Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Many startups are family businesses, and these don’t need to be grown into large enterprises. Neither is effective without the other.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. For others it feels like a two-speed economy, where rules apply to hot tech startups that don’t apply elsewhere. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. Why does all this matter? There are fewer big deals than people imagine. That’s a fact.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Mezzanine lending (a rough comparable) has a 18-23% required rate of return. Low; a surprising number of Series A/B startups are missing basic financial reporting mechanisms. of startups raise VC. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Many startups are family businesses, and these don’t need to be grown into large enterprises. Neither is effective without the other.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

So, we asked a local startup, TextUs.Biz to solve this problem for us. As a result, we redesigned the entrance to our office with “Receptionist” front and center, a new lobby, and a Mezzanine room. The team at TextUs.Biz hasn’t slowed down.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 15, 2014

Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. Join us for some virtual fun and a discussion about fiction, books, and startups. . (~6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). Series B is the new Series C. And – if you miss that, Eliot is doing another event on Friday at 5pm at Spark Boulder.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

Well… It hard out there for a Startup Companies that are just starting out have it really tough for getting to the next round. Startups have realized this and investors have realized this, which is why these days a “seed round” is usually closer to $2M! Series C/D is the new Mezzanine.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. Nevertheless, this is when you get the startup money to kickstart your business with the bare essentials needed to begin making and fulfilling your first sales. Pre-Seed Funding 2.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Well, enter the Pre-Seed round, where the startup raises closer to $500K. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. Likewise in startups, companies need to work with the capital that is appropriate for their stage. If the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2012 Version – [link]. 25 Entrepreneurs Tell What They Wish They’d Known before Founding Their First Startup – [link].

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Scalable Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Second Round, or “B Round”, or “Follow On” round can be the achilles heel of a startup. No doubt the first round of external funding for a startup is usually critical to a startup as it can be the difference between continuing your startup or shutting it down. Is this company catching on?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

This led to an explosion in startups. I don’t think purely option-based investing in startups suits the long-term brand of the investor. As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Startups that DO receive VC money ultimately atrophy. dasein Yeah, I agree.

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VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

Only 14% believe that the Treasury should encourage mature Israeli companies to acquire Israeli startups. 13% of respondents believe this gap to be in Mezzanine financing and no venture capitalist believes that there is no investment gap. 77% of venture capitalists believe the gap is in Seed and First Round.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

Product: Now that we have a robust product and paid down our technical debt, we seem to have lost our ability to run experiments - how do we maintain that mission-critical quality for all these customers while remaining as nimble as we were when we were a startup? Financing: Do we have the metrics to support a growth or mezzanine round?

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