Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. Well, both of those things happened but they were lagging indicators. The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The first is that we are welcoming Stephanie Palmeri as the newest Partner at the firm. As someone who has seen multiple companies go from concept to $1B scale (and IPO), her experience and insight will be invaluable to the founders we work with. We’d love to see if we can partner together. Thank you for reading this.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It might ‘exit’ again at a later point (anything from a sale to an IPO), but it’s no long dependent on VC funding. HW: In 2021 you partnered with growth firm TPG to bring them on as your primary investor, which I assume gave your current venture capital partners a chance to at least partially exit the business.

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Private Equity Equity DC Leveraged Buyout 78

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2021

This will be Version One’s first prospective IPO! Lolli continues to add great partners like eBay ; you can now earn BTC while you shop on eBay’s marketplace. . Let’s ride this momentum into 2021! . Announcements. Coinbase submitted their draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Portfolio Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission North America 148

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

7 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in VC Pitches and How to Fix Them “Different partners in a VC firm are different. How Decisions are Made After the Partner Meeting “The lead partner might also be using this opportunity to dive deeper into areas that you might not have had the chance to cover during the first/second meetings.

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Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 1, 2021

Its IPO Could Raise Up to $168M. appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners. The post ThredUp Goes Public Next Week.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. They failed due to: the dearth of deals in the region that have IPO potential and. Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Shopateinment – Shopping will become a top priority for social media companies – from TikTok to Facebook and Snap – video will be a big driver for product discovery, as Andreessen Horowitz partner Connie Chan points out.

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Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

A business plan is drawn up to attract investors and partners. At this stage, the idea is pitched mainly to family and friends. 2) Laying out the genesis of the company. It is here that the groundwork is laid and the business model developed. 3) Company formation. 4) Forming a company identity.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 15, 2021

Files for IPO Amid Pandemic-Fueled Demand appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners. The post Alba’s Honest Co.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

They have too many highly paid partners, fat fees, an aging corporate infrastructure and difficulty raising money from institutions. As lifecycle investment partners, they have become weighted down with portfolios still recovering from the economic downturn. Super angels are individuals or small teams using their own money.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2020

Vancouver executive Christopher Kape is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who founded JAMCO Capital Partners , an early-stage investment and strategic advisory firm that focuses on a number of industries, including gaming, high-tech, food and wellness.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 13, 2019

The post Turning $10M Into $1B at Nutanix IPO appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

AUGUST 13, 2019

The post Snap IPO Launches VC Firm Into Valley Elite appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) On top of all this it was considered very bad form not to have at least four additional consecutive quarters of profits after an IPO.) The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 21, 2017

See Jeff Leventhal’s post ( boldstart venture partner and Workrails cofounder/CEO) on why services continue to matter for cloud vendors. The post Thoughts from Mulesoft and AppDynamics IPO Filings appeared first on BeyondVC. Same goes for why on-prem. in banking, insurance, and health care. also published on Medium.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Friday, February 27, 2009.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2020

Bankers, investors, strategic partners, and ultimately your buyer or even attorneys providing opinions for an IPO, will all be most impressed by your thoughtful early management decision to make their lives easier and their job more productive. The payoff. The post What’s a “data room” and how do you use it?

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Software Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property IPO 62

SiliconHills

JULY 23, 2021

By Krishna Srinivasan, Chairman of the Board, DISCO and co-Founding Partner, LiveOak Venture Partners In October 2013, we received a cold email – it had all the elements on first glance that begged to be ignored.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. Companies are raising billions of dollars in the private markets and the valuations are enormous PRIOR to the IPO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. “My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

To register, click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/647747626 billion – the highest YTD activity since 2007 – is affecting (positively and negatively) the technology deal marketplace • And much, much more Register now via the below link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/647747626 To register, click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/647747626

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? Three of the five “blockbuster” tech IPOs I predicted have happened (LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga) and the biggest of all (Facebook) has filed and will likely go public within the next 90 days. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets. March 8, 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

They have too many highly paid partners, fat fees, an aging corporate infrastructure and difficulty raising money from institutions. As lifecycle investment partners, they have become weighted down with portfolios still recovering from the economic downturn. Super angels are individuals or small teams using their own money.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

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 Next Web

MARCH 8, 2014

But at the end of the day, I’ve learned that being a partner at a successful early-stage VC firm is not quite as different from being a founder as you might think. You might have three to five partners, three to four associates and principals, and some support staff, plus an office to pay for that has to be somewhat presentable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Especially for entrepreneurs who have not built and sold companies before, and need this startup to be an attractive acquisition or IPO target in a few years, I can’t think of a better way to enlist outside experts and keep them motivated to help you meet the challenges of a startup. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 3, 2014

In advance of the IPO I reconnected with their SVP Product & User Experience Alex Kinnier, whom I know from our days together at Google. I couldn’t ask Alex specifically about the IPO or future plans but wanted to get some more info on a company that gets less press than your typical social app but is poised for an amazing run.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

Old co-workers or new friends with complementary skills usually make the best partners. If you take investor money, expect a push for hockey-stick growth and a liquidity event, like going public (IPO) or sale (M&A), to get the payback. The founder’s title and role dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 25, 2004

So while I was at PC Forum, my partner, Ned Carlson, sent me an email on the recent IPO filing of Seven Networks. What bothers my partner, Ned Carlson, even more is that some of the investors are even selling in the $100mm raise. Does anyone know the story behind this IPO filing?

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. My partner Rob also wondered if Facebook is the next Yahoo! , Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Plus Facebook has ample cash on hand today and will get a huge slug more from the IPO. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. Traditional seed funds have gotten bigger, many armed with opportunity funds on top. Traditional seed funds have gotten bigger, many armed with opportunity funds on top. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market.

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