Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Non-professional investors now use crowdfunding sites, like Indiegogo and Kickstarter , for similar access. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Groups Social Media 261

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2011

With more competition in early-stage many VCs are investing smaller amounts at earlier stages. Some are going later stage to not miss out on hot deals. I call this “stage drift.&#. The result was a massive increase in startups & a whole group of new funding sources: both angels & “micro VCs&#.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Angel Investor 289

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Regional Angel funds that pool investors capital and typically make a one time investment in a startup, sometimes at an early stage but often at a slightly later stage. Late stage large regionally based funds that invest in late stage or mezzanine deals. Large regionally based early stage funds have mostly failed.

Early Stage 293

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 293

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

I also won’t say there is never a time for “participating preferred&# but it tends to be in later-stage rounds and particularly in the case where the founders are getting an exceedingly high valuation relative to the norm. You reap what you sow.

Valuation 405

Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When you are raising a large, later-stage round given by this time you’ve likely got a fairly large business to run. When you are trying to raise “strategic money” since these people are often hard to reach and they are often more used to being approached by bankers. International money.

Early Stage 361

Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

Note that “ Great From the Start ” is targeted at companies in the earlier parts of its develop stages, and focuses more on the time between idea and incorporation and largely ignores the later stages of growth.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Later Stage Incubator Business Model 174

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

When you look at the websites of the seed VC’s on the 2019 list, you notice that some are starting to steer away from positioning themselves as Seed funds as they accumulate more capital and are starting to enter companies at later stages. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues. Slowly Improving Demographic Diversity.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Yet for every founder there are 10-20 other employees who take the near-equivalent risks in joining an early-stage company. If you’re not a founder (by choice, timing or temperament,) you may be an early employee or a later stage startup employee. Founders know they want to start something.

Cofounder 230

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 230

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

In an early stage deal that fund might reserve 2x their initial investment or if it’s a larger round or later stage they might reserve 1x. That fund “reserves&# money for NewCo’s “follow on&# investments.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When you are raising a large, later-stage round given by this time you’ve likely got a fairly large business to run. When you are trying to raise “strategic money” since these people are often hard to reach and they are often more used to being approached by bankers. International money.

Deal Flow 347

Deal Flow Early Stage Investment Bankers Technical Review 347

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

The earlier you invest the higher the chances the company won’t work out and thus you pay a lower price than later-stage investors. So how exactly are prices determined? There is no great science to it.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2020

It helps you go through the documents at any later stage even if the original version differs from the latest one. Reliable Backup and Easy Recovery. Document Management Solutions saves a backup of every piece of information you put through the tool. In this manner, the tool helps you maintain the document versions safely.

Management 165

Management Software Review Technical Review Later Stage 165

VC Cafe

MAY 16, 2023

AI investments down in Q1 2023 Another potential reason to the decline in AI investments is the rising prices, especially in a market that has seen most startup valuations (especially later stages), decline in price.

Artificial Inteligence 178

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Open Source 178

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2021

You can add other roles at a later stage when the startup progresses. For instance, if you have a team member with considerable talent but poor work ethic, the cooperation will not work out as expected no matter how hard you try. 12) Hire a Core Development Team. In the beginning, all that matters is the core team.

Software 160

Software Startup Hiring Salary 160

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Layoffs are unfortunately likely to continue as funding for later stage companies continues to contract. .” Milton Berle At the moment of publication of this post, over 95,508 tech employees from 308 companies were laid off since the beginning of 2023 according to Layoffs.fyi. And it’s only February.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Search 160

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Crosscutting will ensure it is impossible for prying eyes to glue the pieces back together at a later stage. Shredders are a highly effective and affordable solution; it is best to choose and shredder that crosscuts the paper instead of just cutting it into strips.

Security 156

Security Later Stage Technical Review Mobile 156

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

I know that in later-stage growth equity deals some firms even hire third-parties who will do the reference calls. I have been part of one deal where this happened and the level of detail from a professional reference checker was unbelievable.

Technical Review 302

Technical Review Hiring Later Stage Employee 302

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

And in later stage rounds an explosion of corporate VCs and hedge funds now want in to the next unicorns. While the number of traditional VC firms have shrunk since the peak of the dot com bubble, the number of funds chasing deals have grown. Angel and Seed Funds have usurped the role of what used to be Series A investments.

Founder 280

Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 280

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

Marketing plans that worked during the early life cycle of your business might have to change during later stages based on a number of variables, such as the economy, your competition, and new products or services. Shark Question #5: How do you market your product/service, and what changes do you foresee?

CPA 160

CPA Technical Review Later Stage Equity 160

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Don Lee at Buchalter Nemer was referred to me by Todd Gitlin and came on very high recommendations as an early-stage, true entrepreneur’s perfect lawyer because he understands how to work with startups. On later stage LA Tech M&A deals I’ve heard there’s none better than David Hernand of Gibson Dunn.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2019

But if you take the time to strategically approach issues like linking, navigation, user experience, and vision, you’ll find that the later stages of website development – namely the visual and design steps – are easier to tackle. There’s a lot that goes into developing a startup website.

Web Development 113

Web Development Developer Los Angeles Architecture 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

With valuations rising fastest in late-stage venture and the competition that is well-known from corporate VCs, mutual funds, hedge funds (and even LPs), it is unsurprising that LPs are most concerned about late-stage VC. 68% of LPs surveyed expressed caution that the late-stage part of the market is over-valued.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Fourth, in the last decade, corporate investors and hedge funds have jumped into later stage investing with a passion. Their need to get into high-profile deals has driven late-stage valuations into unicorn territory. Founder-friendly became a competitive advantage for his firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Restful 248

Restful Silicon Valley San Jose Puerto Rico 248

NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This decline has also become evident in startup accelerator programs shifting their focus on later-stage scale-ups that provide higher returns. Capital funding for early-stage companies is drying up and becoming harder to find.

Developer 99

Developer Early Stage Later Stage Acquisition 99

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. Obviously they see big things in Wildfire. 4mm in Series A.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

This could be a proportion of the company’s equity or investment; in other instances, it could be a portion of its later-stage profits. Some return value must be offered to the investors for startup seed funding to be considered acceptable. This is because new companies and startups typically need a stable market position.

Seed Stage 148

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 148

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

Founded in 1970, NAIC firms invest in venture (early stage/later stage) and private equity (growth/buyout/mezzanine/distressed/secondary funds). domestic market.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

He was on the money when he said that for early stage investments having a great team is most important but for later stage investments the market matters more. Marc Andreessen wrote about this once.

Early Stage 123

Early Stage Institutional Investors Startup Venture Capital 123

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The rest of Asia is still developing with far more angel and early-stage investors than mid-to-later stage folks. Singapore is by far the most developed behind those big three markets with government schemes attracting over a dozen early stage firms to set up shop here (e.g.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Non-professional investors now use crowdfunding sites, like Indiegogo and Kickstarter , for similar access. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list. I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel.

Software Review 109

Software Review Israel B2C Open Source 109

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Connecting with founders who are at later stages (~5+ years) are great but memories fade and their views on the past will be colored by the work they do today. This is especially important if you’re young because it can be hard to relate to your peers about your business when they’re studying, working etc.

Founder 122

Founder Cofounder New Zealand B2C 122

View from Seed

JUNE 7, 2016

She wanted to receive feedback early and get into the practice in anticipation of later rounds and later-stage problems and opportunities. At NextView, one founder we invested in last year proactively asked us, as her lone institutional investor, to start doing this.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Founder Seed Capital Institutional Investors 120

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

As you probably know, we’ve been investing against a consistent theme - Marc Andreesseen’s “software is eating the world” - and always at multiple stages of a company’s growth - from seed to later-stage venture.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

I like how the Angel Capital Association describes the difference between angels and venture capitalists: “Angels generally invest their own money in start-ups and very early stage companies, while VCs mostly provide capital they have raised from others to later-stage businesses for growth.”. 51 percent).

Angel Investor 161

Angel Investor Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 161

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

We both agree that the later-stage valuations are being driven up to a point that feels irrationally priced [he uses b-round SaaS valuations as an example and I am willing to be even more broad based]. I wrote my version here and Scott wrote an excellent write-up of his views here. And we ended.

Valuation 309

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Non-Compete Later Stage 309

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2017

We know many firms that build portfolios with great logos by buying into companies at later stages and higher valuations. FC’s portfolio is made up exclusively of seed stage investments at seed valuations. When we saw their financial track record, we realized how special the performance was.

Founder 111

Founder LP Technical Review Seed Stage 111