ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). But it could affect one thing right away: the level of buzz and information surrounding young IPOs, which no longer have to keep mum. Number of U.S. Credit: Prof.

IPO 121

IPO Startup Florida Seed Capital 121

Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

2/ Cyber-security Is Red-Hot: Earlier this year, Cisco acquired Duo for $2.2B The overall surface-area for what security companies can target seems to be growing 100-fold alongside the size of the threats. 1/ A Pre-Seed Reminder: According to Crunchbase, PlanGrid was founded and went through Y Combinator in 2012.

Acquisition 62

Acquisition Artificial Inteligence Balance Sheet Cofounder 62

Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The new form of convertible security or “convertible equity” is essentially a convertible note containing most of the usual terms — except it’s been stripped of the features that would make it a loan. (For a comprehensive tutorial with sample term sheet, see my prior series here at Gust.) How can this possibly make sense?

Finance 134

Finance Convertible Security Equity Seed Stage 134

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. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112