ithacaVC

MARCH 9, 2017

Good corporate governance is critical at startups and other companies alike! The importance of the Board is why institutional investors (like VCs) often get a seat on the Board after an investment. The list goes on and on. The Board discusses and agrees on strategy. Discussion is critical.

Seed Stage 58

Seed Stage Software Review Institutional Investors Lead Investor 58

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.

Incubator 236

Incubator Exit Strategy Institutional Investors Angel Investor 236

Pascal's View

MARCH 10, 2010

This is the third in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Answer: You are asking a fundamental question here about trust, which relates to your prior question. Will they work 24/7 to get the job done? How will they behave when unforeseen challenges occur—which they always do?

Government 28

Government Technical Review Due Diligence Institutional Investors 28

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. What role can government agencies both in the U.S. More details. Tuesday, January 15 th : Impact Investment Roundtable – 3-4:30pm, Offices of Morgan Stanley (522 5 th Avenue).

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

Crypto projects that are “hot “attract significant investment which drives the prices up dramatically and gets even more investors to pile in. Cryptocurrency needs regulation, either by an independent organization or the government to ensure full disclosure and fair distribution of information.

Stock 135

Stock Institutional Investors Demand Portfolio 135

Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Nevertheless, selective disclosure could be said to unfairly benefit analysts and institutional investors at the expense of other stockholders, particularly individual investors, who lack access to the same information.

SEC 158

SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.

Incubator 256

Incubator Entrepreneur Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 256

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Hospital System Roots. Unions often cast an outsized presence.

Private Equity 129

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 129

David Teten

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

The Southern States Business Coalition (SSBC) is bringing some of the country’s leading Plan Sponsors, Institutional Investors, and Alternative Investment professionals to Birmingham, AL, March 3-6 for the Southern States Alternative Investment Symposium 2013.

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Alabama Virginia Arizona Arkansas 114

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The final piece of my four-part guide to expanding a business into Asia is tailored more towards local startups and a big issue that affects many of them: raising funding from investors. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.

Incubator 120

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. Even the government is watching to see where you fit. entrepreneur funding hobby investors startup' Manage human resources.

Startup 268

Startup Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping 268

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.

Incubator 237

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 237

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I could never have imagined going from a 25-year-old analyst at an institutional investor to seeing what I’ve seen and being a part of this community. So much more of it is about connecting to money than I ever thought it would be and that’s the most disappointing thing about it. I’ve had to start muting libertarian VC Twitter.

LP 136

LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 136

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG , or environmental, social , and governance, is an issue that’s making big waves, and ESG for nonprofits is getting its share of attention as well. The governance portion of ESG has to do with how ethically organizations govern themselves. Why should that matter to your nonprofit?

South Africa 76

South Africa Government Africa Institutional Investors 76

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.

Incubator 230

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 230

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. Even the government is watching to see where you fit. Manage human resources. Marty Zwilling.

Institutional Investors 230

Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping Database 230

thebarefootvc

MAY 6, 2020

I’ve often faced questions from institutional investors who considered Bitcoin a passing fad and too volatile for any serious consideration.

Zimbabwe 59

Zimbabwe Venezuela Argentina Institutional Investors 59

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Some are running away from skyrocketing tax rates, dysfunctional government, and devastating wildfires. He was the first institutional investor in Facebook and also an early-stage investor in groundbreaking companies like Etsy, Spotify, C3.AI, Austin is positioned to be the biggest winner of them all. Why Jim Breyer?

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Silicon Valley Austin Texas Raleigh 100

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

C corps, LLCs, and S corps differ significantly in the areas of taxation, ownership, fundraising, governance and structure, and employee compensation. Such inflexible features are typically unattractive to venture investors. Governance/Structure. Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. Fundraising.

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LLC Stock Options Preferred Stock Stock 61

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 11, 2021

Stock markets are a common platform where individual and institutional investors come together to buy and sell shares. Portfolio Investment covers a wide range of assets that include stocks, government, and corporate bonds. For the people, it becomes a mode to earn income. Nowadays, these exchanges exist as an electronic market.

Stock 52

Stock Securities and Exchange Commission Portfolio Dividend 52

Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

The massive institutional investor losses incurred from investments in asset classes unrelated to venture capital due to the global financial crisis have only fanned the wildfire fire burning in the American innovation forest. Investors take risk in order to reap rewards.

IPO 28

IPO Silicon Valley Merger Sweat Equity 28

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

Most employee retirement plans do not offer options to direct invested funds to investment vehicles employing security selection based on environmental, social, and/or governance (ESG) characteristics, and relatively few such choices have been available from the largest investment managers.

Green 154

Green Institutional Investors Employee Hosting 154

ithacaVC

APRIL 5, 2011

A real institutional investor wants to invest $XX,000 in his company. I stress that the offer is from a real investor with a good reputation. The company is at the pre-seed stage, and the outside investment would qualify the company for an additional grant from a government source (matching funds). Seems like a win-win.

Common Stock 45

Common Stock Stock Cap Table Preferred Stock 45

ithacaVC

AUGUST 10, 2011

If the company has no institutional investors, then I think fully appropriate for the founders to concede to the request (which is inevitable) and give the personal guaranty. They invest on the strength of the venture investors and the fact that the venture investors have a vested interest in the success of the company.

Founder 69

Founder SBA Silicon Valley Vesting 69

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

By contrast, venture capital and angel investments normally take the form of Preferred Stock with rights and preferences set forth in the company’s Certificate of Incorporation and other governance documents.

IPO 159

IPO Equity Common Stock Stock 159

VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. In broad strokes, the high-tech support plan consists of the following pieces: Renewing the flow of capital to the high-tech industry - primarily by encouraging Israeli institutional investors to invest in Israeli venture capital funds.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Government Technology 88

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

Such market power allows bankers to shapes the profile of those companies worthy of going public to favor the natural demand from their largest clients: short-term trading focused hedge funds and large institutional investors that demand highly liquid public securities. Share and Enjoy:

IPO 40

IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). The first is a staff constraint.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). The first is a staff constraint.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

My key takeaways from talking to roughly 40 institutional investors in the valley about investing to an European startup are: Traction cures all ills. If you can really demonstrate up and to the right path and consistently deliver on your promises, the funding will find you. Read Venture Hacks ( [link] ).

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

This is the second in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. To get to the core of your question, providing passive institutional investors with more financial information about illiquid securities isn’t going to make them more liquid.

Government 31

Government Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 31

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

But the relaxation itself comes with limits, Mitchell tells us - limits that maintain the spirit in which the reporting rules were created, and which many investors actually insisted should remain. And they'd rather be in a regulated environment rather than a contractual environment.

IPO 118

IPO SEC Silicon Valley Startup 118

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 21, 2014

This notion is more common now than it was when we started the fund early in 2013, there’s still occasional question about whether this slows down a company’s operations or gives investors too much control. My answer is, if it does, you’ve selected the wrong investors, which is a bigger problem.

Cofounder 102

Cofounder Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 102

Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

I have to admit my West Coast bias here, having learned the ropes at a large Silicon Valley firm ; it makes little sense to me to have investor’s counsel drafting documents that are woven into the fabric of a company’s governance and capital structure, with which the company will likely be living for years after the investment is made.

Finance 79

Finance Term Sheet Covenant Accredited Investor 79

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. ARD was almost exclusively focused on the East Coast ARD proved that institutional investors, not just family money had an appetite for investing into venture capital firms.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Securities and Exchange Commission Venture Capital RSS 159