Down Round Finance Operations Partner 
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death , not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 30, 2016
And if you raise the “5 on 20” and don’t grow into your next-round valuation you’re stuck because venture investors HATE doing down rounds. Some people can skip first base My partner Greg Bettinelli has a sports metaphor that I’ve become fond of which is “skipping first base.” Most firms are somewhere in the middle.
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Berkonomics
AUGUST 10, 2017
Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death, not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
New investors hate down rounds. Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. Many good companies will not get funded. Get funded now, if you can.&#.
Berkonomics
MARCH 30, 2010
Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death, not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the final resources from the company coffers. . And we were able to secure that investment along with a partner from that firm joining our board.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.
Growthink Blog
MAY 23, 2011
The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals.
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