Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. Go get your anchors.

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David Teten VC

MAY 2, 2020

But on the other side, I definitely recommend seeing what information others have made public. Even if you don’t find your specific competitor’s pitch deck, you can always learn from the pitch decks of some of the successful VC funded startups; I provide links to them at Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist.

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pitching VC capital ventures 59

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We have no measure of the changes in available capital resources from entrepreneurs and their friends and family, but we have no reason to believe they have changed radically over the past few years. Let’s take a closer look at trends in government grants, angel investment and venture capital financings.

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capital startup angel capital VC 120

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A typical VC might see 500 opportunities cross his or her desk every year; for larger, more prominent ones it could be 2,000. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. Take the time to read, cover to cover, The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels , by the legendary Bill Payne.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money.

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advice VC pitching angel investing 291

David Teten VC

MAY 2, 2020

But on the other side, I definitely recommend seeing what information others have made public. Even if you don’t find your specific competitor’s pitch deck, you can always learn from the pitch decks of some of the successful VC funded startups; I provide links to them at Please don’t pitch a venture capitalist without this checklist.

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pitching VC capital ventures 40

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

VC Lab , an accelerator for venture capital firms, wants to create investors who will back the rest of the world. Today, VC Lab is providing a set of freely available boilerplate documents intended to streamline the process, save everyone time and money and make fund governance structures more accessible.

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VC investing investment startup 101

propel(x)

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Pro rata investment rights are important because of the nature of Venture Capital (VC) and how investors potentially make their returns. The unfortunate reality in startup investing is that many companies fail, and many investors lose all of the money invested. .

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investing investment angel investing startup 91

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies.

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communities innovation creativity real estate 285

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

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. Active angels invest in a diversified portfolio of 10 or more companies, usually spreading their investments over a few years.

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angel investing investing investment opportunity 146

Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This is the norm for West Coast deals, but it’s often the case in dealing with East Coast investors (more commonly for VC financing rounds rather than angel seed rounds) that the lead investor wants its lawyers to draft the documents. First, it’s worth noting that we’re proposing to have Company counsel draft the documents.

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financing finance VC investing 79

TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

But according to data from PitchBook, less than 2% of VC funding went to all-women-founded teams in 2021. It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa.

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