This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 21, 2023

In other words, you’re one of dozens, perhaps 100’s of companies getting the same exact e-mail where the VC says they’re really excited about what you’re doing and they work with such and such partner and the firm has done such and such IPOs, etc. But back to the cap table. and they take a hefty chunk of the cap table to do it.

Cap Table 78

Cap Table Term Sheet Database Option Pool 78

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Cheap, mobile, social, global, massive, always-on, one-click-purchase has led to the most successful companies of our era hitting unprecedented scale early in their development and has massively shifted the value captured from post-IPO investors to pre-IPO investors as is demonstrated in the chart above.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It might ‘exit’ again at a later point (anything from a sale to an IPO), but it’s no long dependent on VC funding. HW: We’re going to see many more software CEOs (and cap tables) look for private equity exits like yours. This means the company is predominantly owned by the management/team and TPG.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Equity DC Leveraged Buyout 78

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again. I’ve met several people from Cooley Godward who have stellar reputations in this category. They have a stellar reputation and know how to work with the earliest of starts with entrepreneurs. Our lives are intertwined. I already mentioned DLA Piper.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Until you IPO, feeling like you’re good may just depend on what part of the fundraising cycle you’re taking a snapshot of your companies in. That’s how it feels when your hot deal from two years ago winds up running low on cash and gets into a pay-to-play round that wipes out the cap table. But I thought I was good!?”

Non-Compete 97

Non-Compete Cofounder Cap Table Reputation 97

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2019

I have a portfolio where 50% of the investments have founders that come from diverse backgrounds—and yes, I want them to get money from all of the still-active funds on Uber’s cap table that benefitted from the IPO.

Cap Table 116

Cap Table Portfolio IPO Reputation 116

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

The pressures of lofty paper valuations, massive burn rates (and the subsequent need for more cash), and unprecedented low levels of IPOs and M&A, have created a complex and unique circumstance which many Unicorn CEOs and investors are ill-prepared to navigate. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40