socalTECH

MAY 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management said this morning that it has entered into an agreement to sell San Diego-based FMG Suite to another private equity ivnestor, Aurora Capital Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113

San Diego Invest Equity Los Angeles 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out. While new equity owners always have to get it from someone, actual re-allocation of existing shares should be based on a formula to maximize the value of your remaining founder shares.

.Net 96

.Net Startup Entrepreneur Acquisition 96

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The most striking example was the one hundred million–dollar purchase of one of my companies by a New York private equity investor using only five million of its cash. Offering too little in an acquisition to satisfy the seller? But I learned it again and again in my various business lives. Here’s a striking example.

Pricing 156

Pricing Sales Examples Tool 156

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

He starts out by outlining five reality checks for the uninitiated who are too quick to jump in with both feet: Community building has to happen before collecting cash. The biggest surge in expectations occurred way back in 2015, when the SEC “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding.

Startup 100

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Demand 100

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2019

Los Angeles-based Elevate Services , a developer of enterprise, legal management software, has received $25M in an investment round, from private equity investor Kayne Partners, according to the two companies. According to Elevate, it has now deployed almost $60M in total for its efforts.

Software 124

Software Outsource Development Resource Equity 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. These events may take three to five years at a minimum.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Equity Invest Startup 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Most founders and CEOs will not voluntarily establish a formal Board of Directors, unless they are trying to attract a major investor, preparing for an IPO, or planning for an acquisition. For Advisory Boards, I recommend three to five as max, to limit costs and time spent for support. How much are you willing to spend on your board?

Allegis 139

Allegis Startup Acquisition Entrepreneur 139

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has sold its 10 percent stake in Hulu , the firm said Friday morning, getting a nice return on its investment in the online video streaming site. Providence Equity Partners had invested $100M in Hulu in 2007, and reportedly sold back its stake for $200M to the company this week.

Hulu 170

Hulu Equity Invest Report 170

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. These events may take three to five years at a minimum.

Equity 55

Equity Startup Technical Review Statistics 55

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. If you measure success by exits, the Ring acquisition by Amazon and Cylance acquisition by Blackberry, each for $1 billion, were among the biggest stories of 2018.

Southern California 133

Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

He starts out by outlining five reality checks for the uninitiated who are too quick to jump in with both feet: Community building has to happen before collecting cash. The biggest surge in expectations occurred back in 2015, when the SEC “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding.

Startup 151

Startup Equity Funding Demand 151

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2021

Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out. While new equity owners always have to get it from someone, actual re-allocation of existing shares should be based on a formula to maximize the value of your remaining founder shares.

Startup 119

Startup Entrepreneur Acquisition Demand 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. These events may take three to five years at a minimum.

Startup 150

Startup Technical Review Equity Statistics 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

It will be much more productive to categorize your startup in one of the following five stages, and limit your investor focus accordingly: “I have a great idea and I need money to turn it into a business.” This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors. Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly.

Funding 125

Funding Startup Ideas Equity 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. These requirements for equity investing have been relaxed only a bit, with caveats, with relevant crowdfunding changes. The growth target should be 5-10 times your initial investment in five years.

Startup 120

Startup Invest Equity Incubator 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Here are five key ones to celebrate: Enjoy the feedback from every satisfied customer.

Startup 118

Startup Satisfaction Customer Custom 118

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2016

San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy said Tuesday that it has sold a 50 percent interest in two, New Mexico wind projects, to private equity investor Blackrock Infrastructure. EDF Renewable Energy has now worked out a total of five similar project deals with BlackRock over the last year.

San Diego 100

San Diego Equity Sales Develop 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections. Startup equity investments imply a long-term business relationship, lasting an average of five years.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2012

said this morning that it is selling its SheKnows.com property to a private equity firm. Financial details of the sale, and the name of the private equity buyer, were not announced. Evolve Media said that it originally acquired SheKnows.com in 2006, when it was a five person company with 600,000 unique visitors per month.

Media 140

Media Equity Sales Los Angeles 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: We closed our nineteenth and twentieth software focused growth equity investments this year, a significant milestone for our firm. READ MORE>>.

Capital 113

Capital Southern California Equity San Diego 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

I recommend five-year projections, to show the evolution of revenues and expenses and funding and profitability expectations over time. Premium startup-acquisition targets usually at least double revenues every year, so conservative 20 percent yearly-growth projections will not win accolades. Neither extreme is good.

Startup 107

Startup Equity Invest Acquisition 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Here are five key ones to celebrate: Enjoy the feedback from every satisfied customer.

Satisfaction 174

Satisfaction Customer Custom Outsource 174

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

We're now one of the top five tech markets in the world, along with the Bay Area, New York, the rest of Southern California, companies in India, and places like China, Berlin, and London. You could triple IPOs, and they will still be less than five percent of exits. The third area, are the private equity players.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

Reuters, citing five sources "close to the situation," said that the firm is looking for bidders on Activision. The article said that Time Warner, Microsoft, Chinese gaming firm Tencent, as well as a number of private equity firms have been approached about the sale. Vivendi owns 60 percent of Activision Blizzard. READ MORE>>.

Activision 157

Activision Report Equity Los Angeles 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It will be much more productive to categorize your startup in one of the following five stages, and limit your investor focus accordingly: “I have a great idea and I need money to turn it into a business.” This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors. Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly.

Startup 148

Startup Ideas Equity Invest 148

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions. The rules are obviously not absolute, but you must be prepared to explain to potential investors why your startup is the exception to these guidelines: Five-year financial projections are the norm.

Equity 99

Equity Venture Capital Invest Pricing 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2019

Most founders and CEOs will not voluntarily establish a formal Board of Directors, unless they are trying to attract a major investor, preparing for an IPO, or planning for an acquisition. For Advisory Boards, I recommend three to five as max, to limit costs and time spent for support. How much are you willing to spend on your board?

Startup 98

Startup Allegis Entrepreneur Acquisition 98

Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

The most striking example was the one hundred–million–dollar purchase of one of my companies by a New York private equity investor using only five million of its cash. Offering too little in an acquisition to satisfy the seller? But I learned it again and again in my various business lives.

Pricing 120

Pricing Sales Tool Equity 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions. The rules are obviously not absolute, but you must be prepared to explain to potential investors why your startup is the exception to these guidelines: Five-year financial projections are the norm.

Startup 97

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Venture Capital 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections. Startup equity investments imply a long-term business relationship, lasting an average of five years.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. We've gotten over 80 paying customers in our five months we've been deployed. I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have started five companies. It was founded three years ago, and hadn't been succeeding.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2020

A reasonable place to start is one percent of your company equity, plus actual expenses to cover travel and meeting attendance. I suggest that a manageable number on a new board is either three or five members, including yourself. A voluntary board sounds good, but is generally not effective.

Startup 134

Startup Course Equity Organization 134

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. These requirements for equity investing have been relaxed only a bit, with caveats, with recent crowdfunding changes. The growth target should be 5-10 times your initial investment in five years.

Invest 89

Invest Entrepreneur Startup Equity 89

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2019

2018 was a great year for TVC Capital and we were able to get our fourth growth equity fund closed, taking our assets under management to close to $400 million. This overall correction will also cause investor money to flow less freely than it has over the last five years. I'm trying to leave the hammer in the toolbox. Just maybe.

Capital 113

Capital Southern California El Segundo SaaS 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Secondly, the risk is very high, since as many as 90% of startups fail in the first five years. Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. The growth target should be 5-10 times your initial investment in five years.

Invest 73

Invest Startup Equity Incubator 73

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2015

Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out. While new equity owners always have to get it from someone, actual re-allocation of existing shares should be based on a formula to maximize the value of your remaining founder shares.

Startup 99

Startup Entrepreneur Acquisition Demand 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

A new VC seed market has been emerging, especially over the past five years: It usually appears in the form of a prototypical seed round of $1 million to $1.5 These funders often offer convertible notes, rather than the traditional priced equity. Business accelerator funding. Startup incubator seed funding.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104