www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. Create an Inc.com account: Subscribe to Inc.coms Free Newsletters. Start-up | Mondays. Innovation | Fridays.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

Often when startups who have raised venture capital need another round of financing they will turn to their existing investors to give them money before raising from outsiders. a loan) that is later converted to equity at the time of the next financing. It starts as a debt instrument (e.g.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

For startups and high-growth businesses, as you scale and encounter new milestones and obstacles, you will be faced with the question of how to finance and plan for that growth. Luckily for founders, the ways in which you can finance your startup are varied based on your business model, your preference, your goals, and timeline, and so on.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it.

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Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital. Recently I’ve been debating with a number of young startup companies that are raising money in the next few months, “what is the right about of capital to raise at a startup?&#. It’s a tricky question with no clear answer. There are trade offs.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This has led to some very competitive financing rounds, which from afar is a signal various groups see the market potential of these models. These are examples of high-growth B2B marketplaces that earned competitive financing rounds — of course, there are others, these are not the only ones!

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: So, you raised venture capital? It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs. In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. On the phone …. We raised a seed round. About $1 million. Me: At what price? Him: It wasn’t priced.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2018

So while the number of dollars pouring into Austin may be increasing, that metric is only favorable to businesses that warrant those sized-rounds. Of these rounds, nearly every one was classified as a Series B or later-stage round, with the exception of a few debt and equity financing rounds. What does this information mean?

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Growthink Blog

MAY 21, 2014

There were some great responses to my post last week as to the poor returns experienced by venture capital fund investors. Now Berkshire Model companies, as entities with fundamentally investment vs. operating mindsets more naturally position, language, and network their businesses in finance contexts. Investment Flexibility.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

This is a loan with a 15% warrant attached at a zero strike price. They often do get warrants attached to their loans, but for nowhere near 15% of the company; usually an order of magnitude less. Another source of loans is Venture Debt firms, including Triplepoint , Pinnacle , WTI and many others. Fat Ass Fudge.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

That’s still OK given the IPO is more of a financing event than anything else, right? The current President still has a very large and strong base of support, and I do not see that support changing enough to warrant other big changes in 2019. I am expecting to see this happen as soon as mid/late January. When will the music stop?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 23, 2017

Digital ink has been spilled across the interwebs these past two weeks on the issues with different types of venture financings. 3/20 : Fred Wilson again (impressive turnaround time) further elaborated on Dan’s post with the example of Foursquare’s successful usage of debt, while still warning on its use as growth capital.

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Dilution Equity Warrant Distribution 54

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

The limited partners may themselves run the gamut from individuals, family offices, venture capital funds to institutional LPs. This now means that they will slowly start behaving less like Angels, and more like institutional venture capital funds. Preferred Stock / Warrants. However, there is a difference.

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www.instigatorblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The more that those first employees feel like founders in terms of their ownership, emotional attachment, responsibility and overall understanding of the startup process (including financing , running day-to-day activities, etc.) the better the startup will be. I do believe that early employees should trade salary for equity.

Equity 41

Equity Employee Startup Vesting 41

www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0   That’s because there are not that many issues to negotiate in a simple equity financing. Let’s imagine that using the more simple documents saves 10% of the time and money involved in a seed financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

It’s just that he’s a “super seed&# investor in a firm, Founder Collective , that I really respect (and with whom I’ve done two deals and hope to do a third) and I’m a partner in a venture capital firm, GRP Partners. In these cases we proactively offer to lead their next round of financing.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

Many of these companies raise less than $3m coming out of TechStars – all of them are subsequently in our zone for the next round financing. We are syndication agnostic – happy to invest alone and equally happy to invest with firms we like to work with.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Mike Markkula presenting Steve Jobs with first investment in Apple I recently watched an excellent documentary on PBS, Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. Angel Investors Silicon Valley term sheets venture financing venture capital'

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

I would argue that any first year finance student or computer science student would naturally assume this is how traditional public offerings already work (they would be wrong). as well as the Sponsor warrant coverage. It is not overly complicated or sophisticated. Every thing is negotiable.

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BeyondVC

JUNE 11, 2007

The good news for you and for venture investors is that your buck can go alot further today versus yesterday not only because of the commoditization of infrastructure but also because the venture debt market is alive and kicking. Why can raising venture debt be great? Why can raising venture debt be great?

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

But they were seemingly blinded by too firm a commitment to a style of play even when the game's circumstances no longer warranted it. At many points in Sunday’s game just a little more thoughtfulness in their decision making would have resulted in them making a play or two that would have easily won them the game.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

It isnt always possible to have a competitive bidding situation at each financing round so here are some guidelines for funding sources and percentages. Friends & Family can usually raise between $30K and $300K and usually take an interest bearing note that is convertible into stock at the next financing. 5% Managers -.25%

Equity 40

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. Finances were just one part of the story. One of them is clearly significant outside financing, which we’d explicitly chosen to do without.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Next, I would push ‘anti-pattern’ entrepreneurs to remove the convenient (and often true) excuses for not warranting investment. Since I’ve raised nearly $20 million in venture capital, it’d be very hard for me to claim bias, which I feel puts the onus on me to explain how I got here. ff Venture Capital portfolio company.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. More than warranted.

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