VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. As IVC reports: In Q1–Q3/2022, Israeli high-tech companies raised $12.3 Israeli tech review Q3 2022, IVC Online and Bank Leumi.

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Founder Technical Review Down Round Liquidation Preference 174

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

I hesitate to use a quote from one of the greatest people ever to grace planet earth, and certainly the question of how to structure early stage investment is a laughable cause as compared to the rights that Ghandi (also a lawyer) fought to advance.  I’ve attached version 2.0 Posted by: Bill Burnham | 10/12/2010 at 07:39 PM.

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Term Sheet Ratchet Dilution Equity 40

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  A cumulative dividend can get to be very expensive and is not often a feature in early stage terms.   It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur.   I’ve never seen it in practice.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. Never in the history of venture capital have early stage startups had access to so much capital.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Other links: The Time to Think About the 3D-Printed Future is Now (HBR), Space Station Builds 3D-Printed Ratchet Wrench (NASA), Shapeways.com (3D printing marketplace). Noah describes this as this idea of like if you’re early stage you need some money to get off the ground. You have some costs at the banana stand?

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Business Plan Marketing Oregon Small Business 60