Finance Management Recapitalization Venture Capital 
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. Too often, investment structures force the management team to make decisions between misaligned growth and investment (return) objectives. Funder Category. Example VC.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Finance where needed. I need leaders who manage in good times and bad.To build a large company you need to manage through economic cycles. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. We need some visibility.
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philipsmith.typepad.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
While there have been times in the last dozen or so years, usually during times of venture capital excess, that cash to founders, early-stage executives and other key employees has matched regular market compensation (still with the upside of the equity), this is not true in the vast majority in the start-up game. Business Management.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.”
Feld Thoughts
JULY 14, 2015
Assuming equity is raised at or above that cap, the total dilution, before the new money, is 16.6% (equivalent to an equity financing of $1m at a $6m post money valuation. So they recapitalize the company. A company raises $1m of seed money from angels in a convertible note with a $6m cap. It’s not pretty, but it happens.
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