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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. Too often, investment structures force the management team to make decisions between misaligned growth and investment (return) objectives. Early liquidity.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

ReadWriteStart

Next Annette McClellan presented DaisyClip , a non-surgical contraception device for women that she is in the process of syndicating a $1.8 Well, there are some government and NGO contacts that I have in mind for her to explore. million financing round for. She is also considering developing software to address these issues.

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

The easiest way to do so is via SAFE notes, due to their simplicity, “available online” documentation, no major covenants established to protect the investors, no governance implications at the board level, etc. All of these items are postponed until the elusive priced equity round. It’s going to be great!”.

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$43.2 Million That Can Help You

Growthink Blog

It enables merchants to sell their products anywhere by syndicating goods to multiple marketplaces. It solicits feedback from employees, helps teams share information and accomplish goals, and allows managers to review and improve employee performance more easily. Ixtens ( [link] ) raised $4.6 TimeTrade Systems ( [link] ) raised $5.6

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The Parlay

Haystack

The more I discover about going beyond just writing checks into startups — concepts like portfolio construction, cross-fund management, and new fund formation — the more I realize how critical the parlay is. Naturally, I started thinking about the parlay as it relates to startup investing, building funds, and fund management.

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Smoothstone Lands $48M

Austin Startup

The company announced it is raising $48 million from a unique syndicate of investors comprising industry leading venture capital firms and semiconductor innovators. This kind of investment, the amount, and the strength of this syndicate is a strong endorsement for the innovation we are bringing to market,” said Smooth-Stone CEO Barry Evans.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. When it comes to governance, putting operating heads on portfolio company boards hasn’t worked. I don’t think we are.