YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2019
The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal. If the business IS the business owner, then that person needs to be part of the deal. Structure the buy-out to include an employment contract or consulting agreement, as well as an earn-out.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 14, 2018
Think of financing an acquisition as an exercise with two parts that work in concert: 1) structuring a desired deal with a suitable target and 2) obtaining the funding. Structuring the Desired Deal. A desired deal is one that is engineered specifically with the big picture in mind.
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David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
It gives us instant credibility, high visibility in the search engines, and significant traffic, even apart from the value of the services we have built on top of it.”. Clearly, the real operating business will have more value in the long run…but a high quality team has to build it.
David Teten
MAY 20, 2013
It gives us instant credibility, high visibility in the search engines, and significant traffic, even apart from the value of the services we have built on top of it.”. Clearly, the real operating business will have more value in the long run…but a high quality team has to build it.
K9 Ventures
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured? Q: What are some Pre-Seed funds operating today? Engineering Capital. Most professional/seasoned investors don’t like convertible instruments of any form. I’ve written about this on the K9 Ventures blog. Mark Suster has written about this. Precursor Ventures.
David Teten
JANUARY 21, 2021
According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. Purpose Ventures’ deal structures are bespoke to each company.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
portfolio operator VCs, e.g., Andreessen Horowitz, ff Venture Capital, First Round Capital, Google Ventures. 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. Rock Health).
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