Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). They have listed forward revenue figures that are highly questionable and bring the issue of SEC oversight to my mind.

SEC 352

SEC Venture Capital Early Stage Cofounder 352

Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Lobbyists also work through regulatory bodies like FCC , SEC , FTC , Public Utility, Taxi, or Insurance Commissions, School Boards, etc. Ally with some larger partners who see you as a way to break the incumbents lock on the market. When you get customer scale and raise a large financing round , take the battle to the incumbents.

North Carolina 335

North Carolina New Jersey New York Government 335

Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Lobbyists also work through regulatory bodies like FCC , SEC , FTC , Public Utility, Taxi, or Insurance Commissions, School Boards, etc. Ally with some larger partners who see you as a way to break the incumbents lock on the market. When you get customer scale and raise a large financing round , take the battle to the incumbents.

North Carolina 227

North Carolina New Jersey New York Government 227

Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 3, 2009

  Bandwidth-limited general partners and frenetic CEOs are under pressure to move fast and get things done, leading to rushed, sloppy work to secure the deals.   More than any other management team member, the CFO or VP of Finance must feel accountable to the board directly.   Prudence wins out over blind trust.

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley SEC 31

Austin Startup

JUNE 1, 2018

It appears in our SEC filing as $5 million because we had $2.5 Over the course of a couple weeks, I met with partners at about two dozen top tier VCs to pitch them on Pingboard. We measure everything and use data to model how to scale our growth investments and revenue so that we touch $0 and reach profitability at the same time.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley SEC Venture Capital Angel Investor 48

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) Read on for a fuller explanation.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching Revenue-Based Investing and other new approaches to VC. The question I’m asking myself: should a new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing, traditional equity VC, or possibly both (likely from two separate pools of capital)? Greater transparency to limited partners.

Revenue 60

Revenue SBIC Cofounder Venture Capital 60