Question: While searching for seed money I’ve been approached a few times with the idea of a reverse merger where my company is rolled into a publicly held shell company. To raise money the shell company would then do a roadshow to sell stock. SEC and SOX requirements aside (which is scary enough), this seems […]
As the VC Bloggers replicate like tribbles, their mortality (or hibernation) rate is about equivalent to their birth rate. It’s an interesting phenomenon that I don’t have a name for yet. Some new VC bloggers include: Chris Fralic of First Round Capital who appears to think he has “Nothing to Say” Tom Cole of Trinity […]
Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham have a long, thoughtful post up on their Union Square Ventures site titled Founders and Management. In addition to providing a general description of the type of people they like to invest in, they give some very specific examples from their current portfolio. It’s a great view inside Fred and […]
One question that we’ve gotten several times is “what are standard VC deal terms?” For those of you who have followed Brad’s blog, you know that he and I wrote an extensive series on term sheet / venture terms. Over time, we’ll update these entries and bring them over to this site, but for now, […]
Question: Are you aware of any companies or sites that are applying a Web 2.0 approach to Venture Capital? I am envisioning some kind of online war-room with a structured system for inputting data, an RSS feed, an auction type method for VCs to bid on projects, etc. Our Take: While technology VCs make their […]
Question: I would like to know, if our capital requirement for 4-5 years is $10M and for first year $1M, how much should I ask in series A? Should I just raise what I need for the first year? Our Take: This is a good question with not a so-simple answer. There is no “right” […]
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