Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

There’s another issue I can add to your list of things to be aware of – information rights. 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). You betcha.

SEC 352

SEC Venture Capital Early Stage Cofounder 352

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Angel and venture capital investors rarely just give you the cash, and stand back to wait for you to spend it the way you want. Manage to documented milestones. These are not optional suggestions, so treat them as management objectives that will get you fired if you don’t perform. Access rights to operational information.

Advisory Board 241

Advisory Board Entrepreneur Venture Capital Angel Investor 241

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Angel and venture capital investors rarely just give you the cash, and stand back to wait for you to spend it the way you want. Manage to documented milestones. These are not optional suggestions, so treat them as management objectives that will get you fired if you don’t perform. Access rights to operational information.

Advisory Board 231

Advisory Board Entrepreneur Venture Capital Angel Investor 231

Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

Contrast that with a fund manager, who is often required to issue quarterly capital account statements usually paired with a cover note and updates on specific companies. For angels and early-stage pre-seed and seed firms, most of those financings do not come with information rights.

Early Stage 167

Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2009

That’s what “information rights&# are for and you can promise the investor to meet 1-on-1 on a quarterly basis. The larger or leading investors will sometimes offer the other investors an observer right as a way to appease them and solve the political problem of deciding who should be on the board. in a company.

Advisory Board 215

Advisory Board Strategic Investors Venture Capital Later Stage 215

Pascal's View

MARCH 8, 2010

.” Fiduciary X, on whose advisory board I serve, combines peer networking, research, productivity tools, proprietary data sets, and a governance-focused knowledge base with a documents archive to serve fiduciaries and risk managers. Question: How much information are limited partners (pensions, endowments, foundations, etc.)

Limited Partner 28

Limited Partner Government Delaware LP 28