View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage. As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”.
View from Seed
APRIL 30, 2015
In many instances, you raise an institutional round to either fulfill a product strategy or go-to-market strategy or you’re increasing sales and marketing hires, so you have better visibility into what needs to happen in the next six, 12, 18 months. In terms of negotiation, there are always hot buttons.
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Rob Go
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage. As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”.
K9 Ventures
APRIL 27, 2011
I helped introduce the company to various angels and lead the effort to form a syndicate for their fund-raising round. The day before we were supposed to sign the term sheet for the investment, Like.com sued Ugmode (the parent company of Modista.com) for patent infringement. The Valley thrives on innovation and creativity.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
We used the Y Combinator open source term sheet. We signed the term sheet within 48 hours and had funded in under 2 weeks. They were grateful for the extra money as their launch was overwhelmingly successful and they had to rapidly hire staff to support customer demand. If you accept my terms you’re done.
chrischandler.name
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
Equity to a developer works the same way, except it’s often approached as hiring an employee instead of bringing on an investor. Be prepared with your business plan, term sheet, and probably a beer. The lender wants to see mitigated risk as well as receive some ownership for their money.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 1, 2010
They either do too many seed investments (for which they can spend no quality time with any) or they treat it as an option (“if you succeed come back and see us and we’ll match any term sheet you get&# ) – they view it as a sort of “right of first refusal.&#. The signaling affect is overrated. the $190 million).
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