Q: Your site talks a lot about VCs investing into companies but I can’t find any information online (even on the VCs websites) about how VCs solicit investors to their funds. I want to invest with a VC but I don’t know what is the minimum VCs accept. Who in the firm should I contact […]
Q: It seems that the venture community is dominated by a very few large names (Kleiner, Sequoia, etc.). If I don’t get funded from one of those firms, is my company toast? A: (Jason) Nope! While Kleiner and Sequoia deserve their great reputations, the list of successful venture backed companies that had syndicates that didn’t […]
Q: My company is backed by VC firm to whom we also pay a $2k/month "consulting fee." We have raised approximately $2MM from them in a Series A. Is that type of consulting payment typical in an early stage venture? A: (Jason) I want to vomit again. We received this question just a few short […]
Q: My lawyer is asking for a "success fee" for a referral to a potential investor in my business. Since he’ll be doing the legal work, he’s offered to charge only 3% on the amount funded (solely from this one contact) as opposed to a 5% that a typical investment banker would charge (even though […]
Q: We just started looking for venture funding and I have a question. Why do VC’s ask us how our idea came about? Are they looking for an emotional and inspiring story or are they worried that we may have taken our idea from someone else or, what I believe is the case, do they […]
Q: Are you aware of any VC’s that have funded founders that have failed at their previous ventures? A: (Brad) Absolutely. Me! Any many other VCs. Failure is a normal part of entrepreneurship which I’ve written about extensively in the Failure section on Feld Thoughts. My favorite entrepreneurs to fund are those that have had […]
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