Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Find extra value in “smart” money Many early stage companies seek out money wherever they can find it, often from dozens of angel investors, and worry about attracting more strategic investors down the line. The right investors can fill two gaps, the money gap and the knowledge gap. even Steve Jobs didn’t know everything.

Strategic Investors 49

Strategic Investors Austin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 49

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

A startup can benefit in various ways from having a strategic investor involved in their company, but there are plenty of drawbacks too, both commonly known and more subtle. On the flip side, simply taking strategic investor capital because it’s there or it’s easier or cheaper than other capital rarely works out well for startups.

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Real-time search engine. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

VC Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2011

The round B investors are leading innovators in creating the next-generation entertainment experience, across platforms and devices. We firmly believe that superior discovery features and personalization are key to creating this experience, and we’re fortunate to have strategic investors who share our vision”.

Video 80

Video Semantic Strategic Investors Cofounder 80

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

As Sarah Tavel pointed out in a recent tweetstorm, for a company trying to stay nimble and have the flexibility to run a lot of rapid experiments, the very existence and power of the community may reduce degrees of freedom during the search for product-market fit.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

As Sarah Tavel pointed out in a recent tweetstorm, for a company trying to stay nimble and have the flexibility to run a lot of rapid experiments, the very existence and power of the community may reduce degrees of freedom during the search for product-market fit.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Banks are particularly helpful with raising money from “strategic&# investors, which often means corporate investors such as Intuit, SAP, AMD, Salesforce.com and the like. Google wants to use the data to create new flight search tools. A bank can help you balance fund raising with running your company. TechCrunch.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242