Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Doing the research to form your own view of a company’s prospects is called due diligence. in 2012 sales and $2M in income. Zomm is probably counting on a big Q4 holiday bump to hit its 2012 sales and profitability projections. So the $2M in 2012 profitability is far from in -the-bag.

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Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2012

Perform due diligence once target raised. Board of professional investors do their own due diligence before investing. Perform due diligence before raise. negotiation between platform and business after due diligence is performed. Launching in July 2012. Launching in July 2012.

Equity 160

Equity Europe Due Diligence Startup 160

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Coats says the VC firm spent more than six years and invested millions of dollars to compile a database of key variables from more than 60,000 venture financing deals covering roughly 98 percent of all U.S. © 2007-2012, Xconomy, Inc.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Gust

JANUARY 15, 2013

It’s not that much about a rocky recent past; it’s more about money being too easy in the recent past, and now, as a natural result, things get tighter because “easy” money doesn’t always mean enough of the due diligence and thought to make good deals. This is what I hear from my own sources.

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Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor Early Stage 119

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. I appreciate your thoughts here on Due Diligence as it's been a question of mine for a few months now. ► 2012. (1).

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The SEC’s proposed rules (mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012) amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the offer and sale of securities through an internet crowdfunding campaign, similar in some respects to donation crowdfunding campaigns conducted on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

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Equity SEC Technical Review Security 125

The Equity Kicker

JULY 4, 2012

Regular readers will be well aware that through 2011 and into early 2012 Nicholas Lovell and I were writing a series of 50 blog posts designed to help entrepreneurs with the fundraising process, and that we intended to publish them in book format once we were finished. The deal almost dies during due diligence.

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Venture Capital Due Diligence Participating Preferred Dilution 107

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Labels: due diligence , early stage investing , moneyball , valuation. ► 2012. (1). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Steve Bennet.

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2017

After failing to complete adequate due diligence before acquiring Autonomy in 2012, they ended up with losses of around $5 billion. Failing to look at customer and partner financial data can end up costing you big time. Just look at the example of Hewlett-Packard.

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Metrics Customer Database Bankruptcy 62

Tim Keane

AUGUST 21, 2006

Can you think of the whole process of due diligence not primarily as a verification of high growth process but perhaps as a joint learning activity? As the venture progresses from financing to revenue (whether financed by an investor or the entrepreneur) that first big, critical issue has to be the first miss on projections.

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Milwaukee Due Diligence Wisconsin Angel Investor 60

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Of course, given the state of venture returns, perhaps randomly picking from a stack of business plans would provide as good or better results than an entrepreneur selection algorithm or detailed due diligence. Labels: entrepreneur , seed investing , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2012. (1). Newer Post.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. On that front, I take pride in the second headline with news that Fliqz , where I am CFO, just closed on $6 million in Series C financing. At Fliqz, we met or exceeded the sales plan every month during the due diligence process.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Labels: due diligence , financial analysis , venture capital. ► 2012. (1). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. 1 comment: LK said. Newer Post.

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San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

What is your due diligence process? What’s your attitude about “next round” financing? What is your due diligence process? What’s your attitude about “next round” financing? October 2012. Most groups use some sort of list. I’d ask for a copy upfront. A list of possible answers: 1. Enter your Email.

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Entrepreneur Valuation Sweat Equity Common Stock 60

Professor VC

JULY 7, 2015

Due Diligence - after the dinner meeting, members indicate if they are potentially interested in investing in the deal and/or participating in due diligence. The diligence period can take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months. The dinner meeting may be another 15-45 days after the screening meeting.

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Angel Groups Due Diligence Lead Investor Finance 28

Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I have put together a list of questions to ask your angel investor group contact: Do you charge any fees to present or during the due diligence process? I dont think its time to hang all angel investors in effigy, but remember that due diligence goes two ways. ► 2012. (1). Average size? Steve Bennet.

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Angel Investor Due Diligence San Jose Silicon Valley 35

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. easy business finance software. Wireframes.

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