Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 4, 2024

Introduction: The Angel Capital Association formed a task force of established early-stage investors and attorneys who routinely represent both founders and investors in early stage financings. Drafts of a model term sheet and definitive documents were shared with several leading angel groups for feedback. Sigety , Esq.,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Kaszek led the financing, which also included participation from GFC and OneVC. What that means is that it has built an app — launched in early 2020 — to help drivers monitor and perform services related to their documents and vehicles. Everything starts and ends with documentation.

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Gust

MARCH 19, 2014

The most important is that venture capital firms simply do not fund business plans. Other reasons have to do with the fact that H1B visas (which is probably what you are talking about) are available only to foreign nationals who are already employed by an existing US company, and require documentation you are unlikely to have.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 8, 2024

I am frequently shocked at the poor quality of investment documentation that founders present to Delaware Crossing when seeking investment. It is often clear that the companies lack experienced legal and financial support and that the lead investors have not engaged experienced counsel to review the documentation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

As venture capital investments slowed down in 2022 , some startups turned to private credit, including debt capital, as a way to supplement their operations in the meantime. Joining CRV in the round are existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Haystack, Y Combinator, Nine Four Ventures and specialty lender Upper90.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Given the shifting landscape, it’s helpful for you as a CEO and/or founder—or for your finance and capital markets teams, if you have those hires to help you through this process—to know who the key players are at each stage so you can spend your time and energy speaking to the right firms. This usually takes about a week.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Lori Cashman is a managing partner of Victress Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth companies meeting the needs of the evolving consumer market. In the world of venture capital, we’re always talking about cash. Lori Cashman. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

He just knew he wanted to build software for physicians like his wife, who wasted hours a day on data documentation. Andrew Hines started Canvas Medical after watching his wife waste hours on data documentation. “I thought there has got to be a better solution,” Hines told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Gaetano Crupi is a partner at venture capital firm Prime Movers Lab. Getting serious about Series B: 3 documents that will help founders control the narrative. These three key documents should do the heavy lifting of capturing attention and communicating information across the partnership with high fidelity. Contributor.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Further in the reports, multiple venture capital firms have reportedly played substantial roles in this financial round. Moreover, the ACRA documentation also indicates that the funding reported may be a partial figure for the Indonesian startup company. While JALA’s social media revealed to have raised 13.1

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Thanks not to Public, really, but M1 Finance, a Midwest-based consumer fintech that has a stock-buying function amongst its other services (more on it here ). And then there were so very many cool venture capital rounds that I couldn’t get to this week. We cannot comment on the second, but we can say a bit about the first point.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

The investment was led by Advantage Capital with participation from Conductive Ventures, Origin Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital, JobsOhio, Cintrifuse Capital and 1809 Capital. Advantage Capital is an equal opportunity provider. In 2023, Cloverleaf achieved recognition on the Inc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. Here’s what I learned : The success of Zeta hinges on the idea that people want to share their finances in an ongoing and meaningful way, and that the world of finance is ready to shift from individualism to collectivism earlier and louder.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Why you should set up a board at the seed round of funding I know these days with SAFE documents and rolling convertible notes many founders prefer not to set up a board early on. What happens at the A-round of venture capital? Is it possible that you still retain board control after raising a C-round of venture capital?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

He is an adviser and investor focusing on high-impact entrepreneurship in emerging markets and has worked with the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, as well as numerous funds and startups focusing on developing countries.

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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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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. G Ventures is “France’s First Student-Run Venture Capital Fund.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

You should anticipate and plan for business, legal and other questions, and ensure your documents are in proper order. Set a date to close a funding round, stick with it, and circulate proper legal documentation ahead of time. Be prepared to respond, quickly, to any questions raised about the documents. Know when to ask.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

So, Cacheflow is building a hybrid buying service and financing solution to make it simpler. But, almost oddly, although companies need more software, the selling process is still somewhat manual, with myriad phone calls and documents and e-signatures. And we’ve seen SaaS financing services also scale rapidly, like Pipe.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

Demonstrating that there’s a robust market for contract management solutions, LinkSquares , a company developing intelligent software that helps brands maintain and ink new contracts, today announced that it raised $100 million in Series C financing led by G Squared. million at an $800 million valuation. Image Credits: LinkSquares.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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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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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

The whole program has been designed to provide financing as quickly as possible. On a case-by-case basis, investors are willing to remove blocking language from company documents, lower their ownership percentage so they’re not in a blocking position, and aggregate their ownership across funds to a single fund manager.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

If you ask Perttu Ojansuu, the answer is an intranet, or a company-specific, digital portal that centralizes much of a businesses’ software and documentation in one place. Inkef Capital, Maki.vc, and Vendep Capital also participated in the Series B.). ” Using Happeo’s editing tools to build an intranet portal.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? There is a reason for this.

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Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

For angels and early-stage pre-seed and seed firms, most of those financings do not come with information rights. Most Series A financings are not big momentum rounds where everyone is competing — often it’s a personal connection forged after an angel or seed investor keeps telling a VC about a specific founder or company.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

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. While it may be easy to convince loved ones to help, thorough documentation is highly recommended. Peer-to-peer lenders. Getting to know investing.

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Abstract Ventures led the financing, which also included participation from Propel Venture Partners, NFP Ventures, BoxGroup and Precursor Ventures. TrustLayer , which provides insurance brokers with risk management services via a SaaS platform, has raised $6.6 million in a seed round.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2023

The company has two revenue models: First is a SaaS platform that collects, verifies and tracks compliance documents like business licenses and W9 forms for general contractors, developers and property managers. Last year, Black founders raised just 1% of all venture capital funding, a slight dip from the record 1.3%

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

With the fundraising world becoming more democratic and accessible, we should help people find the right path to setting up a venture capital firm and also make sure the right people are entering the VC sphere. What I wish I’d known about venture capital when I was a founder. What value do you bring to the table?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

How it works today: During a project’s conception, asset owners and/or developers develop site proposals and may work with lenders to manage the project financing. Key challenges: Processes for managing construction loans are cumbersome and time intensive today given the complexity of the loan draw process.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

The document also notes that regulatory work should be completed rapidly — more welcome news. The Chinese venture capital market once challenged the United States’ VC market in activity terms. Other topics were mentioned, including monetary policy, the country’s real estate market and Hong Kong.

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Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

To account for scenarios in which the startup is acquired before it has a chance to complete a priced equity financing round, most term sheets and deal documents contain a “ change in control ” provision. Suppose the notes converted as if the acquisition were an eligible financing round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The challenges her father faced as a business owner in the construction industry always stayed in the back of her mind, so when Lin got the entrepreneurial itch, it was a natural move to help start a company that helped trade contractors better control their finances. And today that company, Siteline , is emerging from stealth with $18.4

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