Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Last week , we took the plunge and began dissecting an example term sheet for a convertible debt financing round piece by piece. I’ll continue with more specific terms and wrap up next week with some thoughts about recent changes and trends for the future.

Finance 107

Finance Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 107

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” Many entrepreneurs come by with great pitches and say, “I’m hoping to have term sheets in the next 30 days.” So let’s look at the main assertions.

LP 374

LP Later Stage IRR Term Sheet 374

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

They either do too many seed investments (for which they can spend no quality time with any) or they treat it as an option (“if you succeed come back and see us and we’ll match any term sheet you get&# ) – they view it as a sort of “right of first refusal.&#. The signaling affect is overrated.

Post-Money Valuation 298

Post-Money Valuation Term Sheet Warrant Partner 298

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . To quantify consumer trends and market opportunities, useful tools for “top down” assessments include IBIS World and eMarketer. Stanford List of Venture Capital and Private Equity Sources.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I’ve been an avid reader of Dan’s Term Sheet while he was at Fortune , and now Pro Rata at Axios. You see, Dan knows more about venture than most people; and if Dan isn’t aware that “pre-seed is a thing,” then I haven’t done a good enough job of explaining to the world what I and K9 do! Q: Define Pre-Seed?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Altgate

JANUARY 21, 2010

Open source is the wrong term though; instead is probably better to say automate since LegalZoom and others are doing the same thing but commercially. I think this is great for end users both personal and professional, but I think it is going to seriously erode legal industry revenue in the long term.

Open Source 33

Open Source Term Sheet HTML Venture Capital 33

Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Dan Primack posted an article in Term Sheet last week titled Yelp This: IPO Market Is Killing It. equity capital markets for emerging growth companies with market capitalizations below $500 million are structurally broken and systemically dysfunctional. ” In my view, it is all about structure– the U.S.

IPO 31

IPO Term Sheet Marketing United States 31

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Neither is a particularly good backdrop for trying to raise capital, because. we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. The usual tempo for raising money from venture capital is at a minimum of a year between financings.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Venture Capital Funds VC firms are like seed firms in that theyre actual companies, butthey invest other peoples money, and much larger amounts of it.VC One experienced CFO said: The better ones usually will not give a term sheet unless they really want to do a deal. investments average several million dollars.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

What I’d like to do is tell you the story of how the investment came to be, what my thesis is / was and share some thoughts on macro trends. I hope you’ll excuse me when I do the latter in combination with the former to try and explain how I see macro trends and help you think about the mind of a VC. Pose is no different.

Term Sheet 303

Term Sheet Mobile Cofounder Early Stage 303

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week. I’m spotting another trend. We were doing an educational session on term sheets. “Huddle helps businesses connect, share and work better together.

Term Sheet 266

Term Sheet Europe Wiki Cloud 266

Venture Chronicles

JULY 16, 2010

Throughout my years in the venture capital business I was witness to some questionable behaviors and tactics, which in reality is par for the course in any business, but nothing could have prepared me for what I have seen in the last 2 years. The second scenario is the pulled term sheet.

Due Diligence 28

Due Diligence Term Sheet Limited Partner LP 28

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). National Venture Capital Association â?? WSGR Term Sheet Generator. Orrick, Herrington Term Sheet Generator. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Raising Venture Capital. About VC Cafe.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53