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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Versatile has built out a suite of no-cost portfolio acceleration services to help its companies succeed.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

I’ve been looking for suggestions for an initial deal structure that is appropriate for the theoretical case of a trusted dev shop putting in $100k in market-value of services over a 6 month period in time. In exchange for equity, we discount the project cost, which is already low because we offshore most of our development, by 10-15%.

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10 Tips for Startups Raising Money from Angels

VC Cafe

Are your costs per acquisition going up or down with scale? Deal structure – I could write a full post just on this, but some aspects that were brought up are the need to agree on a reasonable valuation, what investment vehicles are used (convertible debt vs stock, options and warrants and other non-dilutive mechanisms).

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

Yes, the infrastructure is cheap (to start), but the human costs have gone up dramatically. This is another common question, especially from founders who are worried about how they now have one more round of dilution to take before they get to their Series A. Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured?