Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Much has changed in the past four months of the technology startup world and how outsiders value the business. It applies to all startups – not just SaaS. Of course it’s too early to predict whether this is a trend or an aberration but the smartest people I know in the industry are predicting the former.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

and Canada… with startups in the Bay area, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Portland, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver. Announcing Version One’s final close In addition to wrapping up 2012, I’m happy to announce the final close of the Version One Ventures fund with $19 million in committed capital.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Startups, especially early stage startups, are in the weird position of simultaneously trying to reduce known risks while embracing new risks. As investors, we hope to help founders see around corners in order to assess and predict outcomes.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 24, 2017

An investor commits capital with the expectation of financial return, which according to CNN Money is a growing benefit to the average American’s bank account. The post Getting Younger People In Touch With The Future Of Investing appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Investing is a simple concept.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 6, 2012

A little more inside baseball from the VC biz… why VC’s rarely make “crossover” investments, with capital from multiple funds the VC firm manages invested in a single startup (see note 1). VC firms typically raise a new fund every 2-4 years but each of these funds is a discrete pool of capital.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « Starting Startups | Main.   Reduce donor risk and raise effectiveness of committed capital.   Reduce donor risk and raise effectiveness of committed capital. Funding startups. Startup ideas. Resources for startups.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

What stage of startups are you looking at and what do you look for initially? We’re a small fund with $30M of committed capital, so we focus on Seed and Series A opportunities. Have you invested in any startups thus far? CrunchBase Profile for AOL Ventures ).

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ithacaVC

MAY 10, 2011

Typically, that might be 2% of committed capital per year paid quarterly. Third, VC1 pays GP1 a management fee (via a separate fund management entity – again, to make this post simple I am not going to elaborate on the fund management entity here). So, for VC1, that would be $2mm a year.

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