Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). For venture firms who want to groom/grow associates or operating execs into partners (rather than hiring proven partners), here’s my suggestion: Have them start as an analyst (search for deal flow and people, due diligence).

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 334

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. Series Seed Financing Documents. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Series Seed Financing Documents : 1 Reblog. My quest is to simplify financing for seed stage investments. Series Seed Financing Documents. SeriesSeed.com. Blog Archives. Reblog (1). Recent Posts.

Finance 40

Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. The first three skills I espoused were: access to the highest-quality deal-flow, domain knowledge of the topic area in which you’re investing and access to VCs to help fund the next stages of development. Companies ultimately go through multiple rounds.

Cap Table 283

Cap Table Angel Investor Liquidation Preference Deal Flow 283

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

We are in the midst of two great disruptions to American business: the internet’s ongoing disruption of most traditional industries: finance, healthcare, retail, finance, fashion, etc. The Marathon Foundation (TMF) is a business development network dedicated to entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. It should help some entrepreneurs to better access early-stage capital and should allow some angel investors better access to deal flow. lack of traction, lack of downstream financing availability. founder fighting.

Syndication 356

Syndication Syndicate Cofounder Early Stage 356

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2010

One of my favorites: “ Judging will include such factors as: Market opportunity, reward to risk, strategy, implementation plan, financing plan, etc.”) Venture Firms use the contests as another source of deal flow and talent. All of which may be true in large companies. Business plans are easy to grade, score and judge.

Business Plan 320

Business Plan Business Model Customer Development Deal Flow 320

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? A true industry luminary will help in deal flow & differentiation . These folks are rare, expensive, and often have multiple side obligations (book deals, speaking engagements, etc.). Disadvantages.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. One of the primary ones is the referral source.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

I spend a good deal of time sharing deal flow up and downstream with Series A and B investors, and when they ask me about opportunities coming down the pipeline in 6-12 months, I usually share what I’ve been told from the founders themselves over email or phone — I become their subtle pitch man. Yes, of course.

Early Stage 167

Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

NDA 248

NDA CPA SEC Startup 248

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I also find this as an invaluable source of future deal flow, future recruiting and future decisions about whom I want to co-invest with. A new investor wants to finance the company?—?is By building “outside the board meeting” relationships I find that I can more easily resolve difficult issues when they arise. should we sell?

Cofounder 251

Cofounder Conversion Management Founder 251

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Are investors allowed to come into deals that the fund does side by side with the fund? This creates a source of deal flow for investors who aren’t out there full time creating opportunities. In fact, those deals are actually set up as mini-funds. Access to the partner.

Portfolio 134

Portfolio Syndication Syndicate Deal Flow 134

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

NDA 237

NDA CPA Startup SEC 237

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

That would mean that the increased number of new business startups will lead to a “funding gap&# of deals that can’t get financed. If the “forever ramen profitable&# or “startups as a source of M&A innovation&# arguments don’t hold then we’re likely headed for one big brick wall.

Florida 299

Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

In Silicon Valley, given how tightly knit the ecosystem has become, and how well-networked entrepreneurs have learned to be, there is almost no such thing as “proprietary” deal flow. The top tier funds see almost all of the best deals. Furthermore, entrepreneurs don’t necessary build their businesses to be venture-funded.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. Kushim manages your deal flow and track portfolio performance.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Access to Finance. The most striking difference was to see a fully fleshed out capital market, where hobbyist and professional angels, superangels, top tier VCs and smaller firms compete for the more attractive deals.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 14, 2012

They end up on the calling (now emailing) lists for a bunch of VC firms who have an outbound deal flow program. These emails ofter appear immediately after a large financing is announced. In addition, they are offering to introduce themselves to you in order to earn your trust and interest when you do a next financing.

Email 141

Email Deal Flow Portfolio Finance 141

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

VCs also indicated their optimism about the overall quality of the deal flow with high percentages from all countries surveyed indicating that quality would “remain the same&# or improve in their countries in 2011. Startups will sustain domestic employment.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

View from Seed

JANUARY 30, 2020

Did you ever face serious financing risk? How did this differ in a weak vs. strong financing round? Are you aware of any internal rules that govern how the firm approaches follow-on financing? Are you aware of any internal rules that govern how the firm approaches follow-on financing? Does he/she know this?

Due Diligence 195

Due Diligence Partner Term Sheet Finance 195

Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This has led to some very competitive financing rounds, which from afar is a signal various groups see the market potential of these models. These are examples of high-growth B2B marketplaces that earned competitive financing rounds — of course, there are others, these are not the only ones!

B2B 90

B2B North America Malaysia Warrant 90

Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

NDA 147

NDA CPA SEC Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. So, choose a CFO who is very comfortable with legal documents, as well as finance.

NDA 233

NDA CPA Startup SEC 233

Gust

APRIL 23, 2014

When you realize that the platform operates in half a dozen languages and has investors or entrepreneurs in over 200 countries engaging in both local and cross-border investments, you can begin to see the outlines of the future of finance.

Angel Groups 127

Angel Groups Accredited Investor Private Equity Deal Flow 127

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2012

Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K. They focus on specific business areas, have multiple deals running concurrently, understand deal flow, and usually have more current insights, connections, and resources.

IRR 248

IRR Term Sheet Startup Valuation 248

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

If you are interested in impact investing, I encourage you to join the Impact Finance Center (IFC) and presenting funders The Anschutz Foundation, Zoma Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation , Colorado Health Foundation , and Gary Community Investments at CO Impact Days 2017 , Nov 15-17, in Denver, Colorado.

Colorado 123

Colorado Denver Seattle Cofounder 123

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Building out your own network of other Angel or Seed investors increases the quality of your deal flow. For example, if you have had a long career in the finance industry it’s only natural that you can add more value to a fintech startup than an e-commerce store. In addition to that very few startups only raise once.

Pre-Money Valuation 187

Pre-Money Valuation Seed Stage IP Deal Flow 187

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. Our co-founder/CEO, Kathy Bartlett, has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, holding positions in a range of industries, from finance to restaurants.

Chicago 147

Chicago Illinois New York City Cofounder 147

Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

Just as you look at deal flow as a funnel, a good CEO disqualifies and moves on. If you’re an associate then most of your work is on deal flow and analysis. Many VCs have backgrounds in finance. There is no such thing as “not right now” there is just “yes” and “no”. A good CEO is likely a sales person by nature.

Founder 75

Founder Early Stage Software Review Deal Flow 75

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

If you’re an associate, an assistant, in finance or a new partner interviewing with the firm – you know what we expect! He is already increasing our deal flow in key areas in “the quantified self” and digital media and begun working operationally with existing companies.

Ireland 324

Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S. billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. Overall, investors put $7.5

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2011

The investment analysts at CB Insights have released their quarterly report on venture capital activity, and in terms of deal-flow and funding levels, the news is good. The first quarter of 2011 saw these return to their pre-recession levels with financing for Internet companies up 83% from the last quarter of 2010.

Illinois 124

Illinois Massachusetts Deal Flow California 124

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

Today’s venture capital deal flow to innovative new companies looks a lot like a fat man trying to squeeze into a slim Italian suit. Today, venture capital deal flow has slowed to a relative trickle, just $28.4 It just doesn’t fit. In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 Slimmer Pickings.

Venture Capital 127

Venture Capital San Francisco Deal Flow Atlanta 127

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K. They focus on specific business areas, have multiple deals running concurrently, understand deal flow, and usually have more current insights, connections, and resources.

IRR 225

IRR Startup Term Sheet Angel Investor 225

Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

OK, so microVC funds and smaller pre-seed financings could really be a thing. This narrative was laced through the event, especially with the founder of Thumbtack, Marco Zappacosta, recounting his company’s financing story. Um… wow. 4/ LPs noted that the term “pre-seed” is really a U.S.

Seed Stage 60

Seed Stage San Francisco Ratchet Silicon Valley 60

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The charts of the day comes from a new Mattermark report on the current pace of financing. Both relate to the pace of seed funding in the US and the challenge of raising Series A financing. Our deal flow is always pretty robust, it feels off the charts right now. We’re clearly seeing this here at Foundry.

Deal Flow 48

Deal Flow Finance Metrics Restful 48

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2012

Angels and VCs, of course, discard most of their "deal flow." Entrepreneurship, they mistakenly believe, equals financing! There are numerous stories of successful businesses that have been built without a penny of outside financing. And entrepreneurs? This is wrong.

Entrepreneur 134

Entrepreneur Deal Flow Finance Incubator 134