socalTECH
DECEMBER 13, 2017
The funding lase led by Social Impact Finance, and also included Allen and Company, Omidyar Network, Alpha Edison, AGO Partners, Reyl & Cie, and Capricorn Investments, plus actor Orlando Bloom, Los Angeles Clippers coach "Doc" Rivers, former Citigroup Chief Operations and Technology Officer Deborah Hopkins, Bad Robot President Brian Weinstein, (..)
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 22, 2017
In my activities as an angel investor, and my work with new ventures seeking investment, I find the “due diligence” stage to be fraught with the most risk. Usually this stage only really starts after an investor has expressed serious interest, or already informally agreed to invest. Set up an interview room, stocked with current docs.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2018
Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 28, 2012
I often coach that this period is often when you can engender great confidence from the partner. There is no reason to part with your cap table or legal docs until you’re convinced that they’re actually committed to doing work with you in due diligence. Have you invested money directly? Fair questions, all.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 19, 2011
But as it goes to the legal docs naturally 20 issues arise the require negotiations. You can certainly get coaching from your VC on how to play the negotiations since they do it more often than you do. I have investment money at stake so I’m a principal in the negotiation, too. You want the deal to close in 4 weeks.
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