Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

What’s a “fair” split of fee income and carried interest when a partner joins several years/funds after others? Should there be a notion of “founder equity” for those individuals who put in the hard work to start a firm and build the brand? they generate $400M in proceeds from that $100M).

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

We believe the best founders and companies are polarizing. An opposite extreme: Techcrunch asked Jeff Clavier, Founder of SoftTech VC, “With three full partners, what will the voting structure be at SoftTech? Senior partners take home a lower 15 percent of the carried interest….Summarizing – Tax distributions.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

These IPOs meant that technology companies didn’t have to get acquired to raise money or get their founders and investors liquid. Ampex’s first customer was Bing Crosby who wanted to record his radio programs for rebroadcast (and had exclusive distribution rights.) This is where the partners would make their money.

Silicon Valley 125

Silicon Valley SBIC San Francisco RSS 125

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28