The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2017

FinTech players are increasingly becoming an important part of the fabric of Africa’s financial services ecosystem and the leading banks on the continent are now more urgently seeking to harness technology innovations, collaborate with FinTech start‐ups, and create a platform to scale much faster – to make digital financial services pay.

Africa 62

Africa Ethiopia Elevator Pitch Technical Review 62

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

They’re not in search of price fixing or collusion, they’re in search of diligence information about the company. Typical questions: What do you think of management? That was an important part of our “social proof&# that we had built interesting technology. People call each other. People call their friends.

Entrepreneur 292

Entrepreneur Technical Review Stealth Valuation 292

David Teten

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Existing investors have said they’d be glad to invest…if she gets a new lead investor, which 6 months of searching have failed to generate. Consider approaching one of the small number of funds which acquire tech startups, e.g., Constellation Software , Think3; Vista Equity Partners. The CEO comes to us.

Startup 60

Startup Later Stage Technical Review Software Review 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Detailed due diligence. I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Austin Startup

APRIL 1, 2017

out of state VCs Don’t rush a term sheet In assessing financing terms and interacting with their lead investors, most founders instinctively focus on two core things: economics and control. But because founders often have significantly narrower networks than their lead investors (who are repeat players), that is easier said than done.

Term Sheet 48

Term Sheet Institutional Investors Technical Review Lead Investor 48

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Teten: The new generation of entrepreneurs is asking more from their investors than just money.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates - enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). The carry is between Foundry Group and the investor and has no direct impact on the AngelList company.

Syndicate 93

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 93

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Reilly Tech Ventures, was so concerned about the network that he deleted his AngelList account. Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. The opposite approach of index investing is an actively managed or concentrated investing approach. To my surprise, VC? social proof?

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

David Teten

MARCH 31, 2012

I’m exceptionally excited to announce that I’m now Chairman and lead investor with some other angels in a new company, Spright Governance Inc. Spright is a spinoff of the Singaporean government, which will leverage their proven expertise and technology to run other cities, states, and nations globally. million annually.

Government 154

Government Singapore New York City Non-Compete 154

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors. All of these items are postponed until the elusive priced equity round.

Post-Money Valuation 49

Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). The carry is between Foundry Group and the investor and has no direct impact on the AngelList company.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 48

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Despite advances in cloud infrastructure, many businesses still have fleshy parts—soft underbellies where a human hand is required to keep quality control, stuff something into a box, order inventory, hire enough engineers to keep the site going or manage cash. Scale brings complexity. So what happens?

Dilution 104

Dilution Equity Hiring Partner 104

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. Investors see a lot of pitches. Most technology revolutions are founded on one or two simple concepts. Is it a technology advantage? we had no revenue.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. Modern business, shaped by technology, is increasingly diverging to two nodes – on the one hand to great size quickly (see Google, Facebook, eBay, Twitter, et al.) How do you market to them? •

Africa 104

Africa Brazil China India 104

Babbling VC

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I believed them when they promised something and it would all pan out in due time. We often think we can change people, even managers. Co-Investors. Technically, co-investors would fall under the "People" heading above but here I'm focussing more on the funds themselves and not specific partners or people at that fund. .

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Europe Portfolio Germany 76

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the future, angel rounds will less often be for specific amountsor have a lead investor. forstartups was to find one angel to act as the lead investor. Youdnegotiate a round size and valuation with the lead, whod supplysome but not all of the money. Then the startup and the lead wouldcooperate to find the rest.

Startup 93

Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

Eric Ries : You're not like a lot of other tech folks. He was the co-founder of Intel and he probably wrote some of the very best books on modern management. He wrote a book called High Output Management. We have to manage our stakeholders, raise money, diversify our business, and cut costs." So that's been really cool.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60