Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. We’ve had two companies where we had to bridge finance them several times before they eventually IPO’d We had a portfolio company turn-down a $350 million acquisition because they wanted at least $400 million. Early-stage venture capital is about extreme winners.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Silicon Valley law firm Cooley recently reported that it “handled 298 disclosable venture capital financings for Q3 2022, representing $8.1 billion of invested capital, continuing a downward trend for both metrics and representing the lowest for both since Q4 2019.” Yet, November was also when U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. Andy Stinnes. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Should All of Your Management Team Attend Board Meetings? The age old question for every startup is whom to involve in the board meeting. The reality is that there are some board meetings in which having a broad set of management present is a great idea and there are some meetings where in can be a hindrance.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Diligence cycles have extended, better relationships with founders can be formed, investors can enter new spaces with more preparation, and a thoughtful approach to early-stage venture capital can emerge,” Kareem added. Challenging market conditions drive a sense of discipline and perspective that can be a gift.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. If that isn’t the original definition of “angel” money I don’t know what is.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

A $100 million fund does not actually have $100 million in capital but $100 million in “committed capital,” essentially a legal document that states that LPs will send the fund money when “called.” The biggest question for a venture firm is whether LPs will fail to make capital calls in a crisis. “It

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

It is becoming increasingly clear to me that this is definitely not a winner-takes-all industry. . Trace Finance , a Brazilian fintech startup that aims to enable faster and more streamlined cross-border financing, announced a $4.3 Image Credits: Bold. million seed funding round. million in a round led by General Catalyst. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” But Jason is one of the smartest thinkers in our industry so while style points in his eye-poking post might be low, he’s definitely scratching at something important.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

As we conclude our convertible note financing series, there are assorted terms commonly seen in term sheets and deal documents that are worth touching on briefly. The Note Purchase Agreement and Convertible Promissory Note are essential documents for any convertible note financing.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 31, 2020

SEC’s Historic Decision Broadens Definition of Accredited Investor. For the first time, they went beyond an income-based or wealth-based definition to include expertise, skills and financial licensing, among other criteria, to enable an estimated million or more US households to join the ranks of the accredited investors.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 30, 2023

by Joe Wallin , leader of the Angel Capital Association Legal Advisory Council and Pricipal at the law firm of Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. Big Picture The CTA is intended to assist law enforcement in combatting money laundering, tax fraud, financing of terrorism, and other illicit activity through anonymous shell and front companies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

In 2021, fintech startups were the top recipients of venture capital globally, accounting for about 21% of dollars raised with $131.5 There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. Layoffs up in H1 2022. billion across 4,969 deals.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

A few examples… When asked in February what differences in the landscape he saw in 2021 and if deals were much more competitive, Accel partner Ethan Choi responded: “On the investing side, deals were definitely more competitive and valuations certainly reflect that, even despite a correction in public fintech comps.”.

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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. Sustaining short-term losses is all predicated on ability to finance the losses through venture capital or other means.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Good relationships with executive buyers can help shape your company as it grows, ultimately serving as an unofficial advisory board of the top leaders and experts within your customer base.” So that definitely stretched me in many ways.” Corporations are scrambling to get into the venture game. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

“If you believe VR and immersive computing is the future — whether for consumer or business use cases — Activision helps Microsoft build a flywheel of content and technology that gets more users on board to this future.”. From Buy Now, Pay Later to open banking and social finance, fintech has scaled rapidly since the pandemic began.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but it definitely caught my attention for a few reasons. The company also said that president Tim Mayopoulos will step down from his role in the first quarter and remain as a board member. 40Seas secures $11M in equity, $100M in credit to grow cross-border trade financing platform .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I definitely had a full-time job, I had a newborn baby,” Walton said. Walton helped it raise its first millions in venture capital, making her one of the few dozen Black female founders to do so. New financing and the boom of the mental health focus amid the coronavirus pandemic puts Expectful in a coveted spot.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The graph above shows a definite point of diminishing returns when contacting LPs, somewhere around 60–70. Find an anchor LP to champion your firm An anchor LP is an investor that commits a significant amount of the total capital to the fund upfront, usually around 25% for first-time funds.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Now that many consumers are buying their own e-bikes and e-scooters, shared dockless micromobility “just hasn’t proven itself to be a profitable line of business,” Puneeth Meruva, an associate at Trucks Venture Capital, told TechCrunch. The global venture capital market had a cracking start to the year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. Great leaders communicate early and often with boards and investors.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Hot Tip: create a Miro board mapping all of the efforts and use this to keep your team in check. Planning: You have the resources to craft an effective project planning for RFP (and eventually scope it with account / finance). Not knowing the personalities the best way to get everyone on board is to play therapist. Chemistry?—?Finals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. I came from a board meeting to here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Meanwhile, Becca notes that venture capital has been on a roller coaster this year. The theme is similar; 2022 started riding the strongest wave of venture deployment on record, just before the stock market plummeted and dragged venture down with it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He stresses the importance of his initial legwork getting his “champions” on board before going to AngelList and feels this is a crucial first step for any startup. Naval says valuations are definitely going up, but isn’t completely sure why. Jody talks about what it’s like working with Dave McClure. I argue the opposite.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

This is part of my series on Raising Venture Capital. I’m sure I’ll spark the ire of some VC’s for saying so, but there is certainly such a thing as black-out days in venture capital. It is very difficult to raising venture capital between November 15 – January 7th.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

You may decide that where you are now compared to where you'll be in three months isn't a good time, and that's fine, but let's not pretend that you're not a tech entrepreneur in the office of a venture capital firm. So, if you ping me with "I'm still working my big corporate finance job. Would you invest in it.

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I’ve listed below the points I recommend you cover when pitching your business to early-stage investors, including but definitely not limited to our firm. Raising capital is about quality of outreach, not quantity. What type of capital are you raising? Startup Due Diligence for a Venture Capitalist. Legal status.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising. If they see you when you’ve already got your first term sheet and they’ve got 3 weeks to decide then by definition they have no relationship with you. You had your great meeting.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Those that are allocated shares have definitive and explicit monetary gain within a 24 hour period of receiving an allocation. Is it disrespectful to imply that the founders, executives, VC-backers, and the boards of these companies are gullible or naive? Make no mistake about it, an IPO “pop” is expressly a wealth transfer.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Mental health startups are raising spirits and venture capital. Kupor is also joining Headway’s board with this round. Cherry Miao, a former partner at Accel and Headway’s lead seed investor, is also joining as head of Finance & Data. Revenues have in the last year, meanwhile, grown nine-fold.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

And I’d add to the world of “lists of three&# the old adage that many VCs quote about boards having only three roles: Raising money. Almost by definition to be a great leader you need to be an effective psychologist. If you really succeed, everyone wants you to fail eventually so you need even thicker skin.&#.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

“While we had a plan and knew roughly what we were going to do, we could never have imagined the insane acceleration of Austin or what we’d be able to accomplish in what has definitively been the biggest 10 months in the history of the company.”. The startup says it will use its new capital to scale rapidly across new markets in the U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

You get dilution sensitive and you start optimizing on price of a financing deal, versus finding the right partners or raising enough money to grow. Definitely not. If you feel like you’re on a rocket ship ride to success, you might feel like a lot of the risk has been taken off the table.

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