Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2014
It’s why in this article I advise that people “market today not futures” because you don’t want your playbook in the hands of the competition. I raised a small seed round. What do you do when you have finally raised seed funds? Make sure you’re not spewing out meaningless reams of press releases.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
LPs have followed the recent press about the over-valuation and over-funding of the startup industry, and they experience these phenomena first hand. I have also heard LPs express concern over the last few years about the seed stage of venture. In good scenarios, they don’t have funds large enough to follow their winners.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 21, 2014
An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. Venture capitalists have raised increasing amounts of money from their investors (LPs) every year. Sales Startup Lessons'
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 14, 2015
Good news, Fixed , the San Francisco app that helps drivers fight tickets has just launched in Los Angeles after raising an additional $650,000 in seed funding last February. Fixed is not without competition, LA-based Cited launched last year and charges 20% of the cost of the ticket. Yeah, purposefully vague. convenience fee.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
We seed funded a company a few years ago called Parachute Home that has grown 180% CAGR (compounded annually) and is now doing tens of millions of revenue with very little capital raised. The press around the Parachute Home Hotel itself was worth the effort of having created it. I don’t use the word ‘spectacular’ lightly.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2014
These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. But with the massive growth of seed funds being raised and the huge value increase of prorata rights many more LPs have stepped in to take their VC (industry term is GP) position.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 10, 2018
I remind founders that the no’s come early because it’s super easy to qualify out a deal that you know is unlikely due to stage, focus, geography, competitive deal you’ve done or even just the fact that you’re too busy right now. Fund raising seems so easy for everybody else and you’re doing something wrong.
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