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We hired IP specialists to review prior art. We grilled their IP attorneys. She had raised seedfunds from a who’s who list of investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Marissa Mayer, Mark Cuban, Troy Carter and so on. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology?
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Snyder has been involved in seedfunding and founding such companies as Netboost (acquired by Intel), Jibe Networks, and Proxinet (acquired by Puma Technologies). The firm's software technology is being applied to accelerating TCP/IP transfers. Edward Synder as the firm's CEO. FastSoft founder Steven Low remains as chairman.
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I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seedfunds) to co-invest with me. If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seedfunds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. All of my partners at Upfront do.
in a seedfunding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch. We caught up with Catalog's co-founder and CEO Patrick Ip , along with co-founder Jacobo Lumbreras , to learn more about the startup. Patrick Ip: I was in San Francisco for the last five years at Google.
But the firm that funded my first startup was loyal to me for having stuck around in what they knew to be pretty tough times and having suffered much dilution. They seedfunded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started. I was loyal to this group of people and still am.
There are many companies with phenomenal IP that is truly differentiated but where the original executive team squandered their opportunity due to inability to sell, market or service customers. There is often money to be made in finding places with under-valued IP. I saved my main point for last. ” (Warren Buffett).
In the old days there usually weren’t convertible notes on early-stage deals and there weren’t party rounds with 20 angels or 6 seedfunds. Of course investors care about controls (board, protective provisions, IP assignments, non-solicitation) but these are all pretty standard. Those are the big three.
in seedfunding, from E&A Venture Capital and SOSV. What we learned, is there is so much more demand from existing retailers and platforms that sell directly to consumers, and discovery platforms like Foursquare, who wanted to user our IP as a layer, versus a standalone product. The company has raised $1.9M What is Halla?
Lawyers don’t make money on your seed round in any instance. I often will fund 80+% of a round and move quickly. I give the entrepreneurs usually 30-60 days afterwards to top-up a round with other helpful angels or seedfunds that we mutually agree. A few M&A transactions. Employment. Stock Option plans.
So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. If you have raised a limited amount of money from angels, accelerators or seedfunds be very careful about having a high burn rate. Best to make sure you’re aligned closely with your investor on this topic.
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