Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Interesting to note that Hafner and English own common stock but also made meaningful investments in the Series A & B rounds. Notes: In an IPO preferred share classes are converted into common stock, and liquidation preferences and accumulated but unpaid dividends essentially go away. as of 12/31/09). Author howerl.
Professor VC
JULY 25, 2013
It is the story of the founding of the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley and features many of the iconic companies created including Apple, Intel, Genentech and Cisco. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now.
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Agile VC
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
As a result, the amount these employees pay the company for these exercises is non-trivial… in 2011 these common stock purchases generated about $1 billion in cash for Facebook. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. billion in cash profit last year. Read More ».
Austin Startup
AUGUST 1, 2017
While I work with a few companies in Silicon Valley, the vast majority of my clients are either in Austin or ecosystems that look much more like Austin than SV; “second tier” tech communities. And Silicon Valley produces, and likely will continue to produce, the lion share of those. It certainly provides more variety.
Professor VC
MARCH 12, 2015
It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked. As with all M&A exits, there was a round of congratulatory messages to the founder in the Silicon Valley echo chamber. Syndicates can either be company led or investor led.
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