Category: Venture Capital
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Venture Fund Economics Series
I thought you should know that Fred Wilson is currently posting a fantastic series about Venture Fund Economics on his wildly-popular venture capital blog, “A VC.” So far, Fred has written about venture fund gross and net returns and how venture funds may have one deal that pays off so well that it returns the…
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What is a Pre-money and Post-money Valuation?
When a startup raises capital, valuation is main economic term that must be tackled. The two main ways valuation is expressed in venture capital financings are what’s known as the “pre-money valuation” and the “post-money valuation”. The startup’s valuation immediately before the venture capital investment is called “pre-money valuation” while the startup’s valuation immediately after the venture capital financing is closed…
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Google Planning to Launch Venture Capital Fund
The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo, and VentureBeat are reporting this morning that Google is currently putting the pieces together to launch an internal venture capital arm. This isn’t the first time rumors have swirled about Google launching a venture capital fund, but the speculation is increasing based upon Google’s hiring of William Maris, a former…
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Why Startups are a Corporation for Venture Capital
Why Your Startup Company Will Need to be a C Corporation to Raise Venture Capital
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What is a Private Placement?
While no true definition of a private placement exists, it is commonly used to refer to the raising of capital (i.e., “securities”) without making a registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Under the Securities Act of 1933, any offer to sell securities must either be registered with the SEC or meet…
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But I Thought Venture Capital was Dead?
The latest numbers show Silicon Valley is not experiencing a capital crunch
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Flipping Your International Startup for U.S. Venture Capital
The Benefits of Moving Your International Startup to America for Venture Capital and Acquisitions
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What Venture Capital Investors Want in a Term Sheet
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Is a VC About to Steal Your Startup Grant?
Venture Capital Firms. They won’t grant you a meeting. If you do get a meeting they won’t sign your nda. And you’ll be lucky if your startup gets any funding. Making matters worse, they could be about to commandeer federal grant money earmarked for small businesses like your startup. Federal agencies earmark 2.5% of their…