Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

This also appears as a guest post at Fortune’s Term Sheet. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. If they can’t, then we want to know more about the existing investor syndicate, so we’re not the only ones at the table. In terms of negotiation, there are always hot buttons.

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

It is the story of the founding of the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley and features many of the iconic companies created including Apple, Intel, Genentech and Cisco. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now.

Term Sheet 46

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. There has been a lot of discussion and publishing of standard term sheets, including Y Combinator, TechStars and SeriesSeed. A good comparison of the various "standard" term sheets can be found at Start-up Company Lawyer. ProfessorVC. Thursday, April 1, 2010. Steve Bennet.

Term Sheet 32

Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

We used the Y Combinator open source term sheet. We signed the term sheet within 48 hours and had funded in under 2 weeks. True was my top pick in Silicon Valley. If you accept my terms you’re done. If you accept my terms you’re done. They elected to sign my term sheet.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Entrepreneurs can sink a lot of time into fundraising discussions that go nowhere or end with actual term sheets but ones they’re not prepared to accept (firms you don’t want to work with, terms you don’t like, etc). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl.

Early Stage 100

Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!) ProfessorVC. Monday, June 20, 2011. How much is enough? Financing, that is.I offering to invest $75K if we could find another $250K by September 30, 2005.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28