Series Seed Investments – Words to the Wise
As discussed in my previous blog, Series Seed documents are typically more appropriate for seed investments than the more complex and burdensome NVCA forms. However, since the initial release of…
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Series Seed Investments – Shorter Simpler Documents?
One of the challenges of seed investments is that the time and expense involved in negotiating and documenting the investment can balloon to the point where the investment doesn’t make…
Venture Capital Versus Angel Funding: Know the Differences!
Many clients who are pursuing outside funding don’t fully understand the vast differences between venture capital and angel funding. This is unfortunate, because a company that is unaware of those…
Unicorns – What’s the Value?
Much of the business news in 2019 reported on privately-held companies with a market valuation of a billion dollars or more – the so-called unicorns. The news, however, was generally…
Pursuing Funding – It Takes Money to Make Money
In one of my earlier post I discussed the time challenges that start-up companies face when raising investment funds. Many start-ups greatly underestimate the time commitment involved and the slow…
Pursuing Funding – a Full-time Job?
Anyone who has ever been involved in a job search (i.e., 99% of us!) is familiar with how much time it takes to find a job. A similar dynamic applies…
Funding – Product Versus Services Company
In last week’s blog, I discussed one of the many questions that investors often ask: “What is your market size?” Surprisingly, many companies cannot properly answer this question. This week…
Funding – Don’t Get Stumped by this Question
In last week’s blog, I described the three items that every company should have before initiating discussions with potential investors. Those items are: 1) a detailed business plan; 2) an…
Pursuing Funding – Have the Right Materials
The previous two blogs described a startup that has done its customer discovery, developed its MVP (“minimum viable product,” not “most valuable player”), assembled an awesome management team, and is…
Pursuing Funding – Do You Really Own Your IP?
Last week’s blog presented the situation of a company that has a great idea, a prototype product, customer discovery, and an awesome management team – all vital milestones along the…