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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. However, as a VC, we have the opposite problem: how do we find companies in which to invest?

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Why You Don’t Want to Give Financial Information to All of Your Investors

Both Sides of the Table

We all can intuit the benefits to founders of these trends so there’s little reason to elaborate. How founders get screwed on convertible notes. They have listed forward revenue figures that are highly questionable and bring the issue of SEC oversight to my mind. Has written a book on venture capital.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

Both Sides of the Table

This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC. I spent a bunch of time with Co-founders Alex Bard and Gary Benitt. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. 5.0mm in Series B. Want to debate them?

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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018

BeyondVC

2017 was another year of growing, learning, investing and partnering with amazing founders. Once again, we are grateful to have the opportunity to work with so many amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, and other collaborators to bring the boldstart family together. 2017 Recap. 2 exits including yhat (sold to Alteryx?—?AYX

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Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

David Teten

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Underaddressed market.

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