David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. . Flexible VCs have created structures based on other company performance metrics than revenues, such as profits or founder salaries. That said, nothing is cost-free.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

Hiring costs are up dramatically The cost of hiring top quality talent in the bay area has gone up dramatically. At the same time, since the hiring costs are much higher, the companies need to spend more money on recruiting and retaining top talent. And the hiring costs are higher. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine.

Mezzanine 134

Mezzanine Seed Stage Early Stage IPO 134

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

If the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started? Yes, the infrastructure is cheap (to start), but the human costs have gone up dramatically. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. That’s squarely in Series A territory and you now need to have Series A metrics for that.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

Always testing and trying to run fast tests to put up some strong metrics before running out of money (did I mention we''re running out of money?). Financing: Do we have the metrics to support a growth or mezzanine round? Business Model: running a lot of experiments - pricing, packaging, value proposition. >$100 million.

Mezzanine 20

Mezzanine IPO Finance Business Model 20