional strategies don’t seem to work for you.

Entrepreneur 436

Entrepreneur Operations Venture Capital Social Media 436

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

The result has a far more memorable impact than from reading a long document. A renowned specialist in achieving and growing market leadership, he has advised a range of B2B companies, including Cisco, FireEye, Lee Hecht Harrison, and such venture capital funded high-growth startups as Jumio and Skyhigh Networks.

B2B 147

B2B Sales Cycle Technical Review IPO 147

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

steve blank in finland sept 2011 View more documents from steve blank. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. Yet Tekes does that and is trying to act like a government-run Venture Capital firm. It's hard enough to pick which existing companies with known business models to aid.

Finland 158

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Rather than thinking of a business plan as a hefty document that you’ll only use once (perhaps to obtain a loan from a bank), think of it as tool to manage how your business grows and achieves its goals. In fact, the business plan does not have to be a formal document at all if you don’t need to present your plan to outsiders.

Venture Capital 166

Venture Capital Business Plan Limited Liability Company Finance 166

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process.

Technical Review 237

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Private Equity 237

Gust

MARCH 19, 2014

The most important is that venture capital firms simply do not fund business plans. Other reasons have to do with the fact that H1B visas (which is probably what you are talking about) are available only to foreign nationals who are already employed by an existing US company, and require documentation you are unlikely to have.

Venture Capital 122

Venture Capital Business Plan Green Entrepreneur 122

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. These are many of the steps I went through when I joined HOF Capital. The whole document is worth reading, but most relevant is this excerpt: “We have an “anyone can say yes” policy.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Companies should be prepared for additional scrutiny and requests to provide supporting documentation to auditors. Michael Gallaher is an experienced Audit Associate at Sensiba San Filippo specializing in venture capital funds and venture backed startups in the San Francisco Bay Area.

San Francisco 114

San Francisco Forecast Early Stage Term Sheet 114