ReadWriteStart
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The problem most startups have — aside from reaching the critical mass necessary to support an initial public offering (IPO) — is deciding exactly when the conditions are exactly right to go public. Here are three IPO lessons and what they hold for today’s startups. Uber — May 9th, 2019.
SiliconHills
JULY 23, 2021
By Krishna Srinivasan, Chairman of the Board, DISCO and co-Founding Partner, LiveOak Venture Partners In October 2013, we received a cold email – it had all the elements on first glance that begged to be ignored. The email came from a person named “CeCe” who talked about a founder called “Kiwi” and a company called “DISCO” […].
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Steve Blank
JANUARY 22, 2014
They failed due to: the dearth of deals in the region that have IPO potential and. We believe that regional funds need to walk a delicate balance…but it doesn’t take huge IPOs to return multiples of capital on a small fund. Late stage large regionally based funds that invest in late stage or mezzanine deals. Lessons Learned.
View from Seed
MARCH 24, 2021
Updating Your Seed Investors: Board Deck and Update Email Templates. Here, we share comprehensive templates for both board decks and update emails , breaking down the logic behind both. Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently? Company Building. ” (Rob Go). ” (David Beisel). Industry Trends.
Version One Ventures
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Looking back at V1’s first IPO, an unusual investment at the time: Coinbase. Thank you to everyone who reads our posts throughout the year, whether via email subscription or visiting the site. Announcing Fund IV and Ops Fund II. 2/ Climate and energy. Public awareness about sustainability and climate change is at an all-time high.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 15, 2010
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 15, 2010 Some IPO speculation Inspired by Steve Blank’s post today about the “lost decade&# of IPO’s , I’d like to make some predictions. The fact that IPO’s are disappearing makes intuitive sense to me. Let me be clear: Steve is the historian.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
This huge increase of capital is really just money that used to be invested post-IPO, so more value is captured by VCs who traditionally sold post-IPO In a way we see this late-stage capital as a different market segment than traditional venture capital but it gets lumped into the same classification. trillion in value. Still reading?
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