Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). I told Ethan on the spot that I wanted to be the lead investor in his new company. Let me not bury the lede.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
Prabhdeep Singh: We were founded in 1998 to serve top professionals — then it was investors — who weren’t really learning from the dry, one-dimensional, one-size-fits-all industry reports and conferences available to them. So GLG started connecting our clients directly to the smartest people on any given topic.
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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. And as my partner Rob Go likes to say, “Time kills all deals.”).
www.xconomy.com
JUNE 9, 2012
Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner. President and CEO, Complete Genomics. Dan'l Lewin.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 29, 2016
On the positive side, friends and family probably won’t be as demanding on your financial projections as a professional investor, and they likely will be satisfied with an initial offer of a convertible note (loan with option to convert to equity later), so you don’t have to give away the store before you get started.
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). It’s like opening a job interview by sharing salary requirements.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 10, 2022
and we also had a great relationship with the partner. I can’t say we have major regrets here though — Susa has been a great partner. 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?
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