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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

In exchange for attending an accelerator, startups give up 5% to 10% of their company’s equity. Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners. In return for the lower risk, a venture studio typically takes a larger percentage of equity. Why Would an Entrepreneur Join a Venture Studio?

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. So we think about scaling a lot.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. These costs make it preferable to use a convertible security for a raise of this size and to structure as equity financing if you are raising closer to $2 million.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Equity Ownership. Yes, typically preferred equity. Of the Inc. Example VC.

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Why We Invested in Toya

VC Cafe

Toya is a female-led studio partnering with the biggest platforms in the gaming industry to develop and promote games that reflect equal opportunities, diverse characters, and more dynamic storylines across the gender spectrum. Saying “no” can be equally important as saying “yes” to a potential partner or client. . Enter Toya .

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Preparing For An Acquisition

YoungUpstarts

by Jeff Stark, Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo. Watch out for complex areas such as accounting for revenue, inventory, contingencies, equity instruments and consolidation. When using others (employees, contractors, third parties) to develop your technology, be sure that ownership of IP is assigned to the company.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Focus on the partner you would be working with. One issue he talked about was working with partners. I also like to work with partners.