Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2020

One of the most important--understanding your business’s finances. Some business owners feel that finances are not their strength so they shy away from that aspect of their business. You might even think it a good business decision to outsource the bulk of the finances and bookkeeping.

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Dream It

JULY 12, 2021

In this Dreamit Dose, Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit, gives you his breakdown and tells you what issues to avoid on these early-stage financing instruments. You’ll learn 6 key points to be prepared and ready the next time you’re structuring a convertible note or SAFE financing.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

More debt financings means flat is the new up. Last week, I wrote about Founderpath , an Austin-based company that offers debt financing to B2B startups. On August 8, Mexico City–based expense management startup Clara announced it had been approved for financing from Goldman Sachs for up to $150 million. Here in the U.S.,

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

It should therefore come as no surprise that an asymmetry of information exists, mostly gleaned from experience, between founders and investors in a venture financing deal. A term sheet for a convertible note deal may run two or three pages, versus 8-10 pages for a typical Series A Preferred Stock financing.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Unpacking Proptech: A data-driven series on advancing built world innovation In Part 1 and Part 2 , I reviewed proptech financing trends, sources of capital and investor types, scaling and fundraising lessons from the past five years, and potential conflicts of interest. That brings us to one of the most exciting topics — exits.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? By definition?—?I’m The market definition has changed but what we do mostly hasn’t. even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. When I looked up the word “resilience,” I found that I had the definition wrong. Sivashankar has been a member of EO UAE since October 2020. . Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give. A fallacy.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In our second edition of the Public Policy Quarterly newsletter, we discuss some of the most important updates on ACA’s main policy interests, including QSBS, investor accreditation, Section 1202, the accredited investor definition, thresholds and workforce development reforms. The target date for proposed legislation is April 2024.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 28, 2017

When these changes do take effect, sales and finance teams must work even closer together to ensure contracts are structured properly and don’t introduce undesirable variances in revenue recognition. While public companies must move to this new standard starting in 2018, private companies must move in 2019.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Venture capital is a popular source of capital for early-stage startups, but it’s definitely not the only one. Debt is an increasingly popular alternative, as is non-dilutive, revenue-based financing. Hurst unfortunately had a power outage so was not available for the entirety of the panel).

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I don't remember whether it was over a meal at Good Fork , Rucola , Martha , or maybe over an Ample Hills ice cream cone, but I've definitely said the words "Wouldn't it be cool if you could setup a way to invest in the growth of the food and beverage scene in Brooklyn--like, the whole thing. Maybe like a fund."

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

You’re in charge of operations, sales, marketing and finance. Being a solopreneur, by definition, means going it alone. With better knowledge of my finances and the ability to outsource administrative tasks to a VA, I was in a position to consider the big-picture strategy. You don’t hire employees.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 30, 2021

Next, let’s take a step back and look at the definition of ROI on Investopedia : “ROI is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment or compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. To work this out, spend time going through your finances and financial statements.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The stage definitions in venture, from seed to late-stage Series D, E or F rounds, have always been open to interpretation, and general patterns are challenged by outliers at each stage. Outliers — unusually large financings with high valuations relative to the company’s maturity — are as old as the industry itself.

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Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Last week , we gave some attention to the “why” behind convertible note financing for early stage startups. As with so many subjects in law and finance, mastering the jargon is half the battle. This may seem like a no-brainer now that you understand the basic structure of a convertible debt financing.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Cloverleaf will use the new financing to further support organizations by extending its core automated coaching solution into even more areas of professional development for everyone in the enterprise. This round brings Cloverleaf’s total funding raised to $20 million to date. In 2023, Cloverleaf achieved recognition on the Inc.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Here’s a framework for how it can help drive success at your company: Strategy, People, Image, Finance and Systems for compliance, or “SPIFS.”. By generic definition, the board of directors consists of elected individuals that represent shareholders. What is a board of directors, anyway? What exactly can a board help you do?

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 4, 2024

Chief among these priorities is continuing to advocate for the accredited investor definition, QSBS and Section 1202 , funding caps and continuing to build out the Ann & Bill Payne ACA Angel University. The trip started with the public policy team meeting to discuss this year’s priorities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Corporate management startup Ramp confirmed that it has secured $550 million in debt and $200 million in equity in a new financing that doubles its valuation to $8.1 Notably, Founders Fund led the latest equity financing, marking the firm’s fourth time leading a round for Ramp. It then raised $300 million at a $3.9

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

We spoke to a diverse array of investors about finance-focused proptech and the move towards greener proptech. Construction tech would fall into the buckets of planning and execution in the examples I just gave, and could also touch financing (for things like construction loans) and repair.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2021

But let me explain: music streaming includes companies empowering musicians to hold live digital events supplanting the coliseum experience with high definition video and audio at home. Music streaming, test and measurement, and quality assurance initially baffled me. If you have a hypothesis, send me a tweet at @ttunguz.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

The financing is notable for a few reasons. For one, that new $6 billion valuation, is up 50% from the $4 billion it was valued at last November when it raised $200 million in Series D financing. It’s also up tenfold from its $600 million valuation at the time of its Series C raise in August 2019.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 11, 2021

YC is hiring across many of our teams, including Admissions, Continuity, Software, People Ops and Finance. This is a unique opportunity for somebody who loves data and startups to help us build definitive points of view to guide investment decisions. Find out more about the open roles here. ADMISSIONS. Learn more. Learn more.

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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 ” The firm said that deal volume, dollar volume and deal size for financings of life sciences companies also continued to decline in Q3 2022 compared to Q2 2022 and 2021.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Last week , we took the plunge and began dissecting an example term sheet for a convertible debt financing round piece by piece. In Part II, we looked at the mandatory conversion language that is at the heart of any convertible debt financing. It’s worth pausing on the definition of the phrase “at the noteholders’ option.”

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The idea behind it was brilliant, with crowdsourcing funds democratizing access to financing and developing fractional ownership. Understanding the vision and need for clarity in the problem definition is a challenge in startups today. Many startups need a definitive business model and a well-thought-out GTM strategy.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

With much of the finance world now leveraging technology to conduct business, predict trends and deliver services, financial services regulators are also developing new technologies to monitor markets, supervise financial institutions and conduct other administrative activities. But what exactly is suptech?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Stuto said that when 186 Ventures started investing in the fleeting days of the bull market, extension financing wasn’t a big part of the conversation, but now that it is clear that will be a challenge for startups, 186 Ventures plans to focus more on making sure its investments allow for a much longer runway.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Similar to cars and films, there is definitely an argument to be made for owning gadgets on a subscription. And for retailers, it’s another alternative to offer customers — alongside buying outright, using credit or offering by-now-pay-later or other kinds of financing in order to close a deal. Lumoid out of the U.S.

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Y Combinator

JULY 20, 2021

This is a unique opportunity for somebody who loves data and startups to help us build definitive points of view to guide investment decisions. Given the number of YC companies raising Series As every year, you’ll have an unparalleled understanding of how these financings happen and the early-stage funding ecosystem. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

JULY 17, 2022

Last week, I talked with Airbase founder and CEO Thejo Kote about the fact that the company just secured $150 million in debt financing led by Goldman Sachs. Companies close credit lines all the time, but the reasons behind the moves are often more interesting than the financings in and of themselves. Hence its recent debt financing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Reports lets users — typically those users would be accountants or other finance professionals — hover over accounting lines to get deeper analytics and visualizations to put a transaction into better context. (“Hover to discover!” ” is the tagline that Chang nearly sang to me when describing how it worked.).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Stuto said that when 186 Ventures started investing in the fleeting days of the bull market, extension financing wasn’t a big part of the conversation, but now that it is clear that will be a challenge for startups, 186 Ventures plans to focus more on making sure its investments allow for a much longer runway.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Ramp confirmed in March that it had secured $550 million in debt and $200 million in equity in a new financing that doubled its valuation to $8.1 Last week, another player in the space, Airbase, said it had secured $150 million in a debt financing led by Goldman Sachs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Then, after going another nearly six years without raising venture capital, Course Hero closed two financings in 2020. The financing, led by Wellington Management with participation from new investors Sequoia Capital Global Equities, OMERS Growth Equity and D1 Capital Partners, as well as existing investors, brings a 227.3%

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

That’s not surprising given that the web3 crypto community relies heavily on hype these days, and dubbing something the “metaverse” before it even exists is certainly the definition of hype. The term “metaverse” was also surprisingly used across a wide variety of apps, not just games and crypto finance apps.

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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. Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team.

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