The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

The following is a condensed explanation of seed funding: Seed money is a form of early-stage financing that new businesses receive from investors in exchange for a share of ownership in the company. This could be a proportion of the company’s equity or investment; in other instances, it could be a portion of its later-stage profits.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 126

YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2019

Other businesses fail because they raise the wrong kind of money, such as debt they can’t repay on time or equity that causes them to lose control of their business. Only offer substantial equity and responsibility to those who have proven themselves. But that’s the classic chicken and egg problem you have to solve.

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Cofounder Private Equity Software Review Equity 170

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

TEC is one of Canada’s largest and most experienced private credit firms, specializing in providing asset-based capital solutions to companies that are underserved or overlooked by traditional sources of financing, primarily banks. Lending decisions in private credit are underpinned by thorough due diligence processes.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Due Diligence Bankruptcy Intellectual Property 133

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Construction, utilities, transportation, retail, finance, insurance and real estate startups are industries that hit hardest on startups with an average failure rate among them of 40%. All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. Conclusion.

Sweat Equity 107

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 107

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. That revenue is in on 75,000 customers, earned through the hard work of 500 employees across six offices on three continents.

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Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Main Street Capital is a publicly traded private equity firm that offers equity and debt financing to lower middle-market companies with a revenue between $10 million and $150 million. It also offers debt financing to middle-market companies making anywhere from $150 million to $1.5 Main Street Capital.

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Dividend Stock Finance Private Equity 89

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Forms of funding. ? Equity investment. Equity investment is the most popular and most talked-about avenue for startup funding. These investments are made instead of shares or equity in your startup. Equity investors. The third source of funding is from equity investors. Stages of Equity-based funding. ?

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

According to Shelters, the challenge for many entrepreneurs is that they are not familiar enough with issues of finance to recognize what questions they need to ask and answer in order to learn. Too many times I have witnessed start-ups with very promising and innovative products fall victim to financial starvation,” says Shelters. .”

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Technical Review Private Equity Thailand Incubator 164

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. I have close friends in accounting and finance that have tapped into newer businesses and taken the ride with them as they have doubled and then doubled again.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

It’s true that some later-stage private equity firms like to fund “roll ups” (a company that acquires many related companies in it sector), but this is seldom the domain of VCs. Most VCs lead one round of financing in your company and are looking for other VCs to lead subsequent rounds.

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Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Dilution 247

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2023

McGinnis, a well-known venture capitalist and private equity investor. Living off credit cards and borrowed money, instead of other work income, can ruin your personal finances and kill your startup motivation far too early. Maintain the status and affirmation of an existing job.

Private Equity 255

Private Equity Salary Cofounder Equity 255

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

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Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 368

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays.

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Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. We don’t have any equity or control over the business….”. “As Bigfoot Capital. Decathlon Capital.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

Private Equity 118

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The $130 million Series D investment round was co-led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. The investment round also featured participation from existing investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Clal Tech, Harel Insurance and Finance, and Greycroft.

Private Equity 143

Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 143

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Colombia has a few industries with massive potential for disruptive transformation , in particular, health and finance. They’ve raised $14M from US-based VCs Portland Private Equity and Endeavor. The eCommerce industry is growing steadily, with a 24% increase in the number of digital transactions from 2016 to 2017.

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Colombia America Technical Review Startup 146

Growthink Blog

JUNE 17, 2012

The depressing and high-anxiety inducing combination of punchless public equity markets, historically low interest rates, and significant inflation risk has fueled desperate pleas for new, workable, and performing investment ideas and strategies.

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Harvest Equity Finance 69

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. (That said, I think videoconferencing will supplant more in-person meetings over time.).

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

We are in the midst of two great disruptions to American business: the internet’s ongoing disruption of most traditional industries: finance, healthcare, retail, finance, fashion, etc. The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) is the trade association representing women and diverse private equity and venture firms.

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Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast. We legalized robbing the corporate treasury.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

McGinnis, a well-known venture capitalist and private equity investor. Living off credit cards and borrowed money, instead of other work income, can ruin your personal finances and kill your startup motivation far too early. Maintain the status and affirmation of an existing job.

Entrepreneur 321

Entrepreneur Private Equity Startup Salary 321

Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

Since the field’s estimated beginnings in 2009 , subsegments like “feminomics” and “inclusive finance” have spun off, but at it’s core gender lens investing is: incorporating gender as a factor to guide investment strategies. Research shows that this is simply not true.

Private Equity 54

Private Equity Venture Capital United States Equity 54

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. What incentives are there to incorporate social financing into their overall investment strategy?

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

Scott Edward Walker

JULY 20, 2011

As I saw first-hand in New York City representing big, successful private equity firms, the best dealmakers have an extraordinary ability to take their emotions out of transactions and remain extremely disciplined. Tips Tip #1 – Check Your Emotions and Remain Disciplined.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Liquidation Preference Option Pool Entrepreneur 78

Steve Blank

APRIL 26, 2022

For existing investors, sometimes it was a “pay-to-play” i.e. if you don’t participate in the new financing you lose. A down round is when a company raises money at valuation that is lower than the company’s valuation in its prior financing round. Other times it was simply a take-it-or-leave-it, here are the new terms.

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Cram Down Founder Venture Capital Recapitalization 404

SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The Austin-based fintech company, founded in 2017, allows people to use self-directed retirement accounts to make a wide variety of investments in alternative assets like real estate, startups, private equity, cryptocurrency, and more. Park West Asset Management led the Series A financing […].

Private Equity 97

Private Equity Equity Austin Finance 97

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. In the VC & Private Equity world there’s a small number, too, with one of the most respected being PEHub.

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Seed Stage Valuation Private Equity Venture Capital 232

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Watch Out for Private Equity Owners. Private equity firms sometimes run franchises well. Several franchisors utilize the franchise operators as cash cows without giving a thought to their locations’ long-term financial health.

Private Equity 157

Private Equity Small Business Administration Equity Operations 157

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Eighteen months ago, San Diego-based MergerLabs was born out of CAPTARGET, a leader in private equity deal origination, owned and operated by Gabe Galvez. Galvez, a major player in private equity and investment banking, saw the need for marketing services geared toward these sectors.

Merger 113

Merger San Diego Mali Private Equity 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. So angel and seed stage investors’ returns will be dependent on good times continuing or on the ability of their portfolio companies to get financed.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

trillion, it is by far the largest of its sort in the world and financed projects that in other settings may not have passed investment criteria screens. [3]. The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions. municipal bond market.

Private Equity 129

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 129

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. It was indeed private equity’s moment. That year private equity firms initiated one of every five mergers globally and even more, 29 percent, in the United States.

Private Equity 82

Private Equity Cofounder Equity Venture Capital 82

YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2016

An in-house incubator or a stand-alone family private equity fund may help capitalize on these insights for the mutual financial benefit of the family. This creates a virtuous cycle, not only reinforcing the family identity as innovators, but also providing additional capital to finance further ventures.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Private Equity Non-Compete Reputation 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 244

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 244

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

C-Corp largely because (i) VCs have historically favored C-Corps for nuanced tax and other reasons, and (ii) virtually all of the standardized legal infrastructure around startup finance and equity compensation assumes a C-Corp. However, times are changing. If you are an LLC tech startup, you need tax counsel.

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Delaware LLC Startup Silicon Valley 48