by Jason Mendelson January 23, 2007

When Do VC’s Prefer to Invest In Companies?

Question: When do VCs prefer to invest in companies? After they have completed their beta? After they have a certain amount of customers? Our Take: There isn’t a cut and dry answer to this question. The answer really depends on what the investment thesis is for the venture firm you are working with and the […]

Question: When do VCs prefer to invest in companies? After they have completed their beta? After they have a certain amount of customers?

Our Take: There isn’t a cut and dry answer to this question. The answer really depends on what the investment thesis is for the venture firm you are working with and the particular partner looking at the investment. Depending upon expertise, risk profile and stage(s) that interests them, VCs run the gamut from preferring very early stage deals (think 3 folks and a set of PowerPoint slides) to ones who want to invest in proven concepts, completed technology and built out management teams.

So in short, no matter what your stage, there are folks out there who probably invest in it.

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August 23, 2011

Model Cap Tables With VCHub

A few days ago I answered a question on AsktheVC about modeling cap tables. After a quick email conversation with Jeff Boardman (founder of LearnVC), I realize I had left his product off the list. Jeff has done a nice job building a site that both models a cap table and provides a lot of […]

March 15, 2007

Hedge Funds and Early Stage Venture Capital

At AsktheVC, we’ve decided to periodically have guest bloggers take a shot at some of the questions we’ve received. Today’s guest post is by Will Price from Hummer Winblad. Will writes a popular blog which we enjoy. Hopefully you will also. Question: As the alternative asset classes continue to converge, there has been growing evidence […]

July 30, 2008

Am I In Trouble If I Don’t Raise Money From Kleiner?

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 […]

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