2015 Competition Equity Funding 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2014
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?
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. By 2015 it had come to signify by the market a new era where business fundamentals had changed, companies could easily and quickly be worth $10 billion or MORE so why worry about the “entry price!” billion fund.
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TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 29, 2020
Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund. We went out to market to LPs.
Tech.Co
JULY 19, 2017
Independent media network WelkerMedia is launching the world’s first no-equity and not-for-profit acceleration program with a focus on digital activism, social impact and creative projects. “We have being working on the idea of an accelerator since 2015,” Sonya says. How It Works. While WelkerMedia’s U.S.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2015
Include your sustainable competitive advantage. Patents or other intellectual property are a real competitive advantage for a startup, but first to market and working harder are not sustainable. If you are not willing to set targets for yourself, don’t expect investors to commit their funds.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 17, 2016
I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 7, 2015
These don’t get funded, nor bought by customers. How the solution and business model work to fund the business. Competitor positioning and sustainable competitive advantage. Immediate investment requirements and use of funds. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/29/2015.
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