Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors. When it comes time to convert the notes, these entrepreneurs face ‘sticker shock’ about their post-financing ownership.

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Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

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. I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

There are a number of factors that have contributed to the rise of pre-seed rounds, but the strongest have been the frothy late-stage financing market, coupled with both the scaling-up of some of the early winners in the institutional seed ecosystem and the scaling-down of some larger funds that retrenched after the financial crisis.

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Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Look for Your Lead Investor. First you’ll want to find a lead investor — someone many other investors will recognize and respect. This list of top angel investors is a good start.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

ithacaVC

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Funding lets you invest in growing your company faster than revenue growth would normally allow. For some investors, this is the most important attribute and they won’t invest unless it’s a huge market. Revenue is how traditional businesses get valued. With that said, if you have revenue, this is something you should emphasize.

Valuation 69

Valuation Startup Down Round Early Stage 69

ithacaVC

JANUARY 14, 2014

It has just started to generate revenue. It expects revenue of $1.7 For example, in this hypo, Company X expects to do $1.7mm of revenue in the coming year. Let’s assume that the Series B investors think that is reasonable. Company X has met its milestones. It has received necessary approvals to sell its device.

Pre-Money Valuation 58

Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Valuation Term Sheet 58

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million. can I get 20 minutes to swing by” is a good way to engage. Plan accordingly.

Term Sheet 332

Term Sheet Due Diligence Campaign Sales 332

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. I can’t tell you how many companies I’ve run into where the inability to get financing, or the lack of interest in it, led them to building better companies. This is a good thing.

Startup 101

Startup Venture Capital Incubator Programming 101

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One of the things a financing round brings is an opportunity to strengthen the startup’s overall network. This is one of the reasons why the best practice for a startup is to raise investment rounds from different lead investors rather than simply doing internal rounds, even if an internal round requires less work.

Startup 36

Startup Equity Early Stage Green 36

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

But then I got a call from my lead investor (coincidentally it was GRP Partners where I now am a partner) and they told me not to lose confidence. We got their commitment and our existing investors bridged us until the new financing round could close. million in recurring revenue of which $600k came from Germany.

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Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298