VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

According to the Covid-19 impact report by research firm Beauhurst: 5,070 UK companies are at a ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ risk 615K startup and scaleup jobs are at risk Later stage startups are at the most risk Across the board, tech sectors and verticals are the most likely to experience a positive or low impact.

SBA 124

SBA Technical Review Startup 124

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

Small business owners need to have diverse knowledge in many different areas of their company, in addition to having the necessary proficient experience and technical skills required to perform the core functions of business. In other words, how much of the business is financed with equity (owner’s money) or debt (borrowed money).

CPA 160

CPA Technical Review Later Stage Equity 160

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

There are many things a VC is looking for in reviewing your business plan but beyond things the like the quality of revenue, margins, OPEX and CAPEX there’s a really simple rule I call, “Cash In, Cash Out, Milestones Achieved.” Most VCs lead one round of financing in your company and are looking for other VCs to lead subsequent rounds.

Burn Rate 247

Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Dilution 247

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 Companies have shifted from producing pure technology to producing consumer products. In 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies attracted $2.14

Technical Review 111

Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 111

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

I think that later stage valuations are frothy (for reasons I explain below) while earlier stage valuations are starting to stabilize from previous highs (with the exception of the superstar serial entrepreneur) - turns out scaling in a sea of competition (both startup and entrenched) is not so easy. Technology ubiquity.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). When you are raising a large, later-stage round given by this time you’ve likely got a fairly large business to run. And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. I hustled.

Early Stage 361

Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). When you are raising a large, later-stage round given by this time you’ve likely got a fairly large business to run. And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. I hustled.

Deal Flow 347

Deal Flow Early Stage Investment Bankers Technical Review 347

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2017

In general, these investments were rarely competitive at the time of their first financing. Not only are the downsides of overcapitalization problematic for founders, but FC also examined overcapitalization in upside scenarios by studying the data from the last five years of tech IPOs.

Founder 75

Founder LP Technical Review Seed Stage 75

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. The latest IVC report reveals that in 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies raised $2.14 Companies have shifted from producing pure technology to producing consumer products. In 2011, 546 Israeli high-tech companies attracted $2.14

Technical Review 60

Technical Review IPO Seed Stage 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. That’s the deal you get when you’re raising in a good market for startup financing.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

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. VCAP© applicants will be reviewed in a series of screenings conducted by the Marathon VCAP© selection committee, HBSAANY, and NAIC board members.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. That could be a VC trying to diligence a space they don’t know well or a Fortune 500 company trying to expand into a new market. Or, you can go straight to the source. We kind of bring it all together.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 05% of total US mutual fund assets.

SEC 36

SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Jeff is a business innovator who applies innovation to the basics of business, not just space-age technology. Far too often, people think that innovation is limited to the product, service, and technology. That’s a statement of business innovation, not technological innovation.

Leadership 42

Leadership Technical Review Cofounder Later Stage 42

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone.

Venture Capital 130

Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 130

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Compensation-wise the biggest challenge is insuring people are respectful of my time and skills (when they don't write real checks for hourly or project work they don't tend to be quite as diligent on this as one would like!). The G&A Function in Early Stage Tech , The Startup Environment | Permalink. Odds, Ends and Fun!

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Recapitalization 40

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 11, 2020

Jeff is one of the spectacular tech CEOs, and in his storybook run, he took LinkedIn from 400 employees to a global leader with over 16,000 employees. For example, about six months into his time as CEO, he got up at five in the morning to review the numbers and saw something he didn’t understand. Jeff was the architect of all of that.

Cofounder 36

Cofounder Leadership Metrics Later Stage 36

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

“The tech industry creates roughly 10 awesome companies per year,” he says. But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. “Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. ” On a micro level, failure is always painful.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). I’m a wild-eyed, competitive founder with totally unique-to-tech expertise in this area. So, we worked to raise capital.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital. A re-jiggering of deal stages and sizes had begun in 2013. There is too much capital coming into tech investing. Tech companies generate a lot of buzz.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Fundraising is always difficult for all founders; the median PE/VC fund sources and reviews 87 companies before investing in 1. Technically yes. I used to joke I was always “integrating” startup socials (forgive me for not giving Asian people their due credit as being minorities). Is that wrong? Most definitely. Is it human?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Check out the personal finance topic by clicking here. Most people try to get through the day, especially if you’re applying for some tech job at some poor startup. This is a very good excercise, and will make it much easier for me to explain the idea to potential investors at a later stage. So easy on the eyes!

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

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Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

For example, management should review large financial and structural commitments with the board before making them. Signing an office lease might not seem like a board-level decision, but with early-stage startups, that lease might very well be a financial liability that significantly exceeds the company’s total cash in the bank.

Startup 36

Startup Cofounder Advertising Hiring 36