Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

But it was early 2009 and not many companies were getting new financings at all so I thought they should take the deal. He told me he wondered if we should consider switching partners so the company could get more money and at a higher price. I know it’s tempting to switch partners.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Reputation Partner 356

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. Should VC’s really be impacted by public market valuations when the money that they’re investing today should be for returns in 7-10 years? Short answer – yes.

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Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. Lower valuations and follow on valuation sensitivity – fundraising is a recurring event in the life of a startup. Pre-seed tends to be about developing an MVP and generating early traction.

Valuation 186

Valuation Software Review Generative AI Technical Review 186

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? You might like to think that a bunch of savvy venture capitalists saw a market niche for raising smaller funds or perhaps there was a generational shift where disgruntled junior partners spun out of bigger firms to start their own gigs.

Venture Capital 328

Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage IPO 328

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

The Union Square Ventures partners started whispering in his ear that “it’s all about social now”. Advice on startups raising capital: if you raise your first round at a super high valuation and don’t grow into your valuation, it makes it very hard to live for the long game. Contest details here :

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

” If you invested at $8m pre-money and put $2m in (thus you own 20% of a company at a $10m post-money valuation) and if you put another $2m into a round at a $40m valuation raising $10m ($50m post) you end up with half your money at $8m pre and half at $40m pre thus your average price goes up dramatically. Thus begins the dance.

Technical Review 336

Technical Review Later Stage Early Stage LP 336

View from Seed

MAY 2, 2019

My experience is that YC partners tend to encourage founders to hold off on taking more money shortly after getting into YC, arguing that their value will increase significantly in just a few months. So your net dilution may end up worse and you may miss out on working with a really hands-on pre-seed partner early in your company’s life.

Early Stage 214

Early Stage Dilution Valuation .Net 214

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of partner? I’ve watched VCs help with valuation support (spreadsheets, comps) on next round financing, participate in M&A meetings, interview senior job candidates – even help terminate tricky senior hires. Picking a VC is hard. You don’t really have much to go on to decide who would make a good fit.

Portfolio 364

Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast.

Private Equity 330

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 330

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Micro VCs will continue to come in many flavors with slightly different strategies, but there are a few distinctive defining characteristics: On a per partner basis, each investor is investing less than $25M in any given fund. The capital deployment velocity is notably higher than a traditional 1-2 investment per partner per year.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Did the partner have a good or bad day, etc. We were able to raise a Seed round from Bessemer Venture Partners on a powerpoint idea, and never found the repeatable customer model. Thanks, Steve.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 270

View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Using NextView as an example, since we both seek to lead the seed round and only lead during this round, I’ve seen this trend manifest in one of two ways: In a priced round, the entrepreneur will often share their valuation ask (or a stated floor) for the pre-money valuation of their company much sooner in the process.

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Valuation Founder Seed Stage Angel Investor 336

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits on the inflated valuations (regardless of whether or not the company should have ever been public.) 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

Silicon Valley 237

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 237

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later. ” The Cost of Financing. Convertible Securities.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over the last 10 years, we’ve been in a bull market with considerable froth in late stage financing activity and valuations. The trends described above in VC performance have an upstream effect on Limited Partners which is somewhat counter-intuitive. This would suggest that TVPI would be performing well. LP Constraints.

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LP IRR Distribution Portfolio 256

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Effective) post-money valuation. Even though the traction milestone is the same, the history is not, and that context will meaningfully alter the ability to successfully raise a solid Series A financing. How much time has elapsed since company founding. How much total capital has been put into the company since founding. raise $1.8M

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Seed Stage Post-Money Valuation Valuation Startup 136

The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

In a CTO Salary and Equity trends report by Safire Partners, it finds non-founder equity compensation to settle out below 2 percent. As an aside for founders, there is an interesting approach on how to arrive at equity offers outlined by Fred Wilson that may be worth checking out once there is a sense of valuation.

Engineer 129

Engineer Dilution Option Pool Vesting 129

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

Executives run the day-to-day so often the board is more involved as a sparring partner at key intervals. ICOs certainly have a place in startup financing. In fact, as one Twitter commenter observed to what do board do, “Often, not much.” That’s true. The administrative work we actually do at board meetings?

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Cofounder Stock Options Equity Technical Review 217

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Fred Wilson has been a venture investor and director in Return Path since 2000, first with Flatiron Partners and then with Union Square Ventures. Here are a few tips for ending up with the best long-term partner as an investor. Similarly, I’d always sacrifice valuation for a clean security. Selecting Your Investors.

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Valuation Term Sheet B2C Security 133

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. Yahoo Finance. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more.

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

What Are Your Valuation Expectations? But mainly we did it because these corporate VCs were among the only groups willing to invest at PayPal’s somewhat inflated post-money valuation, during the middle of the dot-com crash when traditional VCs pulled back sharply and other sources of funding were constrained.” ” (Rob Go).

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. So, let’s say that one founder puts in $100,000 in seed capital, that could be worth 20 percent of a seed stage company’s valuation. To me, that is no different than financing the business.

Cofounder 136

Cofounder Equity Founder Seed Stage 136

VC Adventure

JUNE 14, 2022

Exacerbating this speed were valuations that in many cases were out of touch with reality, putting more pressure early in a company’s relationship with its new financing partners around company performance and trajectory.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Due Diligence Portfolio Venture Capital 150

ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2022

Conforming with Torchbankz, the dropshipping industry is expected to reach a market valuation of $557.9 All you have to do is partner with wholesalers and manufacturers to sell their products under your brand name. billion before 2025. Implement enterprise resource planning software to customize and automate the process straight away.

Cost 140

Cost Software Review Technical Review Cloud 140

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Some financing rounds seem to go really fast. Great, you get your due diligence back and you either make a decision right then and there or you wait to the following Monday partner meeting. Others drag on for months and months. The problem with dragging it on is twofold--. running the business.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Valuation 145

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

While certainly not every business needs to raise venture financing, it is the path for many high-growth technology startups. If you're earlier in the process, a small angel round or partnering with an accelerator may be the best approach. Next if you are going to raise a round, find one or two partners to do it with.

Cap Table 125

Cap Table Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Technical Review 125

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. Yahoo Finance. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 12:17 PM. Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. No comments: Post a Comment. Older Post.

Software Review 95

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. You may happen to emphasize the right points that pique an investor’s interest, but you shouldn’t leave your financing up to chance. Reid Hoffman.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

#13- Sustainability and ethical investing Photo Credit: Zach Larsen I'm really excited to see how technology will continue to shape the personal finance space in 2023. All of these changes should make managing our finances easier and more accessible for everyone. #19- Thanks to Paige Arnof-Fenn, Mavens & Moguls ! #29-

Artificial Inteligence 126

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media 126

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

If you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. To do that you have to show how your market is big enough (a multi-billion dollar market) to support that kind of valuation. Myth #3: Take the Highest Valuation You Can Get.

Finance 205

Finance Silicon Valley Valuation Startup 205

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. Patents can raise startup valuation by investors by as much as a million dollars, and will attract acquisitions rather than copycats. Patents are not worth the effort, since big companies will win.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Intellectual Property Cofounder Bootstrapping 120

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Corporate Valuations Using Various Methods There are at least ten recognized ways to value a business. Some are inappropriate for young businesses or those engaged in certain enterprises, such as software development – where fixed assets are not usually important enough to use for purposes of valuation.

Valuation 62

Valuation Early Stage Stock Options .Net 62

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

The switch from PDRs to VDRs resulted in deal cycles and increased valuations. These services have been used by companies to share information with outsiders like lawyers, auditors, partners or even customers. Accounting demands accurate audit trails that allow easy tracking of finances. percent between 2009 and 2014.

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Security 100

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78