Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Often times when companies raise “bridge” financing (this is money from internal investors. CEO/President is Karl Siebrecht (ex-Pres of Atlas at AQuantive and ex-GM of ad platform product management, search and display marketing, and mobile and gaming advertising for Microsoft). We spoke briefly about why. Short answer: no.

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cdixon.org

AUGUST 3, 2012

Some observations: - Thousands of early-stage consumer web/mobile companies were started and funded in last 24 months. It’s becoming increasingly common for early-stage consumer startups to do bridge financings (raising more money from past investors, usually on terms similar to the prior round) instead of Series As. -

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

In cases where it is truly a bridge financing (i.e. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Particularly, now that standard Series Seed docs are commonly used. So when does convertible debt make sense? 5 hours ago.

San Jose 36

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