VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In smaller funds, ticket sizes tend to be lower, so pre-seed is the only stage where micro funds are able to secure their minimum equity targets. Carta reports that 20% of the rounds in 2023 were down rounds, but I believe the actual number is much higher. who’s talking to customers?)

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Valuation Software Review Generative AI Technical Review 186

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

To secure your funding, you must establish the feasibility of your idea through proper planning and implementation. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. But, in subsequent rounds of funding inflated valuation will be normalized resulting in a down round.

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

I also reviewed the TechStars documents last year and they are similar in concept to the Y Combinator documents as the chart below indicates.). If you really want to understand the nuances in venture capital financing documents, please review the NVCA model venture capital financing documents. . Drafting issues in later rounds.

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Your natural tendency when an investor says yes willbe to relax and go back to writing code. They were helpful in negotiating deals, for example.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc. Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 27, 2011

Growth means bigger and more complex barriers to entry – more advertising, products, support and security for your users/buyers, advanced services, etc. If you’re venture funded, things get kind of ugly -unhappy board members, cut off from communications, down- rounds to keep you going, or no more funding.

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Revenue Early Stage Down Round Software Review 22