Down Round Hiring Partner Startup 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 30, 2016
conversation literally every week with startups. It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever. It forces harder decisions about whom you’ll hire and whom you’ll delay.
VC Cafe
MAY 29, 2022
Building on my post on ‘ Advice for startups in a downturn (May 2022 edition) ‘, this week I continued to follow with interest the impact of the current correction on startups and venture capital, particularly in early stage. Layoffs and hiring freezes have started. Sequoia’s Adapting to Endure.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
New investors hate down rounds. For others it feels like a two-speed economy, where rules apply to hot tech startups that don’t apply elsewhere. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. They will enter the “triage phase&# of the market where they figure out which of their existing deals will survive.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 21, 2023
It’s this part: “I’m getting inbound from investors…” Nearly all of the inbound VC interest happening out there is from non-partner investors (i.e. A check-writing partner reaches out to you. That’s why down rounds exist. professionals who can’t write a check) and they’re doing it systematically. of people in that race.
Growthink Blog
MAY 23, 2011
Venture capital funds are usually 7 - 10 year partnerships whereby the general partners - the “VC” - manage the capital of the limited partners, usually institutions (endowments, pension funds, etc.). At the end of the period, all profits and proceeds are distributed to the various partners on a pre-determined split.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
Want to start a startup? A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. Few startups get it quite right. A lot of startups that end upgoing public didnt seem likely to at first.
thebarefootvc
AUGUST 26, 2015
As someone who invested through the 2001 and 2008 crashes I can assure you that down rounds and fire sales are not fun for anyone involved. There is a silver lining to the recent volatility: a more rational market separates out the noise – for both investors and teams who are looking for experienced, long term partners.
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