Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Subject to specific rules and dollar limits (10% of your income in aggregate for all investments per year, etc.) you will be able to invest online, just as easily as buying books from Amazon.

Accredited Investor 157

Accredited Investor Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Angel Investor 157

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Even though they’re next to Zhongguancun, the hottest place for startups in China, there seems to be a lower appetite for risk, a lack of interest in equity (instead optimizing for a high salary) and very little loyalty to any one company.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 328

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

And even if they wanted the index return, there is essentially no way to buy (or sell) a broad-based basket of VC funds in the way you can trade the S&P 500 or Russell 2000 or other public equity index. What about fund of funds (FoF), you ask? Aren’t they a form of bundled investment into the VC asset class?

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Distribution 176

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. This is a good thing. (I This is a good thing. (I

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Sweden Continuous Deployment 167

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. These costs make it preferable to use a convertible security for a raise of this size and to structure as equity financing if you are raising closer to $2 million. ” The Cost of Financing. Even $15-20,000 is too expensive.

Convertible Security 100

Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

On Wednesday, a group of 13 companies presented to 50 investors, looking to raise an aggregate of $16 million in capital. Those who are accepted will receive an investment of $50,000 in return for some equity in their companies and intensive mentoring at its downtown offices, as we wrote about last year here.

St. Louis 127

St. Louis Kansas City Technical Review Startup 127

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Auren Hoffman is the CEO of Rapleaf , a personal-data aggregator that has been the subject of a remarkable amount of controversy but is wildly useful as a data provider to must-see apps like Rapportive and Gist. Give early employees as much equity as you can - and reup them over time. Then you know where they're at.

Silicon Valley 130

Silicon Valley Hiring Technical Review Due Diligence 130

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. A serious study here: [link] concluded that younger people being more creative is a highly predictable at the aggregate level. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) 4) help nurture and grow the companies they invest in.

Silicon Valley 237

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 237

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Even though they’re next to Zhongguancun, the hottest place for startups in China, there seems to be a lower appetite for risk, a lack of interest in equity (instead optimizing for a high salary) and very little loyalty to any one company.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. Technological Convergence – The global equity market value associated with disruptive innovation could increase to 60% by 2030.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” That being said, there are benefits to learning from past reflections — especially as we near national re-opening, and the theoretical “end” of the pandemic. ” (Rob Go). ” (Dave Beisel).

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011. Founding Date: 2004. Headquarters: Norwalk, CT & Concord, MA.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

.  That’s because there are not that many issues to negotiate in a simple equity financing.   Based on the comments received, both on the blog and in the many deals in which these documents have been used, I am convinced that the terms of a simple set of equity documents are really not an issue. 

Finance 58

Finance Term Sheet Equity Aggregator 58

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

What that means is that a traditional 80% / 20% equity bond portfolio is set to lose a lot more money in a crisis than most investors are comfortable with. Katina Stefanova : The government is looking for effective ways to increase transparency in the aggregate risk of the system and hold investment managers accountable.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. These requirements for equity investing have been relaxed only a bit, with caveats, with relevant crowdfunding changes. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round.

Liquidity Event 300

Liquidity Event Angel Investor SEC Accredited Investor 300

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

Companies are aggregating global audiences and selling direct making new product categories viable which wouldn’t have worked when national distribution limited customers to single countries – companies which build communities around their interest area are particularly powerful in this regard – e.g.

Open Source 102

Open Source Venture Capital Software Review Aggregator 102

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

I sraeli Private Equity is experiencing some serious growth, according to the IVC- GKH Quarterly Private Equity (PE) Survey conducted by IVC Research Center. Private Equity is relatively less developed than VC in Israel but with deep pockets. Aggregate PE Deal Value by Size (%).

Private Equity 100

Private Equity Israel Equity Mezzanine 100

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2011

IVC Research Center has released the Quarterly Survey of Israeli Private Equity Deals for Q1 2011. Eleven private equity deals in Q1 2011, amounted at $216 million, a 68% decrease from the $668 million in Q1 last year, and a 74% decline from the previous quarter ($826 million). Figure 1: Private Equity Deal Value by Quarter ($M).

Private Equity 99

Private Equity Israel Equity Mezzanine 99

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The company, which originally focused on the development of VoIP solutions for mobile telephones, develops software to aggregate social network input into a single cellular application without taxing the phone’s battery. Wireless communications chip developer Qualcomm Inc. is acquiring iSkoot Technologies Inc.,

Israel 79

Israel Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

The below outlines how I would approach the decision: Cash and Equity. Very simply, what are you giving and what are you getting in return in terms of cash and equity for joining the program? This is something you should walk through with an experienced advisor, lawyer or otherwise, to prevent surprises.

Dilution 48

Dilution Startup Technical Review Equity 48

VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

Most boards did some level of work to determine the FMV of a company’s stock but generally options were priced between 10% and 15% of a company’s then preferred price (because common equity sits behind preferred equity there is typically a discount applied to the FMV of common stock to account for this “overhang”).

Valuation 48

Valuation Common Stock Cap Table Software Review 48

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. These requirements for equity investing have been relaxed only a bit, with caveats, with recent crowdfunding changes. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round.

Liquidity Event 224

Liquidity Event SEC Entrepreneur Accredited Investor 224

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As evidence that it does work, TechCrunch recently aggregated the combined valuation of YCombinator graduates at $14.4 Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts. Health, life, and other insurance at group rates.

Incubator 247

Incubator Silicon Valley Startup Small Business Administration 247

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

These are the trends that online retail sites such as New Delhi-based ShopAtPlaces.com are riding on. They also found that the prices at which those products were manufactured and sold at the places famous for them was nothing as compared to the prices at which customers could buy them in other parts of the country.

India 217

India Private Equity Aggregator Mobile 217

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09! Also, even if the productivity is increasing, it is still far from the 0.75-1.0

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 63

VC Adventure

MAY 10, 2020

After its enactment but before it was implemented, there were questions about the SBA’s “affiliation rules” which can disqualify companies if the aggregated number of employees at affiliate companies is greater than 500.

SBA 77

SBA Affiliate Los Angeles Cap Table 77

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. These may be aggregated by an Angel group up to about $1M for an Angel round. Finally, it’s an opportunity to “give back” what you have learned in your own career for the next generation.

Portfolio 228

Portfolio Accredited Investor Liquidity Event SEC 228

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round. Finally, it’s an opportunity to “give back” what you have learned in your own career for the next generation.

Liquidity Event 184

Liquidity Event SEC Accredited Investor Angel Investor 184

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

There are different flavors of family investment offices today, some are “single family” offices which invest on behalf of one uber wealthy family and their descendants whereas others are “multi-family” that might aggregate the wealth of a number of rather wealthy but not uber wealthy families. Insurance Companies.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. These may be aggregated by an Angel group up to about $1M for an Angel round. Today these are only legal in the USA for non-equity rewards or pre-orders, but the JOBS Act may relax the accredited investor rule soon.

Accredited Investor 219

Accredited Investor Liquidity Event SEC Stock 219

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. The industry is now dominated by hedge funds and other quant driven approaches.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Well it’s not clear that media businesses, in aggregate, are inherently more valuable than e-commerce or premium services companies in aggregate [see Note 1 below regarding categorization]. To be fair the broad equity markets are up strongly over this time period, but clearly growth has been strongly favored.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

The Next Web

JANUARY 14, 2014

It aligns his interest with the equity holders. Few startups are transparent when it comes to salaries, so it’s interesting to see at least some aggregate data about the salary landscape as a whole. The CEO’s salary sets a cap for everyone else. If it is set at a high level, you end up burning a whole lot more money.

Salary 167

Salary Silicon Valley San Francisco Founder 167

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Marc Hedlund of Wesabe talked about this in his post-mortem stating: Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Instead, they prefer to buy through large distribution companies that aggregate products from lots of suppliers and then make that inventory available to retailers to purchase. It lists the assets in your company, the liabilities, and your (the owner’s) equity. Retail Distribution.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163