Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. 2010 Net Income: $8 million. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Series A Preferred.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Hunter Walker

APRIL 4, 2014

There’s a influx of capital to back new funds: crowding funding via AngelList syndicates. high net worth individuals. I know the founders we’re seeing are strong enough that a great fund could be constructed on top of the opportunities presented, so that feels great. family offices. But this is a hard job.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Private Equity LP Syndicate 100

Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

The net effect is powerful: it empowers all of us (no matter who we are or where we are) to learn more quickly, make better decisions, and operate more efficiently. start-up databases/networks like CrunchBase and AngelList ) has led to unparalleled access to investment capital as more seed funds, angels, and syndicates emerge on the scene.

Venture Capital 160

Venture Capital Vertical Curation SEC 160

Rob Go

JANUARY 27, 2014

The first were people who know the founder really well, and believe in them. They wrote a check because they believed in the talents of the founder and wanted to support him or her. Almost all the founders we back have seed and series A syndicates that look like this. But this is slowly changing. One Company at a Time.

Syndicate 73

Syndicate Syndication Early Stage Cap Table 73

YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2017

by Brad Mishlove, CEO and founder of Catapult Groups. In order to become an angel investor, one must have a net worth of at least $1 million, an annual income of $200,000 and be accredited by the SEC. Angel investors generally offer favorable terms to the startups they work with since they believe in the potential of its founders.

Syndicate 127

Syndicate Syndication Software Review Angel Investor 127

Rob Go

APRIL 19, 2017

Seven years ago, NextView came onto the scene with a smaller wave of new firms, including Founder Collective, Boston Seed, Bolt, G20, and a few other folks. We’ve already collaborated with a number of folks here, and I’m looking forward to more diversity of thought in the future syndicates we’re a part of.

Early Stage 34

Early Stage Boston Artificial Inteligence Term Sheet 34

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There is an exemption from the requirements that these investors be accredited with net worth or income minimums to qualify legally to invest in your company. Some can supply more when syndicating with other such groups. All angel groups will want to see the founders in person or by Zoom at sometime early in the process.

Equity 62

Equity Finance Liquidity Event Angel Groups 62

Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2019

Joel Gascoigne is the co-founder and CEO of Buffer, a social media management platform. In addition to his early career as a surgeon, Dr. Larry Goren is also a well-respected entrepreneur and the founder/CEO of Onsite Innovations, one of the largest providers of on-site occupational medical services in the United States. Thanks to R.J.

Entrepreneur 81

Entrepreneur Cofounder Los Angeles Leadership 81

Babbling VC

JANUARY 7, 2011

Net returns may have been in line as many EU VC's like to argue but the sums going in and coming out paled in comparison to US deals. This leads to founders being able to hire the best people, get subsidiaries in place in the US or elsewhere and grow far faster than their competitors in the EU with far less money.

Finance 76

Finance LP Europe Valuation 76

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

They also did a lot of self-directed research checking all sorts of sources, from social media to syndicated content to category- or industry-specific resources.” – Beth Caplow, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester [via Forrester ]. Lead generation vs. account-based marketing: Fishing with a net or fishing with a spear.

Demand 91

Demand Lead Generation PPC Leadership 91

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Russell Rothstein, Founder and CEO, IT Central Station , a product review site, said, “We see VCs on our site very often. 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I think it would help founders to understand funding better—notjust the mechanics of it, but what investors are thinking. And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn. Some angel investors join together in syndicates.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Mechanics Angel investors often syndicate deals, which means they join togetherto invest on the same terms. In a syndicate there is usually a"lead" investor who negotiates the terms with the startup. Dont feel like you have to join a syndicate, though. And they wont dilute themselves unless they end up net ahead.

Angel Investor 63

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Dilution 63

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The issue is that nomenclature creates a certain set of expectations that founders use to allocate the most precious of their resources—their time. They want to make sure that they can achieve fundraising goals as fast as possible and I am nothing if not a passionate defender of a founder’s time.

Syndicate 102

Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor Cap Table 102

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Investors say things like: “This founder is very fundable” or “This founder doesn’t pattern match” Ellen Pao talks about this explicitly in the excerpt of her new book. Just a couple of years ago, AngelList announced their syndicate feature. But syndicates are logistically challenging.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 48

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Investors say things like: “This founder is very fundable” or “This founder doesn’t pattern match” Ellen Pao talks about this explicitly in the excerpt of her new book. Just a couple of years ago, AngelList announced their syndicate feature. But syndicates are logistically challenging.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 48

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

We have companies that became valuable through founders that sacrificed for years and through hard work – and partly through luck – achieved great things. He smiled midway through my story and said, in broken English, “oh, you have unicorns!” ” No. We f **g don’t. For a fee, of course.

Detroit 150

Detroit Government Syndicate Syndication 150