YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Entrepreneurs need to hit a happy medium with backers, not giving away too much but not making overly aggressive demands. “And if you have a valuation cap; a higher cap is always better than a lower cap.” The primary terms for these types of transactions are the valuation cap and the conversion discount.

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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. For our content creation, we use tools such as Canva (graphic design) and GoToStage (webinars platform) to create and share content for prospects to find.”.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Some sort of conversion does occur. In the case of an early-stage startup that hasn’t issued preferred stock yet, the debt converts into stock of the acquiring company (if it’s a stock deal) at a valuation subject to a cap. If it’s not a stock deal, then one normally sees one of the above scenarios.

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Hippoland

MARCH 5, 2017

In other words, say you’re looking to close $500k, you will need enough serious investors such that should they all invest, they would invest approximately $1m in aggregate. Also, if you get a term sheet with a valuation that is much lower than you’d hoped / anticipated, this is not the end of the world.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. ” In off the record conversations, many angels have expressed the urgency of self-discipline. November 29, 2012.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 16, 2013

At the time, I was thinking generally about the concept of aggregating demand for products and local services, and just hearing the word “Groupon” piqued my interest. I went to Groupon to find the daily deal site has just launched a couple weeks prior in Boston, after running a few deals in CHicago in late 2008.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

on demand billing and fraud management. GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. aggregation. valuations. Recurring billing without the headaches. Recurly â?? Subscription billing. online billing platform. Braintree â?? online credit card merchant processing.

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