Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post). Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

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. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history. 2006) [iii].

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Obviously most of these employees are working hard primarily for equity upside compensation, but Kayak’s personnel costs are roughly $200K/head so the company is highly productive on a per employee basis. extension round closed April 2006. round closed May 2006. Led by Sequoia with participation by General Catalyst.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. For this round of investment, the angels collectively purchase 20-40% of the equity of the company and are seeking a return on investment of 20-30X in a period of five to eight years.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 1, 2022

EDS: It’s funny — I started my career in investment banking working on the Equity Syndicate desk taking companies public. When I entered college in the fall of 2006, I worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, at a time when it wasn’t exactly so popular to do so.

Programming 117

Programming IPO Campaign Syndicate 117

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

For reference, First Round Capital and Softech were founded in 2004 (although they were less institutional early on), Floodgate in 2006, Harrison Metal in 2008, etc. This has allowed these firms to invest larger amounts at the later end of the seed spectrum, and some have even started to lead or syndicate Series A rounds with others.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

In addition, I’ve made many seed investments as an angel investor in two time periods,1994-1996 and 2006-2007, and seen many more through my involvement as a co-founder of TechStars. ?Our At Foundry Group, we describe ourselves as being “syndication agnostic&#. each are equally happy situations.)

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 152