Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2013

” In the article I discussed the downside of raising capital at a too high of a price and referred people to a previous article I had written encouraging founders to raise “ At the Top end of Normal ” as opposed to stratospheric prices. If we count seed funds and large angels maybe that number goes up by 2x?

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Pricing Seed Funding Invest Venture Capital 302

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. I like to refer to that as the ultimate brand fan page, or to take the example from the apparel industry, where I come from, a virtual look book for a brand. What is Fliptu?

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Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as shared facilities and space. Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit).

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Incubator Startup Seed Funding Mentor 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Have you reference them? My advice: Do not mention the other VC firms, angels, seed funds, etc. If you’re a seed fund that raised money from limited partners your fiduciary responsibility is to “make a buck.&# But I bet his broader point was to tone down the rhetoric and stop with inside baseball.

Pricing 292

Pricing Entrepreneur Technical Review Venture Capital 292

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The reality is the best angels, the best seed funds and the best A-round investors have choices about whom they will refer deals to and are very selective. Having a great co-investor (in good times and bad times, till death do we part) can make all the difference in critical moments of a company’s trajectory.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Invest Course 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It also allows us to do more late stage seed funding, and early A round, and enables us to set deal terms, board seats, and get a lot more sureness around the amount of money and the check we are able to write. That really helps to catalyze the process for entrepreneurs, and helps to get others involved.

Capital 164

Capital Funding Startup Venture Capital 164

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. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition).

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch. Those guidelines include creative information, such as what shades and colors to use and colors to avoid, creative references, and similar, which we prepackage to create a brand profile.

Help 133

Help IP Content Google 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program. If you're familiar with YCombinator or TechStars, you know that companies also get access to a deep network of top tier mentors and advisors, who help them with a variety of things, such as product marketing, go-to-market, and funding.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

.&# It’s called a bridge loan because it’s meant to provide enough capital to bridge you from your last round of funding until your next round of funding. But I used to jokingly refer to bridge loans as “pier&# loans. He had raised about $500,000 in seed funding that lasted a long time.

Startup 290

Startup Funding Venture Capital Pricing 290

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

Rise of Seed. Prior to then the concept of “seed funds” barely existed and as I’ve argued before the seed fund phenomenon was largely driven by: Open source + horizontal computing + Amazon AWS. Explosion in Seed Funds. Now seed funding is conventional wisdom. Late-Stage VCs Pay Up.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Funding Seed Funding 150

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Available seed funding, check; another one down for the startup ecosystem checklist. As I toured, he even went on to explain some of the seed funding he does along with incubation. Perhaps, what intrigued me most about Peek’s story was his beginnings in building Rocketr. This is one hectic place, I tell you.

Startup 56

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 56

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

in initial seed funding for an early stage company. How tough was it to start up a new fund? That said, and most venture guys say this, but I'll say it again--it is best to have a warm introduction and to be referred in. We syndicate our rounds so that we are typically raising $750,000 to $1.5M

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund. Forwarded message -.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. LinkedIn is the obvious starting point not only because it maps out so many relationships but also because you can tell a lot about work history, references, etc.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. So far at the company I have raised seed funds of $500,000 of which $470,000 is still in the bank so I’m in pretty good shape.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

They come in the form of personal references. 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 seed funded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

At Sony, he didn’t feel like he could “steer the ship” and get his ideas heard so he left and started GUBA, GUBA had no seed funding. The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves).

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217