Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 7, 2013

I’ve also started using my Mezzanine video conferencing system extensively – it’s just incredible. Life Boulder life mezzanine oblong travel video conferencing' Make sure your audio and video are on channels with enough bandwidth. More on that in a separate post. With or without Brooks the wonder dog.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

Founded in 1970, NAIC firms invest in venture (early stage/later stage) and private equity (growth/buyout/mezzanine/distressed/secondary funds). domestic market.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 2, 2016

My friends at Oblong have been involved in some very cool new installations of their Mezzanine product in different vertical markets. They are suddenly seeing a lot of interest from hospitals and health care systems. A recent new installation is the Mercy Virtual Care Center , which is the world’s first virtual care center.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 22, 2014

In addition to an amazing demo and good food, Christopher Walsh (Director of Product Effectiveness for McGraw Hill Financial S&P Capital IQ) is going to be talking about how his organization uses Oblong’s Mezzanine to change the way they work. It’s Thursday, July 24th from 5:30-8:30pm EST. Register here.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Accenture just launched their Connected Analytics Experience’s immersive environment which is enabled by Mezzanine. As a daily user of Mezzanine, it actually makes video conference and collaboration tolerable. I have one on my desk and it gives me joy every day I’m in the office. Rock Band 4 comes out next week.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

Founded in 1970, NAIC firms deposit in try (early stage/later stage) and private equity (growth/buyout/mezzanine/ distressed/secondary funds). domestic market.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

We have chosen to define “growth rounds” as rounds of $100 million or more but if you include deals of $50 million or more (traditional growth or mezzanine rounds) this accounts for 62% of the entire startup funding market. Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

Founded in 1970, NAIC firms deposit in try (early stage/later stage) and private equity (growth/buyout/mezzanine/ distressed/secondary funds). domestic market.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. Just because the valuation in absolute terms isn’t a big difference does not mean that people aren’t paying higher than intrinsic value for these investments. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. Why does all this matter?

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 3, 2013

At the high end, we use Oblong’s Mezzanine. It integrates directly with a Cisco system so you get the Mezzanine experience virtualizing the Cisco high end video conferencing. Plus we then have a very high def H323 system in our office.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 7, 2022

You may also consider using a mezzanine level to store additional products or use vertical space to save on floor space. If you’re making large items like furniture or appliances, you’ll need a lot of room to store finished products.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Surprising Insights From HubSpot’s $35M Mezzanine Round | ON Startups – [link]. With all the opinions floating around today, don’t forget to give it 5 minutes – [link]. Start something small – [link]. Integrated Marketing: If You Knew It, You’d Do It | Businessweek – [link].

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 29, 2012

A year ago the present caught up with the future and their first product, Mezzanine , came to life. Oblong, which is one of the most amazing and unique companies I’ve ever been involved in, is constantly dealing with the constraints of today while working a decade into the future.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Mezzanine lending (a rough comparable) has a 18-23% required rate of return. If a company exceeds projected revenues, the effective rate increases. No investor return is guaranteed in a company failure scenario. This does not account for the value of any residual stake investors may retain after full redemption. to 15.0%.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

As a result, we redesigned the entrance to our office with “Receptionist” front and center, a new lobby, and a Mezzanine room. They came up with an iPad app called “ Receptionist ” which freed up anyone from having to pay specific attention to the front door. The team at TextUs.Biz hasn’t slowed down.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 15, 2014

Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. . (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue). Series A is the new Series B. (~6M-$15M 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). Series B is the new Series C. Join us for some virtual fun and a discussion about fiction, books, and startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. Opinion VC Mezzanine pre-seed seed Series A Series B Series C venture capital venture landscape Venture Spiral' . (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue) Series A is the new Series B. (~6M-$15M Welcome to the new venture landscape!

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

. · Paul Fox – Managing Director – Cerberus Real Estate. · Richard Mack – CEO – Area Real Estate Partners. · Rahul Culas - Managing Director and Co-Head of the Energy Mezzanine Opportunities – The Carlyle Group. · Erik Einset – Operating Principal – Global Infrastructure Partners. · Adi Blum – Director – First (..)

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. Mezzanine investors generally take less risk, since the company is generally solid and poised to "cash out" relatively quickly. The five main stages include the following: 1. Seed Funding 3.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 21, 2017

Our first 3D-related investment was Oblong , which has reinvented the way we engage with computers (which we call infopresence ) through the use of their 3D spatial operating system called g-speak and their collaboration product Mezzanine.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

Many acquisitions in the middle market require a combination of senior debt and some type of equity or quasi-equity like mezzanine financing. Think about the whole capital structure and the impact to the various layers of financing.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

2)mezzanine – One mezzanine financing accounted for $50 million, or 18 percent of the aggregate deal value, compared to $7 million (two deals) or 5 percent in the previous quarter, and $10 million (one deal) or 6 percent in Q3 2009. (3)distressed

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Dharmesh Shah had a great post up last week about the lessons learned from raising a mezzanine round of financing. It’s really interesting, but perhaps only applicable to a more limited set of entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

If you hang around in our office at Foundry Group you see plenty of Makerbots, Fitbits, an Oblong Mezzanine, an Occipital Structure Sensor, ModRobotics Cubelets, littleBits, 3D Robotics drones, and Spheros. One of the most enjoyable things I get to do in my job is to be involved in creating amazingly fun products.

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2011

One mezzanine financing accounted for $36 million or 17 percent of aggregate deal value, compared to $68 million (three deals) or 8 percent in the previous quarter, and $63 million (one deal) or 6 percent in Q1 2010.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. The other major trend seems to be pulling in the opposite direction. It is less clear to me that this is a smart strategy but we’ll see over time.

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VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

13% of respondents believe this gap to be in Mezzanine financing and no venture capitalist believes that there is no investment gap. Only 60% of respondents claimed deal flow activity will increase, in comparison to 72% in previous quarter. 77% of venture capitalists believe the gap is in Seed and First Round.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2011

Traditional banks, government programs, credit unions, micro-lenders, and mezzanine funds all have initiatives to help businesses at all stages of development. It’s certainly the most common and most well known option when it comes to securing needed funds. Pros of borrowed funds: You have choices when it comes to sources of borrowed funds.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. . (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue). Series A is the new Series B. (~6M-$15M 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). Series B is the new Series C. Q: Why haven’t I heard of Pre-Seed rounds before?

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference Denver, CO, February 23, 2010 – The Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association today unveiled its final lineup of growth companies at the 27 th annual Venture Capital in the Rockies (..)

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference.

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Scalable Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The second round can also be a mezzanine, or pre-IPO round, or even the IPO itself. Mark Pincus. Reid Hoffman. Series B, 4/06 21. Greylock Partners. Meritech Capital Partners. Founders Fund. source: Crunchbase. In one scenario in my career I was with a company that had taken only one round of equity financing.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

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