YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 10, 2017
For the last eight quarters, the number of angel and seed stage deals has declined, according to an Eisner Amper VC report. Startups don’t demonstrate due diligence. Investors want to see in-depth financial reports that reinforce the startup has an organized business model with potential for revenue growth.
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
In a contracted venture capital environment, where external funding is more difficult to raise, founders know that they need to make due with less, and extend the runway further. Some studies suggest that the best consumer subscription companies are able to retain 65% of their revenue after one year.
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ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. So, I would suggest that you bootstrap during the inception stage.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. However, our overall goal is to invest in the full spectrum of seed. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
You don’t need to buy expensive software – there are free open source solutions for nearly everything. So angel and seed stage investors’ returns will be dependent on good times continuing or on the ability of their portfolio companies to get financed. Price MUST be in a certain range.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Kayak Software Corporation. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
I certainly bear no ill will to the various firms that ultimately passed on our fundraise… as a seed stage VC myself now I can appreciate how hard it is evaluating companies at the earliest stages of development. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. link] Graham.
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