A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The better takeaway is that high margin businesses are often less dependent on capital markets because they can internally generate cash more easily. So how you value and how you finance low margin businesses becomes very important. They can’t be valued too highly or you risk a financing crisis.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. That revenue is thanks to 75,000 customers, earned through the hard work of 500 employees across six offices on three continents. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. We just announced a few more things.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. It’s funny how scarcity of capital can focus one’s mind. So if you’re able to raise easily no problem. End of story.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

This is Part II of a two-part series on Revenue-Financed Capital (RFC) for angels. In Part I addressed the question of when RFC might be appropriate to meet some of the capital needs of angel portfolio companies. Instead, RFC is a purchase of a share of revenue until an agreed-upon fixed return has been paid.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

By taking the traditional balance sheet and turning it into the Simple Numbers Capital format, you will better understand what parts of your balance sheet impact your cash flow. Notice that we don’t say plan out revenue. Gross margin equals your revenue minus the cost to get your product sold, not including labor.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

A startup that enables businesses to set up and manage their billing, subscription, revenue operations and compliance has become the newest firm to earn the much-coveted unicorn status. The new financing round valued the 10-year-old startup at $1.4 billion, a 3x increase since the Series F round six months ago.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Meanwhile, Silicon Hills News (operated by the very talented Laura Lorek) reported that Austin-based insurtech Decent is “shutting down all of its operations to just a core team,” which was confirmed in a blog post published by Nick Soman, the company’s founder and CEO. billion valuation. Insight Partners and Accel co-led that round.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. They have listed forward revenue figures that are highly questionable and bring the issue of SEC oversight to my mind.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The company, with bases in both Austin and Australia, was started in 2009 and facilitates exits for millions of online business owners, some that operate on e-commerce marketplaces, blogs, SaaS and apps, the newest data integration being for Shopify, Blake Hutchison, CEO of Flippa, told TechCrunch. in 2020, up from 15.8%

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Accern , which uses AI to analyze online conversations around particular companies, trends, and industries, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series B round led by Mighty Capital alongside Tribe Capital, Shasta Ventures, Gaingels and Fusion Fund and others. ” Accern has raised $20 million in capital to date. .

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Loan-seekers will usually be required to produce proof of collateral or a revenue stream before their loan application is approved. They are found across all industries and are useful for entrepreneurs who are beyond the seed stages of financing but are not yet ready to seek out venture capital. Angel investors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Led by Insight Partners with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, IVP, Foundation Capital, Founders Circle Capital, Coatue and HubSpot Ventures, it’ll also support Jasper’s ongoing effort to fold the Outwrite brand under its own, he said, and unify the two companies’ offerings in 2023.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Secondly, the majority of its existing backers joined one new investor — NEA spinout NewView Capital (NVC) — in pumping more capital into Human Interest. It’s gone from adding about $100,000 a month in net new revenue in early 2019 to now adding more than $1 million a month in net new revenue, according to Schneble.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

So far, Sketchy has more than 30,000 paid subscribers and is on track to hit $7 million in revenue this year. To charge this growth and break into new content verticals, Sketchy is taking venture capital on for the first time in its seven-year history. So far, 20% of its revenue comes from direct contracts it has with medical schools.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Organic infant formula company Bobbie is taking a hint from its staggering revenue results in 2021 to get out in front of its product pipeline. Laura Modi, co-founder and CEO of Bobbie, told me she had expected $4 million in revenue for 2021, but closed the year with $18 million. “It It was pretty extraordinary,” she told TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

By September 26th we had submitted a term sheet which was signed on October 4th and financing was closed in less than 30 days. Again, I think the company would slug me if released revenue data, but … wow. So this was definitely an introduction I was going to take. Domain Knowledge. Clear path to execution. And Seriously.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Per Robinhood, the new funds were “led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from existing investors including ICONIQ, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Index Ventures, and NEA with terms being finalized.” Forbes initially broke the news that the financing was raised as a convertible note.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As you conduct your midyear review, here are three questions to ask yourself: Are revenues where you thought they’d be? Can you capitalize on your unanticipated successes or overcome the unforeseen challenges? The post 3 Questions to Ask Yourself at Your Midyear Review appeared first on THE BLOG. Has the market changed?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

The financing comes just over six months after Flink raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Accel. Existing backers Accel, ALLVP, Clocktower and new investor Mantis Venture Capital (founded by The Chainsmokers) also put money in the Series B. Since its 2017 inception, the startup has raised nearly $70 million.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

And this week, the company announced it had raised a super-sized $20M Series A financing co-led by Kent Bennett from Bessemer Venture Partners and also Goldman Sachs. The company’s blog has become a destination for original research on consumer behavior and insights — check it out here: [link].

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association. New York Venture Capital Association. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. International Climate Finance Accelerator – based in Luxembourg. John Gannon’s Blog.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

On the topic of fintech drama, Bolt recently made headlines for a number of reasons that I outlined last wee k , including a lawsuit filed by a major customer and reports that it is seeing a slowdown in revenue and customer growth. Fundid injects first funding into providing capital, credit for small businesses – Christine Hall.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. I think it’s important for enterprise startups to layer in professional services into your revenue stream. rollout support.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

401(k) provider Human Interest , which recently increased total funding to $500 million, including an investment from BlackRock, has 23 open roles, including in engineering, product and revenue. Last October, TechCrunch covered the company’s milestone of passing $125 million in annual revenue and adding a crypto offering.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media, blog posts, etc. Accel, Sequoia) give the scout a small pool of capital. Our focus here is venture capital, but the private equity industry employs origination-focused team members also. We list all of them below. A few funds (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Existing backers High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures and Tappan Hill Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings Indianapolis-based Casted’s total raised to about $9.3 The startup quadrupled its revenue, tripled its customer base and doubled the size of its team during the course of the 12-month period.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2021

Whether you’re selling a blog, eCommerce store, or app, it is important to understand how much your business is worth. For example, a content blog is up for sale for $3,000 with a multiple of 2x. Assuming that revenue remains consistent, the buyer can expect to receive their money back in 2 years. Valuate Your Business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Exotel said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in a financing round, just three months after securing $35 million in funding, as the Bangalore-based startup demonstrates growth for its full-stack customer engagement platform in emerging markets. Steadview Capital led the startup’s Series D round.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2017

In the first part of this blog, William shares how to assess your needs for capital and explains potential sources for raising it. The need for capital never ends. Securing capital for the next phase of your company is important and can be a big decision. Consider these key points to assess your capital needs.

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TechCrunch

JULY 24, 2022

Founded by South Korean immigrant Kristy Kim, the startup also secured $100 million in debt financing. Despite a cooling market, corporate spend management startup Ramp reports that it has more than doubled its revenue run rate since the start of the year. Like, X1, TomoCredit doesn’t rely on FICO scores to underwrite.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

There are a few ways that most digital marketers will utilize SEO when trying to drive traffic to their site: Starting a blog: This is an easy, yet effective way to reach your audience by creating SEO-based articles (with keywords strung throughout) to be easily searched online — driving traffic to your site through a constant online presence.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Typically, pre-seed rounds are raised when the startup is still in the product development phase, yet to make revenue or discover product-market fit. Andreata Muforo is a partner at TLcom Capital, a pan-African early-stage VC firm. So, in essence, they tend to raise more capital.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Every Flexible VC structure allows founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory, and ownership optionality. . Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. You can’t take a $5 billion revenue stream and say “Fuck it. What future have telcos for call-based revenue in the era of Skype?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” He gets to return his focus and energy back to what got him so passionate in the first place – product – while now having a seasoned leader and enough capital to fulfill his vision.

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Founder Bounty

AUGUST 14, 2022

Funding your business or startup  is a difficult topic and there are a lot of different ways and blogs to go around here but from my experience, I have put a list together that I think you guys should think about and different options. This is an important question that we talk about in our other blogs. Do you really need funding?

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