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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Wait, didn’t you just raise a fund? Was it hard to raise the fund?

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Moviepilot Goes Native, Bets On LA, US Market

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The sale netted the company $20M, which it will use to fund its U.S. Moviepilot set up shop in LA in 2012 , due to the entertainment industry''s base here. Moviepilot is venture backed by T-Venture, Grazia Equity, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, and angels. READ MORE>>. moviepilot angeles merger acquisition webedia'

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Crowd Funding Has Not Killed Angel Investing Yet

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012. I just don’t see it happening any time soon.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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Angel Investors Are Still The Lifeblood Of Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). I just don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S. billion collected in 2014.

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

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Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. Sweat equity.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. If you can show regular cashflow and are willing to put your profits into their bank you can often fund expansion this way.

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