David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Expert networks have been in the news a lot for the past few weeks, due to the SEC’s attempt to look for insider trading amongst hedge funds, following on their Galleon investigation (Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon is in the photo shown). another technology company employee pleaded guilty and is cooperating with investigators.&#160.

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Networking Private Equity SEC Software Review 122

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Thanks to the SEC, you don't know who's actually fundraising, what kind of performance they have, and you'll never get reached by their marketing. Unlike a venture capital firm that states its criteria on its website and has forms, e-mail addresses, etc to encourage outreach, your site does a lot better job of saying "Go away!".

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LP Venture Capital Technical Review Nebraska 97

Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

This is the ninth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. I remain surprised that this seems to be difficult for our policy makers to understand, but I am encouraged that the SEC has recently invited public comments for a 90 day period to address structural problems with the U.S.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

According to the article, a report by the inspector general of the SEC asserts that “voluntary regulation does not work” and that the SEC’s oversight program for the investment banks “was fundamentally flawed from the beginning.” ” The article goes on to state: The report found that the S.E.C.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. Any company that raises venture financing will need to be a C corp in order to issue preferred stock. However, such flexibility is countered by increased compliance costs due to the application of complex partnership tax rules that also apply to LLCs.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unable to confirm if my proposed approach was correct, he indicated that he would have to check with his SEC group and that ‘someone’ would get back to me. I’ve done tech marketing and PR consulting for 20+ years – many clients with multi-year and (entrepreneurial) multi-business relationships. Launching Venture (33).

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

Gust

JANUARY 5, 2012

But, this SEC limit has created some problems for these high-tech phenoms, both in raising additional capital and in private sales through secondary markets in which early investors resell shares to a large number of smaller US buyers. Raising $1000 each from 1000 investors would surely seem to violate current SEC regulations.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. Detailed due diligence.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Below is a recap of some of September’s Israeli tech headlines: Investment rounds. million in a second round led by previous backer Genesis Partners and joined by T-Venture , the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 Innovid raised $4.1

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Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. The SEC defines an "accredited investor" as someone with over amillion dollars in liquid assets or an income of over $200,000 ayear. Whendel.icio.us

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

Below is a marketing email sent around by one of the participating investment banks after the recent nCino IPO (which was underpriced in record-setting fashion, 195% first day “pop” – “the biggest first-day surge since the 2000 tech bubble”). They have a lower cost of capital vs a traditional IPO.

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IPO Silicon Valley Warrant Matching 118

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. About this same point in time, the journalists that focus specifically on the venture capital industry noted something quite profound. 2015 was the exact opposite.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Every successful technology company raises money throughout its lifecycle, perhaps starting with a seed investment and progressing through Series A, B, C, late-stage investments, and, for the most successful companies, an IPO. These large, high-priced private financings are the defining characteristic of this particular technology cycle.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I’ve been speaking publicly for over one year about the disastrous impact of the capital markets crisis in accelerating the demise of small emerging company IPO’s. Regulated – The market would be subject to the same SEC corporate disclosure, oversight and enforcement as existing markets.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

billion multi-stage venture capital firm focused on IT-related investments… I also serve on various investment committees, including for the St. Jude Children’s Cancer Hospital and the Stanford Medical Center, and teach entrepreneurship and venture capital at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2012

While the crowdfunding portion of the bill still needs to go through SEC rule-making, the die is clearly cast that a whole new social networking – based world of start-up and small business investing and financing is coming fast upon us. This week, the President is expected to pass H.R.

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Disintermediation Technical Review SEC Early Stage 72

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Girls in Tech. Ad Serving Technology. Analytics review â?? VC & Startup Resources.

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