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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital ‘s summer intern class. Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages. Equity investors. Debt investors.

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Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy

Up and Running

For anyone seeking venture capital funding or angel investment , having a clear exit strategy is essential. Acquisition: The acquisition is often known as a “merger and acquisition.” An acquisition or merger does not have to happen on a big scale. In fact, this is exactly what happened at Palo Alto Software.

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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Startup Company Lawyer

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. He holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University.

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Going Public Circa 2020; Door #3: The SPAC

abovethecrowd.com

Now imagine you are selling any other asset, be it a piece of art, a home, a piece of software, or perhaps your car. I would argue that any first year finance student or computer science student would naturally assume this is how traditional public offerings already work (they would be wrong). Door #3: The SPAC Merger.

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