Rob Go

JUNE 7, 2012

But a lot of entrepreneurs and investors were hoping for a really strong showing to drive more liquidity in the market and continue the surge in hype around internet companies (both start-ups and later stage companies). Personally, I’m more bullish about the prospects of internet-enabled innovation than I have been my entire career.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review SMS Internet B2C 61

VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

It was and is imprecise science but – at least in the case of venture backed startups – there wasn’t much harm in an option being priced low. Similarly I assumed that later stage companies would also show a smaller gap. I was wrong.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Usually we see 2-3x, but in later stage companies, this multiple can be even higher. In the case of an early-stage startup that hasn’t issued preferred stock yet, the debt converts into stock of the acquiring company (if it’s a stock deal) at a valuation subject to a cap. Typical language follows.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Naively thinking that the problem was our own capacity to sift through the large quantity of startups (and not the fact that there is a large noise to signal ratio), I asked myself, what if I just developed a model to find more companies? I then applied some ML algorithms in an attempt to predict startup success.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

In a world where startups can pick up 750k in from just a couple of seed funds, or crowdsource a bunch of angels sight unseen, what's the role of an angel group? These changes would lead me to believe that simply aggregating supply and demand isn't enough of a function for angel groups to survive. 2) A Platform for Visibility.

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Aggregator New York 135

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

Today, I’m thrilled to publicly announce NextView’s Talent Exchange, a program helping both top talent and NextView-backed startups connect with each other more easily, beginning with Boston companies (which make up just over half our portfolio). For our startups, we knew we could help them source better and move faster.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.” Next came Rolfe Winkler’s deep dive “ Highly Valued Startup Zenefits Runs Into Turbulence. ”

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

The companies go through a 3-6 month long startup bootcamp and then typically try to raise angel/seed funding. Most angels invest for a couple of reasons – some do it because they genuinely love the startup space and this is their way of continuing to be involved in a startup, sometimes vicariously. <$50K in aggregate.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. It’s a legitimate stage of financing in the venture eco-system as of this writing (October 2017). Well, enter the Pre-Seed round, where the startup raises closer to $500K. In sports, you always want to play and compete at the stage that is right for you.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 4, 2017

Here’s a quick primer on how investments tend to work in startup companies at the seed stage. And as you raise money at later stages, you will most likely be raising equity rounds. So, in the aggregate, it is possible that you may be required to pay as much as $30k-$50k to get an equity round done.

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Convertible Security Equity Security Silicon Valley 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

This led to an explosion in startups. Amazon in turn led to the formation of an earlier stage of venture capital now led by what I call “micro VCs&# who typically invest $250-500k in companies rather than the $5-7 million that VCs used to invest. Some have done earlier-stage deals and done well.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. However, I still see multi-million dollar investments in startups that seem to make no damn sense. Startups – don’t waste your valuable time even communicating with private investors.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

They cover funding for small businesses from the initial funding stage to later stages of growth, and other areas in between. I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996. My background with entrepreneurialism is this is my sixth startup. This is really an exciting panel to be a part of.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Incubators, too, helped flood the markets with even more startups, and AngelList played its part too. A name like 500 Startups says it all. Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93