Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The first wave of startups began when R&D centers and universities began to provide the technology and seed capital for new startups that were spin-outs or spin-offs. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. Like the U.S.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital. A re-jiggering of deal stages and sizes had begun in 2013. As it happens almost every few years there was a new normal developing.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Pre-Seed Funding 2. Seed Funding 3. Early Stage Investment (Series A & B) 4. Later Stage Investment (Series C, D, and so on) 5. Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. Series C, D, etc.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

US-based seed VCs rarely invest outside of the country (500 Startups is one exception) leaving a potential gap in the market for folks with international expertise. Instead of doing increasing financings every 12-18 months, what if a company took a smaller amount of money, went back to their investors infrequently and got to profitability.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Shift of value from equity holders to token holders. Fuzzy Governance.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Shift of value from equity holders to token holders. Fuzzy Governance.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Think Again. Translation?

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Third, venture capital has now become Founder-friendly. A 20 th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. Fourth, in the last decade, corporate investors and hedge funds have jumped into later stage investing with a passion. A unicorn is a startup with a market capitalization north of a billion dollars.

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