Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. And then was hired by Stephen Spielberg for Minority Report.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Investors typically negotiate from a term sheet, which if not handled properly can create problems that can hurt or kill the startup’s chances when they do their Series A round of funding. a SAFE or KISS) provide a much simpler transaction with less terms to negotiate. Debt or convertible securities (e.g.,
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View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”. According to First Round’s State of Startups 3 out of 4 early-stage founders (series A or earlier) say hiring is their #1 concern, but the same amount say they spend less than 20% of their time on it.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 8, 2009
It is code word for “I’m not ready to invest for whatever reason … I need more proof.&#. They hire key staff. They get positive product reviews on TechCrunch, GigaOm or Paidcontent.org. And I know many stories of Benchmark or similar investors writing term sheets after the first meeting.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
We’re currently evaluating about 20 companies a month and issuing term sheets to 25% of them; those that fit our investment criteria. We have reviewed the application process of other RBI lenders and have not found one that has more API connections that ours. On a 3-year term, the cap amounts typically range from 0.4-0.6x
K9 Ventures
APRIL 27, 2011
The first time I asked them what they needed, they said they just need to crank out code. While Zappos was doing diligence on Modista, the issue was brought up that one of other companies in this space — Like.com , founded by Munjal Shah — had filed for some IP in this area. And crank it out they did.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 5, 2014
At this point we’re doing reference checks and providing names of other founders to the entrepreneurs so they can diligence us (in reality we’ve likely all been asking about each other along the way too). Oh, your top priority right now is a marketing hire? Let me go get five great candidates for you! 4) Fund Operations.
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