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Who Should be on Your Startup Board?

Both Sides of the Table

If angel investors are pressuring you to set up a board and if you don’t have the leverage to push back a little then I might suggest a 3-person board in which all 3 seats are appointed by the common stock and you agree to appoint one of these seats to the angel investor but perhaps make it either time based or event based. Not really.

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The exit effect: 4 ways IPOs and acquisitions drive positive change across the global ecosystem

TechCrunch

And yet, one of the events that generates the most momentum for long-term impact — the successful exit of a portfolio company — is not being harnessed. That means having VC firms that spotlight international entrepreneurship and foster global expert networks. Team effect.

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Nth Cycle wants to revolutionize metals processing for recyclers and mine operators

TechCrunch

There, she received $500,000 in funding to scale the technology and prepare it for demonstration to private funders. million in seed funding from climate tech VC firm Clean Energy Ventures. Thus far, the company has raised $1.25 million in non-dilutive grants and $3.2

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

FundersClub

’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable. They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. 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? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. 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? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Regulators appear to be growing increasingly wary of banks and fintech startups getting too cozy

TechCrunch

YC Demo Day(s) happened this past week , and fellow fintech reporter and Equity Podcast co-host Natasha Mascarenhas brilliantly led editorial coverage of the event. In case you have been hiding under a rock and haven’t heard, TechCrunch Disrupt is coming to San Francisco October 18–20! Can’t we all just get along?

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