The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The final piece of my four-part guide to expanding a business into Asia is tailored more towards local startups and a big issue that affects many of them: raising funding from investors. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions. Investors seek returns of ~10-15% that are predictable, secure, uncorrelated to other asset classes, and inflation adjusted. Capital Solutions.

Private Equity 129

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 129

Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

Particularly if you are a first-time entrepreneur, it will be much easier to get investments on good terms (particularly from non-institutional investors) if you have some traction first,” he explains. Investors want proof that your idea is going to work, and nothing proves this better than having real, paying customers.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Metrics Angel Investor Silicon Valley 60

Austin Startup

JUNE 14, 2017

It is how a lot of good people build their practices and reputations in the business world, and it’s just fine. Sending business to them makes it less likely that it’ll come back to me, unless there’s some objective reason for the referral. I don’t mean to sound cynical about all of this.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Houston San Antonio Austin 48

Austin Startup

JANUARY 10, 2012

The company had raised approximately $4M in investment over the years from non-institutional investors. Return Path is the world’s leading email certification and reputation monitoring company. The company recently crossed the 2 million user mark, a highly coveted milestone for a consumer internet company.

Institutional Investors 85

Institutional Investors Reputation Austin Email 85

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

And it was hammered home with Color —a startup without a product —raising $40 million, at a reputed $100 million valuation, from brand name VCs who should have known better. Meanwhile, the bubble for “seed stage&# startups began when Ron Conway’s Silicon Valley Angels and DST guaranteed every startup out of a YCombinator $150,000.

Silicon Valley 327

Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

Rob Go

AUGUST 11, 2011

Focus here – it will be obvious quickly whether or not you are talking to an investor with deeper than normal insight into your space. But you want to develop a reputation in the community that you are a credible founder. I really think that only 5% or fewer of startups cross the threshold of institutional investors.

Software Review 62

Software Review Florida Institutional Investors Lean 62

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common question I get is: “What are the highest-potential companies in your portfolio which are raising now?”

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It’s common for investors to make large financial commitments for a few years with the hope of helping nonprofits be successful over the long term. Improving reputation. That figure accounts for 38% of companies that were investing in ESG. Other reasons for investing in ESG were: Having greater Social impact.

South Africa 76

South Africa Government Africa Institutional Investors 76

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

These “ piggy rounds ” usually left little room for other institutional investors, in contrast to traditional seed rounds which may include several funds collaborating. Often these funds are attempting to build out a reputation or gain exposure to a new vertical.

Later Stage 95

Later Stage Valuation Semantic Institutional Investors 95

Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

Advisory Board lunch w our largest investors followed by a State of Homebrew, State of the Market, State of our Portfolio presentation. And then a dinner with our institutional investors, founders and advisors. Satya and I wake up each morning 100% ready to put sweat and reputation behind every CEO.

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board LP Institutional Investors Portfolio 48

Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

Advisory Board lunch w our largest investors followed by a State of Homebrew, State of the Market, State of our Portfolio presentation. And then a dinner with our institutional investors, founders and advisors. Satya and I wake up each morning 100% ready to put sweat and reputation behind every CEO.

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board LP Institutional Investors Portfolio 48

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Founder hostile” VCs are problematic because they push for the perspective of institutional investors to override those of all the other constituents on the cap table. The proper balance is, of course, in the middle; where the VCs with the best reputations operate. Be transparent about your goals, incentives, and plans.

Founder 48

Founder Cap Table Preferred Stock Common Stock 48

Austin Startup

JUNE 4, 2017

His team was fantastic, they were fair, they helped provide us with a good foundation for other investors to participate in. Having a reputable lead not only helps with establishing terms, it helps to get other investors to participate. Early on I decided that finding a lead first was important and I aimed high. Remember that.

Austin 54

Austin Institutional Investors Angel Groups Deal Flow 54

Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

Similarly, an experienced venture investor can share valuable thoughts what achievements and traction points a startup must reach before it becomes attractive to an institutional investor. Some would argue that if you’re talking with VCs that your company will develop a reputation in the marketplace of being “shopped around.”

Early Stage 123

Early Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Conversion 123

Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2010

Similarly, an experienced venture investor can share valuable thoughts what achievements and traction points a startup must reach before it becomes attractive to an institutional investor. Some would argue that if you’re talking with VCs that your company will develop a reputation in the marketplace of being “shopped around.”

Early Stage 121

Early Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Conversion 121

ithacaVC

APRIL 5, 2011

A real institutional investor wants to invest $XX,000 in his company. I stress that the offer is from a real investor with a good reputation. The only concern is how to issue common stock to the investor and still make it feel like an institutional investor.

Common Stock 45

Common Stock Stock Cap Table Preferred Stock 45

abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

Historically they have been a kind of back-door way for a company to go public, and as a result have historically had a sub-standard reputation. Some Sponsors have a louder microphone, perhaps a higher profile, and perhaps a better reputation. Is there a reputation issue with respect to going public through a SPAC?

IPO 118

IPO Silicon Valley Warrant Matching 118