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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. Purpose Ventures’ deal structures are bespoke to each company.

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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. What are the terms of their relationship with the founder? Our model at Casual Corp.

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10 Tips for Startups Raising Money from Angels

VC Cafe

But here it’s not enough to relay on secondary research – get out there and speak to potential customers, partners and even competitors – gather evidence and interest. Evidence the plan will work – for example, there’s a similar startup in another country that’s working well.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). 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. So the amount of dilution a company will take on still remains the same over the life of the company.