Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. But before you jump on the bandwagon, you should consider the advice I saw recently from the maven of venture capital, William H.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

As near as I can tell these are smaller ones, who don’t sell clothes, but typically sell companies and securities in a particular set of industries. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

A venture capital firm is a financial institution that focuses on providing capital, in the form of equity, to companies who offer them the prospects of significant growth. The partners and associates at venture capital firms are known as venture capitalists. So follow this plan: 1. Narrow your list.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

With this seed capital – more often than not totaling between $100,000 and $1,000,000 - the company accomplishes a number of key technical milestones, gets a beta customer or two, and then goes on a "road show" to venture capitalists around the country for capital to “scale” the business. There are a lot of dark, hard days.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

rounds are also typically obtained from venture capital firms and/or strategic/corporate investors. Stage #5: Mezzanine Financing Mezzanine capital, often provided by private equity firms, is capital provided either as equity, debt, or a convertible note that is provided to a company just prior to its Initial Public Offering.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Filed under: Venture Capital. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s. Previously $5 million, the securities sales cap will be raised to $50 million.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 24, 2010

Some excerpts follow, and you can download the entire speech and slides by clicking at the bottom of this post: “The absence of cohesion in American public policy can be seen in many areas—with cybersecurity coming immediately to mind.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

”, written by Mark Veverka, asserting that “venture capitalists want to widen the playing field for the underwriters.” ” The story includes quotes from former National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) chairman Dixon Doll of DCM and investment banker Paul Deninger, who is the vice-chairman of Jefferies & Co.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. This is a good example of technology driven market change being accelerated by new securities regulations). i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. ii. Bubble period 1996-2000 totals $243.6 iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 In the U.S.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

By all accounts, venture capital in Australia is still a big issue – especially when it comes to substantial Series A and follow-on funding rounds.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2016

Being part of a new and unestablished company brand results in even greater challenges and distractions as they attempt to move from angel or venture capital funding to self-sustainment. Larger portfolios and fancy promotions can follow, but get the basics in place at the very beginning or in other words, secure the foundation.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

Lets examine these options: Funding – Many of the unicorns minted in 2021 face difficulties in securing new investments at valuations comparable to their peaks, especially in a market skeptical of overvalued tech companies. They need to either raise, become profitable (default alive) or exit (M&A or IPO).

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I’ve been speaking publicly for over one year about the disastrous impact of the capital markets crisis in accelerating the demise of small emerging company IPO’s. Despite the recent uptick in IPO activity, over the last several years, initial public offerings in U.S. which was published in November 2008.

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Gust

JANUARY 5, 2012

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, section 12(g), generally limits a privately held company to fewer than 500 shareholders. The assumption has been that companies with 500 investors are quasi-public anyway, and for disclosure and other reasons should be forced to go public when the shareholder number approaches this limit.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

This from Kate Mitchell, the former chair of the National Venture Capital Association, and current Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners. We had institutional public IPO buyers on the task force, they got two votes. (I "A lot of the noise in the market right now is about bringing back irresponsible IPOs.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

This is the second in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. To get to the core of your question, providing passive institutional investors with more financial information about illiquid securities isn’t going to make them more liquid.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Venture capital. More frequently, startups choose to work with venture capitalists (VCs), who invest in companies in exchange for a share of ownership (and typically, some degree of control). Others attempt to borrow money from family and friends, or take out a personal loan from the bank. Grants and programs.

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