Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

He told me that Cable & Wireless wasn’t moving forward with the acquisition of Interliant – the deal was all but done. I remember signing document after document with him at Interliant and remember sitting at the Interliant office in Purchase after the IPO roadshow, waiting for the SEC to clear our filing so we could price.

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SEC Cofounder Boston New York 164

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. Over the next few decades, I expect forces in Washington DC to use economic and monetary policy to attempt to rebalance the trade relationship between the world’s two most dynamic countries. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2018

You better have lined up a major international expansion, some major acquisition candidates, or a wealth of unfilled orders. In addition, officers may face liability for misrepresentations or speaking out in public and SEC reports. There is a big difference between needing a million dollars versus $100 million, or even a billion.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2018

by Walker Deibel , Managing Director of Centra and author of “ Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game “ If I asked you to name a business success story, what would you think of? The boomers are already selling off their established, successful small businesses at record rates.

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Startup Acquisition Portfolio Venture Capital 182

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

You better have lined up a major international expansion, some major acquisition candidates, or a wealth of unfilled orders. In addition, officers may face liability for misrepresentations or speaking out in public and SEC reports. There is a big difference between needing a million dollars versus $100 million, or even a billion.

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IPO Initial Public Offering Startup Small Business Administration 236

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

Our underwriters (Merrill Lynch) told us not to worry that the SEC hadn’t cleared our filing yet – they always did it a few days before you went public. Day after day passed and we didn’t hear from the SEC. They day we were supposed to price we still hadn’t heard from the SEC.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 7, 2014

You can read Krager’s article for all the figures (many of which are from Hubspot’s S1 SEC filing and from Moz directly), but here are some of the key differences: Hubspot spends $11,233 to acquire a new customer. Its customer acquisition costs are roughly 85 times that of Moz (if Krager’s figures are accurately comparing apples to apples).

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Initial Public Offering IPO SEC Valuation 148

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

You better have lined up a major international expansion, some major acquisition candidates, or a wealth of unfilled orders. In addition, officers may face liability for misrepresentations or speaking out in public and SEC reports. There is a big difference between needing a million dollars versus $100 million, or even a billion.

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IPO Initial Public Offering SEC Stock Options 120

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2019

Did the former head of the SEC just join your board of directors? They’re ripe for acquisition. Entrepreneurs nowadays want to boast about brand-name investors, huge rounds of funding, and a team of high-skill employees. Are you fresh out of Y Combinator with $1 million in funding at a $10 million valuation? You’re clearly killing it!

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Valuation Cofounder Metrics SEC 162

Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Failure to do so can lead to significant liability for the PE firm, especially if allegations of fraud and abuse are made post-acquisition. For example, reviewing the entity’s compliance program and any pending or consequential governmental investigations is essential while conducting due diligence in a healthcare purchase.

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Private Equity Equity Due Diligence Securities and Exchange Commission 52

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2011

When you do a financing, you file something called a Form D with the SEC. But it’s meaningless – “Joe’s Company Raised $X From Investors A, B, and C according to a filing with the SEC.” ” Next. Have your jobs page up. Make it clear that you are hiring.

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Finance SEC Term Sheet Acquisition 133

Feld Thoughts

JULY 24, 2014

FG Angels has helped us address all of our major angel-herding challenges through the following: FG Angels increased the amount of capital our group has committed since our official founding in 8/13 by 103% which will certainly help us with deal flow, member acquisition etc. My Investments angellist fg angels Foundry Group'

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Syndicate Syndication Colorado Angel Groups 132

Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

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. For more on the SEC Concept Release, click HERE. equity markets. I believe that the U.S.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch. Are they, were they, and the SEC were when a few brave souls were warning about Madoff to deaf ears?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 3, 2016

You should have acquisition metrics, behavioral metrics and result metrics no matter what. Acquisition Custom Reports. Visitor Acquisition Efficiency Analysis Report. In other words, revenue minus marketing / acquisition costs (i.e. Page Load Time (sec)” so that you can instantly see your biggest problem areas.

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Analytics Customer PPC Metrics 48

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 7, 2014

You can read Krager’s article for all the figures (many of which are from Hubspot’s S1 SEC filing and from Moz directly), but here are some of the key differences: Hubspot spends $11,233 to acquire a new customer. Its customer acquisition costs are roughly 85 times that of Moz (if Krager’s figures are accurately comparing apples to apples).

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Initial Public Offering IPO SEC Valuation 78

Gust

JULY 18, 2012

Ordinary shareholders do little more than monitor their investments, vote in the annual or other election of directors, and on rare occasions, cast special votes on certain decisions such as accepting or rejecting an acquisition offer. Here is where the concept of fiduciary duty looms large.

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Stock Options SEC Stock Government 188

Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The return only happens when there is an exit via acquisition or an IPO. Per SEC rules “accredited investors” need to meet one of the following criteria: 1. The above definition of accredited investors is being currently reviewed by the SEC in terms of current financial thresholds of income and net worth. Raising Angel Capital.

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Finance Accredited Investor Angel Investor Seed Capital 93

Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

You can read about all of this stuff in Zynga’s own SEC filings or the popular press. That being said, unlike a company that has essentially zero user acquisition costs (e.g. But even if you back out customer acquisition spend in addition to COGS, Zynga’s profit margins are still over 50%.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

Crowdfunding: Its Practical Effect May Be Unclear Until SEC Rulemaking is Complete. On April 23, 2012, the SEC published guidance reminding issuers that “any offers or sale of securities purporting to rely on the crowdfunding exemption would be unlawful under federal securities laws” until the SEC adopts new rules.

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SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Accredited Investor Private Placement 58

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. And it’s why you probably will quit on day 366 after the acquisition. I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. You’re unemployable.

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Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 420

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Read on for a fuller explanation. Intermix and its advisors weren’t fools.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC. And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Expect great things from Assistly. So there is likely robust demand from borrowers.

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Venture Capital Social Network Angel Investor Chad 265

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

As the proposal read, "We recommend that companies with total annual gross revenue of less than $1 billion at IPO registration and that are not recognized by the SEC as 'well-known seasoned issuers' be given up to five years from the date of their IPOs to scale up to compliance.

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IPO Startup Florida Seed Capital 121

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Read more: SEC S1 Filing (amended 05-03-2010) , peHUB. It seems like M&A ebbs and flows through periods of rapid acquisition followed by years of divestitures. ReachLocal raised around $68 million in VC funding, from VantagePoint Venture Partners (53.22% pre-IPO stake), Rho Ventures (12.94%) and Galleon Group (6.76%).

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IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value. Do your homework before investing.

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Liquidity Event Angel Investor SEC Accredited Investor 300

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 13, 2012

However, day-to-day dilution from routine equity-based employee compensation and other possible dilution, such as stock-based acquisitions, will likely undermine this dual-class structure and our aspirations for Google over the very long term. We have put our hearts into Google and hope to do so for many more years to come. Conclusion.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Putting aside for now the hot topic of Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles, or SPACs (which account for about 40% of IPOs this year), we are still experiencing historically low levels of tech IPOs. Finally, in 1975, the NYSE and the SEC recognized that this was a bad idea and changed to the context of flexible commissions – aka competition.

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IPO Securities and Exchange Commission Demand SEC 36

Scott Edward Walker

MAY 15, 2012

In other words, in the event of the startup’s “acquisition” (which is often broadly defined to include a merger, change of control or sale of substantially all its assets), the maturity date of the note would be accelerated, and the amount of the loan, plus interest, would become due at the closing of the acquisition.

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Finance Founder Accredited Investor Preferred Stock 64

Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. And it’s why you probably will quit on day 366 after the acquisition. I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011.

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Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 122

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In commercial tech you call that an integrated product team, It’s acquisition with software engineering with UI/UX. Lean, MVPs and the DOD. Project Maven became the basis for what we did in the JAIC. We started with a cross-functional team. On top of an Enterprise Cloud environment that’s supposed to be called JEDI.

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Artificial Inteligence Technology Agile Architecture 246

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A number of investment rounds and acquisitions took place in recent weeks and it’s worth taking note. from undisclosed investors as it emerged from this SEC filing. Below is a recap of some of September’s Israeli tech headlines: Investment rounds. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 more here and here ].

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Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value. Do your homework before investing.

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Liquidity Event SEC Entrepreneur Accredited Investor 224

www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

This is usually done when the company is acquired — if the acquisition price per share of Series A is greater than $0.50, the VC will receive the spread between $0.50 and the acquisition price. 25 comments since March 31, 2010 Five questions that startups should ask a pro.

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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 told him that I had previously taken a company public, but that it had been a couple of years since I had addressed the specific issue at hand.

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value. Do your homework before investing.

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Liquidity Event SEC Accredited Investor Angel Investor 184

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

In the case of an acquisition, the shares are tendered for cash and/or stock in the acquiring company.). Although there is no unified SEC definition of “control,” in a public company context, ownership of 10% or more is often considered enough to wield some control.)

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