David Teten
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust. Or, you can go straight to the source. It started in healthcare.
www.xconomy.com
JUNE 9, 2012
Coats says the VC firm spent more than six years and invested millions of dollars to compile a database of key variables from more than 60,000 venture financing deals covering roughly 98 percent of all U.S. By the same token, Coats could find no correlation between the hot deals (where investor demand was highest) and the hot outcomes.
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View from Seed
OCTOBER 21, 2014
Sharing these pricing expectations early with potential lead investors fundamentally qualifies your conversations, but it also runs the risk of prematurely losing a potential financing partner, or else it can reduce options to maximize your fundraise outcome.
Genuine VC
JULY 30, 2012
By communicating pricing expectations with potential lead investors, I mean sharing either an “ask” or even stated floor for the pre-money valuation of the company (with a priced preferred round) or explicitly stating a valuation cap (for convertible note round).
Version One Ventures
JANUARY 28, 2013
Seed financing grew from 89 fundings in Q1 2009 to more than 500 in Q3 2012. That means there are a lot more seeded startups out there: an excess demand for a limited supply of Series A financings. Do your homework on potential investors. For example, look for strategic investors or another angel round.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 10, 2022
Homebrew was on the board of a construction tech startup called BuildingConnected , having led their seed financing. The seed round gets done with a surplus of demand — I mean you’re a second time founder working in an area of expertise that is a huge market. The needs of the lead investor for ownership?
The Startup Lawyer
JUNE 9, 2010
A startup’s Series A financing shouldn’t be a large liquidity event or salary payday for the startup’s founders. Earlier this year, this issue presented itself when a client was the lead investor in a Series A round of about $2MM at a $4MM pre-money. Not all startup founders understand this tenet. Case Study.
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