Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Your A round?
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.”
InfoChachkie
MARCH 5, 2012
In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” So it’s a very early form of investment. It’s another resource for entrepreneurs.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
And I get flooded with legal docs, end-of-quarter financial administration, recruiting, whatever. Now, I’m pretty on the record that being an entrepreneur is about being great at The Do. I have written about the need for entrepreneurs to take inventory in themselves before deciding whom to hire as the rest of the team.
Tech.Co
JANUARY 19, 2016
The round is led by Subtraction Capital, and includes investments from PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel , Indicator Ventures, and venture debt lender Western Technology Investment (WTI). Investing in Caplinked was an easy decision for us,” explained Subtraction Capital General Partner Jason Portnoy. Gigs and gigs of data.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 2, 2011
Here’s the thing: entrepreneurs who aren’t at all of our private meetings really didn’t know what do think about the situation. It sure wasn’t when I was a first-time entrepreneur. To entrepreneurs thinking about raising money now or in the future – I think there was a lot of signal. Same thing.
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