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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

When it comes time to convert the notes, these entrepreneurs face ‘sticker shock’ about their post-financing ownership. In contrast, there is limited benefit for being the 2 nd investor or the 10 th investor joining the syndicate of a priced round, so it is common for investors to wait to see “who else is involved”.

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

In fact, in this new fundraising environment (with syndicates on AngelList , etc.), Indeed, this is critical in order to effectively negotiate any transaction (including a financing) – as every investment banker on Wall Street understands. your lead may be able to make the deal happen very quickly.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. I’ve seen other VCs use Bridge to more efficiently make and track introductions. .

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.