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Black Innovation Alliance, Village Capital team up to support founders of color

TechCrunch

Resource’s “ESO Accelerator” will train startup ecosystem leaders on how to build a more financially sustainable organization, as well as help connect them to potential funders. Resource is supported by a national coalition of funders committed to supporting entrepreneurs of color.

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Investments of time and money are critical for startups’ success

Innovation 2 Enterprise

High-growth startups have two basic sources of investment capital — angel investors (individuals, groups, or funds) and institutional investors like i2E. Angels invest their own money and are in the business of high risk/high return. They tend to invest very early in a startup’s life, even pre-revenue.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

This is currently the most common investment structure: the Flexible VC investor purchases either equity ownership, or a convertible right to equity, and a right to regularly scheduled payments based on a percentage of revenues. Funder Category. Revenue-share investing. Flexible VC offers you this. Equity Ownership. Example VC.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

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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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. Supporting the growing roster of programs also required more administrative overhead to solve legal issues, track investments and support cross-program communications and learning.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

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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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

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?