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.

Syndicate 356

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Early Stage 356

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

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

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

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. The following is a condensed explanation of seed funding: Seed money is a form of early-stage financing that new businesses receive from investors in exchange for a share of ownership in the company.

Seed Stage 147

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 147

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

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team. Warning sign? At best. ~

Silicon Valley 237

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 237

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

Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

It feels like a tsunami of deal flow , and for me, I’ve outlined how I pay attention to inbound flow in terms of what gets priority. And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc. But, how possible is that in reality?

Deal Flow 106

Deal Flow Cap Table Early Stage Institutional Investors 106

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

by Anthony Coundouris , trade finance evangelist for ApexPeak. Alternative finance has grown slowly in these countries, because both are the historical treasurers of Asia. In Asia Pacific, the volumes in alternative finance have come from South Korea and China. For many businesses, alternative financing was the alternative.

Singapore 100

Singapore South Korea Finance Asia 100

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

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

When you get a Chris Sacca, or a Dave Morin, or a Chris Dixon on board first, it’s going to lead to a lot of deal flow.&# If, however, you choose to go after funding, he says, “Look for a lead — someone who’s got a lot of street cred and can build a network.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

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

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

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

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

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

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. And so professional angels that have access to real deal flow? ” So people who are great and have good deal flow have the ability to not have to take as much risk.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Most people think that being a successful investor is about finding the right deals and nurturing the teams through the difficult times to come out with a great company. This is the fifth & final (I promise!) Access to buyers – I saved the least obvious for last.

Silicon Valley 280

Silicon Valley Early Stage Portfolio Chad 280

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

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Part 2 discussed the need for domain knowledge since merely “joining the right club deal&# will in no way determine success. This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs).

Angel Investor 284

Angel Investor Early Stage Cap Table Deal Flow 284

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I believe AngelList is capable of managing deal flow by acting as a filter. I personally like meeting teams very early on and wish I could get more proprietary deal flow from it. My Personal Take on AngelList. My personal concern is for that of the inexperienced angel.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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