Rob Go

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The reason is that most seed syndicates have room for 5-10 angels or more, but only room for 1-3 funds. Because of this, there is a lot of pressure for VC’s to get to an investment early, differentiate themselves meaningfully, and move with a huge amount of conviction. They also should be doing due diligence of some sort.

Syndicate 66

Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence Liquidity Event 66

VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

In it, he describes our philosophy around seed investing and differentiates it from what others (but not everyone) in the market is doing. From the initial idea we worked together to validate the operating assumptions of the business – doing collaborative due diligence on the crowdsearch SEM marketplace that was the idea behind Trada.

Syndicate 74

Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 74

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Push hard to set up the technical reviews, the due diligence meetings, the reference calls – whatever.

Technical Review 301

Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301