Gust

APRIL 23, 2014

From a completely biased perspective, I’d nominate the nascent and not yet completely visible rise of online equity investing platforms. While Gust is generally flying under the radar, and currently accounts for an infinitesimally tiny fraction of the marketplace, the actual numbers may be a bit surprising.

Angel Groups 127

Angel Groups Accredited Investor Private Equity Deal Flow 127

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. If you’re an associate, an assistant, in finance or a new partner interviewing with the firm – you know what we expect! A brand is a marathon, not a sprint. So what else have we done to live up to our brand changes?

Ireland 324

Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

MAY 12, 2015

For entrepreneurs setting out to raise a round of VC financing, with some diligent research, it’s reasonably straightforward to put together a list of target firms to pitch. The dirty not-so-secret is that a “partner” designation isn’t necessarily a true equity Partner in the firm’s actual businesses entities.

Partner 120

Partner Term Sheet Reputation Deal Flow 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team. Warning sign? At best. ~

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

These are financing docs that were pioneered by YC and is apparently starting to see some level of acceptance in Silicon Valley. Personally, I’m not a fan of notes and very much prefer equity financing. establishes clean, fair terms for future financing rounds. SAFE docs are on the rise.

Angel Investor 71

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Cofounder Finance 71

Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

government’s long standing restrictions on fundraising has given life to a new type of financing called crowdfunding that allows Angel and other early stage investors to quickly assemble a group of investors over the internet. An easing on some of the U.S. Want To Learn More? Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook.

Angel Groups 51

Angel Groups Accredited Investor Angel Investor Due Diligence 51

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

As you know, we strongly believe in trying to get to customers and channel partners as early as possible and even using that as alternative financing , rather than beating the pavement looking for equity capital without adequate validation - a path that yields a 99% rejection rate.

Malaysia 114

Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

The incubators invest usually for an equity stake and buy equity at a extremely low valuation (for example, 7% for $15,000, which implies a pre-money valuation of less than $200,000). The Series A is now the third round of financing for a company, but the nomenclature hasn’t been changed.

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

NDA 248

NDA CPA SEC Startup 248

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

Vetting deal flow is part of the job. I offered a term sheet to lead a $1.6mm financing. Do you believe that it negatively impacts your equity in the company? Your network never signed up to do your outsourced job for you. If you can't handle the cold inbound, hire some help.

Founder 100

Founder Conversion Naming Term Sheet 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

NDA 237

NDA CPA Startup SEC 237

Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

NDA 147

NDA CPA SEC Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

NDA 233

NDA CPA Startup SEC 233

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. After that, I did it for a private equity firm then we became a part of a larger corporation. And so professional angels that have access to real deal flow? Edwin: I know.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I believe AngelList is capable of managing deal flow by acting as a filter. I personally like meeting teams very early on and wish I could get more proprietary deal flow from it. My Personal Take on AngelList. My personal concern is for that of the inexperienced angel.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

I don''t know the reasons for selling, but presumably Authy felt their prospects weren''t promising as a standalone entity and may have had difficulty raising further financing. Authy was a YC company, so Sam''s firm held a 7% common stock equity stake and benefited from the other angels holding the short end of the stick.

Syndicate 28

Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley Common Stock 28

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Revenue-Based Finance and Flexible VC investors invest using “alternative VC” structures, as opposed to conventional preferred equity and convertible notes. They exist as heuristics, but at the end of the day, deal flow trumps everything. 5) Structure-defined funds. 6) Situation-defined funds. We think not. .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Version One Ventures

MAY 15, 2013

Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo are helping fill the financing void for startups that struggle to find traditional financing. Crowdfunding can also be a way for startups to finance parts purchasing and manufacturing by taking customer pre-orders. The Ugly: Crowdfunding for equity.

Angel Investor 148

Angel Investor Equity Venture Capital Deal Flow 148

VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

D eloitte Touche in Israel produces a Venture Capital and Private Equity survey every other quarter in an attempt to identify trends within the venture capital arena, give a summary of VC expectations of the Israeli VC community for the next six to twelve months. 77% of venture capitalists believe the gap is in Seed and First Round.

Mezzanine 92

Mezzanine Venture Capital IPO 92

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

Who benefitted equity-wise from Uber's success? Black drivers make up over 20% of who is actually behind the wheel but have no equity in the company as they are not technically employees. Sure, that means exponentially opening up the flow of deals and going through a ton of deal flow.

Michigan 117

Michigan Deal Flow Accredited Investor Equity 117

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

. – Indiegogo.com is a crowd-funding platform allowing contributors to empower hundreds of thousands of inventors, musicians, do-gooders, filmmakers – and many more – to bring their dreams to life. – Clarity.com proactively advises you on managing your personal finances efficiently. Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60