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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. That said, Jonathan Bragdon, General Partner, Capacity Capital , points out that Flexible VC terms “twin” well with equity: providing less dilution while still providing investor assistance. .

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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

Both Sides of the Table

We used the Y Combinator open source term sheet. We signed the term sheet within 48 hours and had funded in under 2 weeks. If you accept my terms you’re done. They elected to sign my term sheet. We offered them more : $750k-1 million. We took the $500k. Cash in bank in 30 days.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Atlassian open-sourced their M&A term sheet , a very aggressive move which helps smooth the M&A process, by reducing the number of degrees of freedom in a negotiation. This move also undoubtedly created more inbound M&A opportunities for them. .