Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The income these investments generate then help fund the operations of those organizations or capital investment (e.g. The best VC firms have a large surplus of LP demand relative to their fund size, so a good intermediary may enable an institution to invest in higher quality VC funds than they would otherwise be able to do directly.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

2) There is nowhere consumers can go which aggregates all the late availability properties in one place and guarantees the best prices. Excitingly, if successful, SnapTrip will grow the market by matching demand for late availability deals with discounted supply. We’re attracted to this market for two reasons.

Stealth 141

Stealth Cofounder Aggregator Europe 141

Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

 Obviously, WSGR has a much larger sample size and the fact that they make it public (in aggregate) is impressive.   There are three categories (startup, equity financing and bridge loans) so we can expect more to come. link] How to make a 100000 mobile phone prepaid card holders to instruct a telco operator to deduct 0.50

Term Sheet 52

Term Sheet Intellectual Property Venture Capital Hawaii 52

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

on demand billing and fraud management. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Company Guides : They specialize in helping high growth companies and entrepreneurs seeking corporate finance advice and private equity investment.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising. A few more stats make that picture look worse.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Your prices need to match up with consumer demand and expectations. Instead, they prefer to buy through large distribution companies that aggregate products from lots of suppliers and then make that inventory available to retailers to purchase. This is the sum of your Operating Expenses and COGS. Retail Distribution. Net Profit.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The average equity fund investor earned a market return of only 4.25%. This is very different from the way most of us think about investing; in our personal lives and in most operating businesses, investors try to spend as little as possible for the maximum results. In aggregate, angels are significant investors.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Post-Mortem Title : Why Wesabe Lost to Mint.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. I’m taking a 52 week course in how to start up, run, operate, and achieve self employment. Seriously mean it too.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. I get that you want to grow and I want you to grow, but let’s internally finance that growth by spending gross margin dollars rather than new dilutive dollars of equity.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40