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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Flexible VC: Blended Return.

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A VC’s take on the Season 5 premier of Sharktank

Lightspeed Venture Partners

to fund the company at a $6M post money valuation from a number of investors including Selena Gomez. pre money valuation and planned to use the money to market the app. pre money valuation). pre money valuation. pre money valuation and a $2.7M The smartphone app that enables this is free but it costs $2.49

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“Seed Is the New Series A” – Making Sense of the Confusion

View from Seed

Or maybe you are just a bit off on your product, or else you needed more experimentation to get to the right strategy for distribution. You may actually need to raise a few financing rounds just to get to a series A, so think about the syndicate you are constructing (will they be loyal to you?) We’re not at normal yet.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones.

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Not Building a Unicorn

Austin Startup

This is most clearly highlighted in the “unicorn” boom we all saw over the past few years, where founders raised very large rounds, with terms very onerous to the underlying common stock, hoping they could eventually justify billion dollar valuations to skeptical acquirers or public market investors. Angels/Seed Funds v.