Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

They monetize via high-priced advertisements during the prime-time airing on TV, via syndication to international audiences or less-watched channels after the original series has run and via DVD sales in retail channels. I would reduce my equity stake much further.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2017

ANGEL INVESTOR : These are individuals who offer capital to startups in exchange for equity, partial ownership or convertible debt. SYNDICATES : Syndicates are single-purpose investment funds. Syndicates allow startups to easily access a large amount of capital and to network with other investors.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Subject to specific rules and dollar limits (10% of your income in aggregate for all investments per year, etc.) you will be able to invest online, just as easily as buying books from Amazon. original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

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Accredited Investor Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Angel Investor 157

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

But if you read the whole article you glean more insight… the entire public equity markets have sunk in the last 3-4 months. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. For this round of investment, the angels collectively purchase 20-40% of the equity of the company and are seeking a return on investment of 20-30X in a period of five to eight years.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

Glen Mello: Venture debt is a good complement to equity. It’s generally got a lower cost compared to equity capital and can help support growth. So it makes it a lot more challenging when you have debt on the books that isn’t as longer term as equity. What are some pros and cons?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Equity Ownership. Yes, typically preferred equity. On average, founders own just 43% of equity by Series B , declining thereafter. Flexible VC 102: Variations.

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chrischandler.name

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

If you’ve considered finding and asking a developer for his or her time in exchange for sweat equity, I’m going to strongly advise you against it. All the engineers I trust to execute a project swiftly, professionally and with quality, especially under startup conditions, will not touch an upfront equity deal with a 10-foot pole.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. . 3) Raise capital.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. . 3) Raise capital.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Obviously most of these employees are working hard primarily for equity upside compensation, but Kayak’s personnel costs are roughly $200K/head so the company is highly productive on a per employee basis. Pre-IPO Funding History: Kayak has raised approximately $235M in VC funding to date. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity SBA 283

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns). We market to four populations: High-potential founders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Individual investments are limited to less than $100,000.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 10, 2014

But he’s raised the largest syndicate on AngelList , turning himself effectively into a one-man fund for, if not the masses, at least the 270 people who have already committed nearly $3.4m AngelList syndicate has surprised some people, you’ve been angel investing for quite a while, right? penchina#syndicate.

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Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Unfortunately, what the CEO/founder forgets most often is that the notes have a multiplier effect in the post-money calculation; the more notes and the further the cap is from the new priced equity, the greater the variance between actual and nominal pre- and post-money valuations. It’s going to be great!”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Individual investments are limited to less than $100,000.

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Accredited Investor Venture Capital Syndicate Syndication 265

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Genuine VC

JULY 8, 2014

raised, the first non-friends-and-family capital, comprised of one to three institutional seed investors or larger VC funds, on a priced equity structure (though sometimes convertible note), with a valuation mechanism in place priced in the single digit millions.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In addition, investing in startup tech companies turns out to provide only a modest level of diversification… angel investments tend to form a high beta portfolio, with reasonably close correlations to public equity markets. totally passive strategy won’t teach you much).

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 20, 2024

On the other hand, I feel things are a lot more predictable on the fund side—and that getting limited partners for your fund or syndicate is a lot more grounded in something that resembles logic. Perhaps you run a widely syndicated startup newsletter where the best companies have been subscribers for years.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

Since 1970, NAIC Member firms who focus on private equity and venture have invested in and transformed more than 20,000 companies. Because of our large network, we can identify angels who have very specific industry background pertinent to a given company, and solicit them to join a given syndicate. . • High quality.

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Private Equity Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 133

David Teten

MAY 15, 2019

I hope you’ll join fellow members of PEVCTech.com for an informal discussion around: – Co-investing with family offices and private equity investors in proprietary, direct deals. The post Invite to PEVCTech June 17 Event: Private Markets Syndication Solutions appeared first on David Teten.

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 5, 2014

First we announced a $35mm financing led by Vista Equity Partners, an exceptional private equity firm that I’d never heard of before the middle of the fundraising process a few months ago. This was a big week for Return Path.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. This is primarily an advantage for the underlying investor in the company, not the VC leading the syndicate. . Private Equity Coinvestment: Best Practices Emerging (PWC).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Particularly in equity rounds, it can take a long time to put together syndicates. Typically after an investor commits to you, a couple of months–and sometimes more–will go by before you actually close their money. Or you might have a complex situation where there’s a lot of herding of cats.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In other words, new investors must use their leverage in the discussions to proactively change those pre-existing terms rather than focus on price, new terms relevant only to this deal, or other aspects of this specific round where they have an interest in influencing (like syndicate composition or allocation).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

million and is normally syndicated from one to three institutional seed investors or larger VC funds. These funders often offer convertible notes, rather than the traditional priced equity. Business accelerator funding. Startup incubator seed funding.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

Specifically, our seed investments are not “options on the next round.&# We price our seed rounds as equity investments, always lead or co-lead (as Fred describes in ? At Foundry Group, we describe ourselves as being “syndication agnostic&#. each are equally happy situations.)

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

When you offer a vibrant and dynamic experience to explore, you work toward building your brand’s equity. Try using an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) tool to stay in touch with important thought leaders speaking to your audience. It’s not hard to keep your fingers on the pulse of what matters to your target market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Individual investments are limited to less than $100,000.

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