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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Aunnie Patton Power writes, “According to the Global Impact Investing Network, 85% of Impact Investors look for market rate or close to market rate returns, but they are cognizant that pushing for a full company exit might have negative impact on the company’s founding mission. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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The Biggest Threats to My Business

Rob Go

As I’ve blogged about in the past, there are positives and negatives to this strategy, but it is a viable option to some founders. The founder sacrificed having potentially “smarter money” around the table, but got the same amount of dollars in the bank for less dilution. Non-institutional Leads.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. Blog Archive. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? My Blog List. My facebook can beat up your facebook. November 22, 2009 2:03 AM. Post a Comment.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. We managed to pull together an angel syndicate and close $450K on 9/30 after working the phones the last few days and anxiously waiting for signature pages to show up on the fax machine and wire confirms to hit the bank account. Newer Post.

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How We Think About Pre-Seeds at NextView

Rob Go

On Wednesday, my partner David wrote about how we’ve been using our office space (and network and other resources) to support pre-seed companies. This is the best time to fundraise because that’s when you are able to command a meaningfully higher valuation for your next round to minimize your own dilution. You can find that here.