K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

Instead, it was more of a result of over-funding at the seed stage. There was simply too much money coming in to the seed stage, which increased the supply of companies at the seed stage. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. The Series A investors could therefore be a lot more picky.

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Mezzanine Seed Stage Early Stage IPO 134

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Mezzanine lending (a rough comparable) has a 18-23% required rate of return. If a company exceeds projected revenues, the effective rate increases.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

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. When you compromise on terms in the early stages, you will have to pay the price in the later stages. It’s really interesting, but perhaps only applicable to a more limited set of entrepreneurs.

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Finance Mezzanine Valuation Seed Stage 128

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A Seed round today — like the Series A round of yesteryear — requires some kind of traction or product. In contrast, you *don’t* need much to qualify as a Pre-Seed stage company. Pre-Seed investors should *not* be looking for any kind of traction. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. By definition, yes.

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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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Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

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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Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

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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Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52