mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Look for Your Lead Investor. First you’ll want to find a lead investor — someone many other investors will recognize and respect. This list of top angel investors is a good start. Web Video Roundup. Programming and Web Development Lists. Web Design. Top Stories. All Stories.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

First, AngelList Invest is available to any company on AngelList that has a top-tier lead investor. And the lead investor has to be putting in at least $100,000 in capital, says Ravikant. Using today’s data on AngelList, that includes 300 startups. Other criteria include that the startup needs to be U.S.-based,

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Series A comes after that and should be (presumably for web app businesses) $3m to $5m that will last for the next two years. How many seed investors should you take money from? Typically 5 to 15, with a strong lead investor with relevant expertise, passion, time to work with you and a great rolodex.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

You might assume the lead investor wants a 20 percent stake and 15 percent option pool each time there’s a Series ‘Blah’ every 12 to 18 months, but this is admittedly too simple. Here’s an eye opener: Wilson’s quick and dirty analysis reveals teams will see between 80 to 90 percent dilution when all’s said and done.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

“The last thing you wanted was any more VCs like that,” says Coats, who began thinking that what lead VCs and entrepreneurs really want was additional venture investors whose participation would be less complicated—more like a co-investor—and who could decide on joining in a deal in a week or two. Xconomy on Demand.

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Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 20, 2014

As the lead investor in the company''s seed round, you''d think I''d be really bullish about the connected home, especially after their record Indiegogo pre-sale netted them almost $2 million in purchases. I''ve been getting effectively that same service because there''s a web connected device in every room, and I stream.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2012

AppDirect is looking for back-end people who possess skills in Java and SQL, and can integrate a web application. million , with its most recent round coming earlier this summer, with the lead investor being iNovia Capital. Work, learn, and then pitch. To date, AppDirect has raised $11.75

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Lead investors and follow investors can both win equally but in each case you know why you personally are writing the check. Fred Wilson who had learned much as an early investor in Twitter. And before that Bryce Roberts who working alongside Tim O’Reilly (famed publisher and originator of Web 2.0

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. That is the quandary which entrepreneurs face today in building models for new companies around a web presence.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million. even if it’s just a web conference call walk through.

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leananalyticsbook.com

AUGUST 19, 2012

This is the typical transaction funnel that anyone who’s used web analytics is familiar with. Marketers optimizing campaigns to generate traffic and leads. Investors , when we’re trying to raise money. Someone buys something in return for something. What makes a good metric?

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

The startups and investors can do the round however they like. AngelList is a community. The community helps you get intros. startupcto

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. What Apple proved, and what I suspect is the issue with web content, is that monetization was a product problem. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

We’re broadly interested in a bunch of different opportunities within the consumer web, and tend to focus on Seed and Series A investments in content, advertising, mobile and local spaces in the US of A. We co-invest with people we know and don’t ask for any egregious terms above and beyond the lead investors terms.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I laughed and said that our web site made this clear and we may have even put a brief posting to this effect on our twitter feed. In how many of those were you a lead investor? What percentage of your members are not active angel investors (i.e. How many investments have you made this year? Average size?

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

This brought in a new set of prospective investors and required a lower investment from the lead investor as our existing investors were committed and on board. Our lead investor, Triangle Peak Partners closed on a $170 million first fund in late 2008. Tuesday, January 20, 2009.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In contrast, however, angel investors and venture capitalists simply do not have the interest or time to go out proactively looking on web sites for companies to shower money upon.

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