BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 12, 2003

This does not mean that a company looking for funding will get a strategic partnership before a financing. One of the questions I was asked today was how an early stage company can make a strategic investment successful. Show me the revenue-I would rather have an OEM or reseller deal than a strategic investment.

Strategic Investors 60

Strategic Investors Due Diligence Early Stage Exit Strategy 60

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

C-Corp largely because (i) VCs have historically favored C-Corps for nuanced tax and other reasons, and (ii) virtually all of the standardized legal infrastructure around startup finance and equity compensation assumes a C-Corp. However, times are changing. It requires real financial, tax, legal, etc.

Delaware 48

Delaware LLC Startup Silicon Valley 48

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 28, 2013

Seed financing grew from 89 fundings in Q1 2009 to more than 500 in Q3 2012. That means there are a lot more seeded startups out there: an excess demand for a limited supply of Series A financings. Do your homework on potential investors. As an example, Version One has more than 50% of its funds reserved for follow-on financing.

Burn Rate 140

Burn Rate San Francisco Vesting Finance 140

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Banks are particularly helpful with raising money from “strategic&# investors, which often means corporate investors such as Intuit, SAP, AMD, Salesforce.com and the like. Venture Financing. A bank can help you balance fund raising with running your company. We also discussed the following deals of the week.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Sources of Capital for Startup Entrepreneurs – The primary sources of cash for new companies are (1) self (the entrepreneurs’ resources), (2) government grants, (3) friends and family, (4) angel investors and Super Angels , (5) venture capitalists and (6) strategic investors.

SBIR 120

SBIR Startup New York City Angel Investor 120

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2018

While it is certainly true that the lion’s share of venture capital activity takes place in a handful of major locations, almost every large city has a local investor community. These often serve as hubs for local investors and can provide access to advisors, mentors and other professionals who can help grow your company. Be strategic.

Nashville 153

Nashville San Francisco Venture Capital Silicon Valley 153

Austin Startup

MAY 21, 2012

This round included investment by existing investors and an undisclosed strategic investor. NextIO, the pioneer in I/O consolidation and next-generation networking solutions, today announced it has closed a Series F funding round of $12.3

Finance 67

Finance Security Strategic Investors Networking 67

Rob Go

DECEMBER 14, 2016

This is also a risk in financing rounds with investors that are unknown (foreign investors, groups that are starting to do early stage investing for the first time, unusual strategic investors, etc). Second, don’t be too quick to get to the LOI.

Term Sheet 28

Term Sheet Technical Review Due Diligence Private Equity 28

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

I wonder, for example, if our portfolio company, Codecademy , would have avoided its latest financing round and instead created “CodeCoin” in order to incent contributors to software development lesson plans and a marketplace for coding content? In short, token sales allow early stage companies to skip the series B round and beyond.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

I wonder, for example, if our portfolio company, Codecademy , would have avoided its latest financing round and instead created “CodeCoin” in order to incent contributors to software development lesson plans and a marketplace for coding content? In short, token sales allow early stage companies to skip the series B round and beyond.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

Private Equity 118

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

C eleno Communications, developer of Wi-Fi chips for high-definition multimedia and entertainment home networking applications, has raised $12 million in a financing round. Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. Israeli Startups Funding Rounds.

Israel 94

Israel Flash Venture Capital Acquisition 94

Version One Ventures

MAY 24, 2016

billion in financing in 2015 (with 395 deals). Over the past month, I’ve spent a lot of time in NYC, Toronto, and Ottawa for board meetings, conferences, meetings with our founders, re-connecting with co-investors, and meeting new entrepreneurs. Waterloo has another unicorn with Kik. running around the Bay Area. Great exits.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley San Francisco Startup DC 113

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

Private Equity 106

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 106

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: How have you financed your business to date? We had an initial valuation made on our existing farmers market business and we secured a small business loan from a local bank to help finance much of our build-out costs. I’ve been asked if our investors balked at the idea of a socially-responsible, triple-bottom line taco shop?

Caching 86

Caching DC Social Media Cofounder 86

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

There are a ton of seed-stage financing options available here. The only thing hurting Singapore is the shortage of mid-stage investors. The continent’s top investors are now directing their focus on the most exciting market in the region: Southeast Asia. The most active of which are the large Japanese strategic investors.

Asia 123

Asia Silicon Valley India China 123

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. ” Box has hired David Quantrell to run the EMEA operations in partnership with Greg Strickland, VP of Global Operations and director of finance & business operations. Strength in experience. We hope to have about 100 people here by the end of next year.”

Europe 114

Europe Entrepreneur United States San Francisco 114

Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

In addition to the increasing popularity of mobile apps and enterprises deploying mobile apps as a result, M&A activity has helped to make investors bullish in the sector. Notable recent exits that have caught the interest from strategic investors include: Facebook’s $85M acquisition of Parse; and.

Mobile 49

Mobile Developer Venture Capital Strategic Investors 49

VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

Instead we quickly put our heads together about a financing (we like to say it was over beers, but the truth is more mundane – we hammered out the details in a 10 minute conversation in the conference room of the Foundry office). Executing against that idea is another matter.

Syndicate 73

Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 73

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder is able to self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 69

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 11, 2007

If you really believe in your business then you should either take the money from the VC or get a significant premium from the strategic investor to sell today versus building your business for the longer term. F irst, what is your appetite for calculated risk – in finance there is a direct correlation to risk and reward.

Net Present Value 78

Net Present Value Strategic Investors Early Stage Revenue 78

aweissman.com

MARCH 28, 2014

I can''t remember if this was the first or second financing, 2007 or 2008, but we''d been out talking to various financial and strategic investors for a few months explaining the story and model. Ain''t lost yet, so I gotta be a winner - Paul Westerberg A number of years ago we were fundraising for betaworks.

Strategic Investors 54

Strategic Investors Demand Finance 54

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: How have you financed your business to date? We had an initial valuation made on our existing farmers market business and we secured a small business loan from a local bank to help finance much of our build-out costs. I’ve been asked if our investors balked at the idea of a socially-responsible, triple-bottom line taco shop?

Caching 48

Caching DC Social Media Cofounder 48

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 11, 2007

If you really believe in your business then you should either take the money from the VC or get a significant premium from the strategic investor to sell today versus building your business for the longer term. F irst, what is your appetite for calculated risk – in finance there is a direct correlation to risk and reward.

Net Present Value 60

Net Present Value Strategic Investors Early Stage Revenue 60

www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

I just worked on a financing for a company that received a term sheet from a group of VCs at a $7 million pre-money valuation. They had a strategic investor in the wings that wanted to invest, but the company thought they could get a higher valuation from the strategic. Why else might this be useful?

Warrant 40

Warrant Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 40

VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

One of our strategic investors is using HourOne.ai (disclosure: a Remagine Ventures portfolio compan y) to create synthetic video news around sports. Media companies and publishers can capitalise on this by positioning their content as premium offerings, building trust and turning it into currency.

Generative AI 142

Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142