David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

which they co-developed with Fenwick & West. . Mezzanine lending (a rough comparable) has a 18-23% required rate of return. Some players have proposed templates: Earnest Capital Shared Earnings Agreement v1.3. has open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, to 15.0%.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

Mezzanine 141

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

Many acquisitions in the middle market require a combination of senior debt and some type of equity or quasi-equity like mezzanine financing. As part of the acquisition process, be sure to develop a sound financing strategy in which you: Determine the valuation and financial strength of the acquisition target.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. Providing enough capital for 1 to 2 years of operations, funds obtained from the Series A round can be used for the full gamut of needs-from product development and marketing to employee salaries.

Equity 88

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

Mezzanine 120

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 120

Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2011

Traditional banks, government programs, credit unions, micro-lenders, and mezzanine funds all have initiatives to help businesses at all stages of development. Pros of borrowed funds: You have choices when it comes to sources of borrowed funds.

Finance 76

Finance Mezzanine Equity Vesting 76

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. It is no longer cheap to start a software company. Series A is the new Series B. (~6M-$15M By definition, yes.

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Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Surprising Insights From HubSpot’s $35M Mezzanine Round | ON Startups – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. With all the opinions floating around today, don’t forget to give it 5 minutes – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. The other major trend seems to be pulling in the opposite direction. It is less clear to me that this is a smart strategy but we’ll see over time.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

One other chart worth noting is the the expected returns from various private capital providers (Banks, Asset based lenders, Mezzanine, Private Equity and VC). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Back to the survey.

San Jose 33

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Private Equity is relatively less developed than VC in Israel but with deep pockets. 2)mezzanine – One mezzanine financing accounted for $50 million, or 18 percent of the aggregate deal value, compared to $7 million (two deals) or 5 percent in the previous quarter, and $10 million (one deal) or 6 percent in Q3 2009. (3)distressed

Private Equity 100

Private Equity Equity Mezzanine 100

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

VCIR Launches 20 Promising Companies/Page 2 · Cool Energy is an energy technology company that has developed a 100% clean conversion engine that transforms heat to electrical power for solar-based combined heat and power home applications and for waste heat recovery.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Pure Energy Solutions is the developer of superior wire-free charging technology and rechargeable battery solutions for consumer electronic devices.

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Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. First it makes it prohibitively risky to develop software intellectual property as a means to build equity — because your competitor could just give it away! A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

People: founder-run and trying to recruit amazing technical talent (the product development team is a huge priority at this stage) and integrate a few senior managers to help prepare the company for scale - which leads to cultural clashes and communication challenges. Time to enlist some 3rd party developers! >$100 million.

Mezzanine 20

Mezzanine IPO Finance Business Model 20