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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. Novel Growth Partners, Lighter Capital, Rev Up, Corl, Flow Capital. Of the Inc.

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. The easiest way to do so is via SAFE notes, due to their simplicity, “available online” documentation, no major covenants established to protect the investors, no governance implications at the board level, etc.

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Liquidity for Venture Backed Companies Still Comes Largely in One Flavor—Cash Acquisitions

Pascal's View

Denis Dougherty of Intersouth Partners was recently interviewed by Brian Gormley of The Wall Street Journal on the decade-long liquidity crisis that continues to plague the venture capital industry. Venture capitalists that have an inventory of acquisition-ready companies will do well.”. I agree with Dennis.

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Arif Bhalwani, CEO of Third Eye Capital, on the ‘Golden Age’ of the Private Credit Market

The Startup Magazine

Billion in investments across a range of industries, including technology, sustainability, traditional and alternative energy, mining, construction services, transportation, and healthcare. Simultaneously, we conducted a thorough operational review to identify inefficiencies and areas for cost reduction. The firm has made more than $4.5

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

Its great that were in such a fertile phase for the tech industry that lots of people have new ideas, and Im very flattered that people value my input or ideas enough to want to share their projects with me. I have to pay a lawyer to review a document without having any idea why Im making that investment. But signing an NDA ?

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

Electronic Arts is no different than many high-tech companies in this regard. Useful measures like number of bugs created and number of bugs fixed are viewed with suspicion that they will be used unfairly in annual reviews (or gamed by clever programmers in anticipation of annual reviews or performance bonuses).