BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 12, 2003

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 investments do not mean anything if you are not going to generate revenue for your company and for your partner.

Strategic Investors 60

Strategic Investors Due Diligence Early Stage Exit Strategy 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

Many entrepreneurs waste time talking to investors who are at the wrong stage, sector or tribe. When a VC’s website says they do “early stage” – to a VC that means a product has already been built and generating some revenue, while to an entrepreneur it means “just an idea.”. He is also a venture partner at several VC firms.

Finance 205

Finance Silicon Valley Valuation Startup 205

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. Mobile gaming company Oberon Media raised a fifth round of $16 million – some of the funds raised are from previous investors Goldman Sachs, Infinity I-China Fund and Oak Investment Partners.

Israel 94

Israel Flash Venture Capital Acquisition 94

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

It’s an option, even though an expensive one. “ Strategic partner” investors: If you can find a strategic partner willing to invest in your enterprise, consider it a blessing. Better yet, the valuation of your enterprise is often higher than if the same investment were taken from a professional investor.

Private Equity 118

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Strategic partner” investors: If you can find a strategic partner willing to invest in your enterprise, consider it a blessing. Better yet, the valuation of your enterprise is often higher than if the same investment were taken from a professional investor. It’s an option, even though an expensive one.

Private Equity 106

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 106

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Nothing seems to apply--you're not a tech company, you bootstrapped your way to millions in revenues before taking on capital, and you sell mostly through brick and mortar. Technically, that's what we called it, but it didn't seem entirely appropriate given that it had already been up and running for years and had millions in revenue.

Cap Table 102

Cap Table Cofounder Valuation .Net 102

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

Bettina Stern: My business partner Suzanne Simon and I have been cooking together for many years. Bento Box – our mobile-friendly website was created by them to help drive revenue and customers. UberEats – we recently partnered with this behemoth to get our food to more customers. How did it all begin?

Caching 75

Caching DC Social Media Cofounder 75

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

It’s an option, even though an expensive one. “ Strategic partner” investors: If you can find a strategic partner willing to invest in your enterprise, consider it a blessing.

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 69

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

Bettina Stern: My business partner Suzanne Simon and I have been cooking together for many years. Bento Box – our mobile-friendly website was created by them to help drive revenue and customers. UberEats – we recently partnered with this behemoth to get our food to more customers. How did it all begin?

Caching 48

Caching DC Social Media Cofounder 48

VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

These platforms, leveraging vast amounts of user data, were able to offer targeted advertising solutions that were both more effective and appealing to advertisers, significantly eroding the ad revenue streams that publishers had relied on. It could help bring back some of that classified ad revenue that was lost. What do you think?

Generative AI 142

Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142