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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.” Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc.

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In 2017, GE Will Buy More Tech Startups Than Google

Hunter Walker

This keeps them aligned with their investors since a $250m exit with modest venture financing raised can be wonderful for all parties, but the same transaction can look awful if your last round was $60m on $300m pre! OR, the team and/or investors will be ready to take their money off the table. See Mint and Periscope as examples.

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The SBA Needs To Get It’s Act Together On The PPP

VC Adventure

Particularly confusing to many companies was the statement that companies needed to consider whether they had alternative financing options. That clearly isn’t the way the SBA is interpreting the Act nor how they’re guiding the business community (but it is likely closer to what Congress intended when they passed the Act).

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Not All Startup and Venture Experience is Equal #getoffmylawn

This is going to be BIG.

You''ll get an entrepreneur who has raised one and only one round of financing in his or her entire life--all from relatively unsophisticated individuals, giving fundraising advice. Others talked as if they were the ones doing the deals--even though they''re just the ones making the cap tables in Excel. You''re smart.

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Venture Capitalists Will Overpay For Seed Rounds But For Reasons You Likely Haven’t Considered

Hunter Walker

So when I tell you what I’m seeing in venture financing these days if you disagree with me, it might just be that we’re touching different parts of the elephant. I’m saying that 11-20 were hit harder by the downturn where as before they were often evaluated similarly by the venture community and rewarded commensurately.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. According to John Borchers, Co-founder, Decathlon is the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. We agree on a Return Cap which is a multiple of the initial investment (typically 3-5x). “We

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

J-Angels “is a community and a VC fund of top American investors (Jewish-American & Israeli-born) in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.”. Revenue-Based Finance and Flexible VC investors invest using “alternative VC” structures, as opposed to conventional preferred equity and convertible notes. 5) Structure-defined funds.