article thumbnail

The End of Syndication

View from Seed

For early stage VC ‘s, Syndication is the process of sharing investments with other potential co-investors. Typically a good syndicate partner will move fast to try to build conviction about an opportunity, but will do real work to try to get to an independent point of view on the company.

Syndicate 209
article thumbnail

Updating Your Seed Investors – Board Deck & Update Email Templates

View from Seed

Over the intervening years, we’ve heard continued and consistent feedback about the value of it for seed stage Founders in providing both strategic thought and tactical help in assembling their post-financing investor communications. Yet the landscape for the seed stage has evolved over that period. Download Board Deck Template.

Email 331
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

9 Keys To Finding The Perfect Angel Investor For You

Startup Professionals Musings

Despite the recent growth of crowdfunding, angels continue to be one of the major sources of financing for new ventures, so it behooves every aspiring entrepreneur to understand who these people are. Typically, individual investments will be less than $100K, but a group of angels may syndicate multiples.

article thumbnail

An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

I have a tiny audience compared with the B2C influencers, but my audience are overwhelming businesspeople in tech and finance. 3) Documenting best practices. As a manager, one of my key responsibilities is identifying, documenting, and disseminating best practices. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns).

article thumbnail

Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

When it comes time to convert the notes, these entrepreneurs face ‘sticker shock’ about their post-financing ownership. The easiest way to do so is via SAFE notes, due to their simplicity, “available online” documentation, no major covenants established to protect the investors, no governance implications at the board level, etc.

article thumbnail

5 Financial Professionals Every Entrepreneur Needs On Their Team

YoungUpstarts

Having the right team in place can make all the difference in how you manage your finances and allow your money to work for you instead of against you. Here’s a quick list of the small group of professionals who you may need to enlist to advise you on business and personal finance decisions: 1. Personal Finance Coach.

article thumbnail

Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

You can read the whole complaint in the embedded document here (from AllThingsD’s coverage). Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch.

IP 100