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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. That said, nothing is cost-free. Transaction costs.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. It’s hard to work out the cap table with your peers when one of them has no real intent in fixing the problem. Summary: Cheap, mobile, social, global, always-on, one-click-purchase =. more than 5 years ago?—?and

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Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait on how AI is changing human resources and weaning his company off venture funding via private equity

Hunter Walker

My dad had a medical practice and my mom founded an HR company at the kitchen table and grew it into a global powerhouse in their industry. HW: We’re going to see many more software CEOs (and cap tables) look for private equity exits like yours.

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How to Pick the Right Attorney For Your Startup

Up and Running

This should be clearly spelled out in your Capitalization Table , or “Cap Table” as it’s commonly called. A Cap Table shows who owns the company, what the ownership shares are, and what the owners have invested in exchange for that share. Have they worked with companies who have a global footprint?

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The Summer Solstice And Seed Stage Squeeze

Haystack

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. You lose influence as larger investors come into the cap table and start throwing their weight around. You lose way more than you win. You wait the longest for liquidity.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Sources like Crunchbase , Angel List , and Seed Invest even give this data away for free or very low cost. EShares is an increasingly popular tool in our portfolio for tracking private company cap tables. The only problem that faces startup investors now is how to mine this new data layer efficiently to increase returns.”.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Data companies more focused on later-stage companies include Avention , Bureau Van Dijk , BizQualify, Dow Jones , FactSet , Genesis , S&P Global Market Intelligence , DueDil , Core 2 Group , D&B Hoovers , InsideView , LexisNexis , Pitchbook , Preqin , PrivCo , SourceScrub , Refinitiv , and Unquote.