View from Seed
JANUARY 13, 2021
It’s that when things go south, seed funds will have a hard time defending themselves against larger funds that might do a recap or put in a pay-to-play. When we have been converted to common or very deeply diluted from a pay-to-play, the companies have either failed anyway or were not blockbuster outcomes. Then Doordash.
Steve Blank
APRIL 26, 2022
Except, that is, for the bottom feeders of the Venture Capital business – investors who “ cram down ” their companies. For existing investors, sometimes it was a “pay-to-play” i.e. if you don’t participate in the new financing you lose. ” On one hand they’re right.
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Scott Edward Walker
JULY 7, 2011
Introduction This post originally appeared in the “ Ask the Attorney ” column I am writing for VentureBeat ; it is part of my ongoing series regarding venture capital term sheets. The problem, of course, is that a so-called “walking dead” company rarely has the cash to buy-back the investors’ shares.
Haystack
OCTOBER 7, 2018
The expansion of the venture capital industry (as explained brilliantly by Eric Feng recently here ) has created space for a new breed of Series A investor, most of whom arrived at this point by slowly scaling up from smaller, more modest seed funds.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 7, 2010
Well, remember the dust up a while back with the backlash against “pay to play” pitch events where startups had to pay to meet angels? Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. And if that doesn’t do it, then this is certainly the cherry on top. I’m excited to announce that the Open Angel Forum is coming to NYC.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 11, 2010
It got the name “pay to play&# , but was just another form of bribery. So, if I contribute $1,000 to the campaign of the Colorado state treasurer, I violate this SEC rule and become someone who is “paying to play.&# Now, don’t misunderstand me – I think pay to play is grotesque.
The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 2, 2019
Consumers rely on search engines and pay-to-play rating sites to find legal counsel. We are currently gearing up for our Series A round of financing, the first round from venture capital. (Share with us what problem you’re solving). Not much activity has taken place in the legal marketing space.
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