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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.” Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software. The virtue of going long.

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Paul Graham and The World Out There

This is going to be BIG.

Since Airbnb, however, it feels like not only is YC missing another billion dollar plus home run, but the percent of companies worth $40 million (a standard YC has used in the press), either by financing or exit, seems low. My total valuation multiple across that span is nearly 4x and the return rate is up over 110% IRR. That''s 25%.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. While not obvious on the surface, there has been a fundamental sea-change in the investment community that has made the incremental Unicorn investment a substantially more dangerous and complicated practice. This is uncharted territory. ” Go public.

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Our New Fund – Foundry Group Next 2018

Feld Thoughts

We are very long-term investors, focusing on net cash on cash returns, rather than short-term or intermediate IRRs. We refer to B and C rounds as early growth – essentially financings with valuations between $50m and $300m pre-money. Our goal is to have significant ownership in companies we are investors in (often over 30%).

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Clients typically use it to create and strengthen local community initiatives: bake sales, barbeques, political organizing, etc. . Firm revenues.