www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Matt is a lawyer representing technology companies through all phases of their lifecycle, from pre-incorporation, seed & VC financings, exit transactions and IPOs (read more). Cooley Report Reviews Second Quarter Venture Capital Financing Trends. Term Sheets. Recent Posts. Categories. Angel Investors. Employment.

Equity 40

Equity Vesting Silicon Valley Intellectual Property 40

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

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Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Company Lawyer

JANUARY 9, 2011

Convertible debt with a price cap seems to be the preferred structure for early-stage financings. Over the last 12 months, I’ve noticed a trend where early-stage startup companies raise seed financings of between $250K and $1M using a convertible note with a price cap. Is a priced Series A financing a valid alternative?

Liquidation Preference 57

Liquidation Preference Finance Preferred Stock Common Stock 57

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

This doesn’t concern any specific industry, but that kind of behavioral finance. How do you come to terms with the new and the bold and the never been done and weigh them against things that aren’t going to happen? On Companies/Trends that Dan Hates Currently. What are some companies or trends that you hate right now?

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

techcrunch.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

I wouldn’t recommend this if you’re meeting with more than 2 people, but this meeting was one of my best and resulted in a term sheet. Other are financed focused, while others will be initially focused on the team you have assembled. Here you are setting up the trend pattern and then move right into the demo.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review San Francisco Framework Term Sheet 100

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I’ve been an avid reader of Dan’s Term Sheet while he was at Fortune , and now Pro Rata at Axios. This post is intended to be a dynamic document, and I will attempt to update it from time to time with new questions that may arise or as financing trends evolve. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To quantify consumer trends and market opportunities, useful tools for “top down” assessments include IBIS World and eMarketer. Atlassian open-sourced their M&A term sheet , a very aggressive move which helps smooth the M&A process, by reducing the number of degrees of freedom in a negotiation.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hunter Walker

APRIL 27, 2014

We founded Homebrew to be the type of fund we would have wanted to raise money from – early stage partner of conviction, leading financing rounds with great co-investors, leaning in to actually help when you need it. There were four basic sections: 1) What We Said We’d Do & What We Did. We issued 18 offers and won 14 deals.

LP 97

LP Cofounder Term Sheet Valuation 97

VC Adventure

AUGUST 24, 2011

With the performance of the public markets looking like an EKG read-out, I’ve been asked frequently in the past two weeks what effect this will have on the venture financing market. when the Dow drops 10% it’s not like term sheets headed out the door that week do the same). For starters, don’t panic!

Marketing 85

Marketing Silicon Valley Valuation Portfolio 85

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

They either do too many seed investments (for which they can spend no quality time with any) or they treat it as an option (“if you succeed come back and see us and we’ll match any term sheet you get&# ) – they view it as a sort of “right of first refusal.&#. The signaling affect is overrated.

Post-Money Valuation 298

Post-Money Valuation Term Sheet Warrant Partner 298

VC Adventure

AUGUST 24, 2011

With the performance of the public markets looking like an EKG read-out, I’ve been asked frequently in the past two weeks what effect this will have on the venture financing market. when the Dow drops 10% it’s not like term sheets headed out the door that week do the same). For starters, don’t panic!

Marketing 48

Marketing Silicon Valley Valuation Portfolio 48

Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Dan Primack posted an article in Term Sheet last week titled Yelp This: IPO Market Is Killing It. And, just to be sure this isn’t a one-week trend, pre-revenue BioAmber today filed for a $160 million offering. ” In my view, it is all about structure– the U.S. In that case, what say you dissenters?’

IPO 31

IPO Term Sheet Marketing United States 31

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378