Jason Haislmaier of HRO and I have gotten to know each other over the past few months due to the Boulder OpenCoffee Club. He’s a smart guy and spends a ton of time with open source issues. He’s started a blog called Thinking Open. I’d encourage every developer who is using open source in their […]
Every once in a while we get a question that isn’t in our specific realm of knowledge. Yesterday we got a question about a new restaurant concept. While VCs sometimes invest their personal money in restaurants, we don’t do these types of deals out of our funds. Being the “full service blog” that we are, […]
Q: I’m CEO of a venture backed startup. In addition to my VCs, I have about 20 angel investors from the Series A round. What is the appropriate way to handle information requests from smaller angel investors who want copies of my board presentations and monthly financials? These angels do not have information rights, but […]
Today’s Great VC Post is from our former colleague Bill Burnham of Inductive Capital. He has a nice summary of 10 considerations for raising venture capital if you aren’t already tied into the the fundraising network. I’d make a few comments regarding what Bill says: 1. I can’t agree with him more about generating a PowerPoint […]
Q: What is your view on venture debt? A: (Jason) I like Venture Debt under the right scenarios. Companies can fund themselves through debt much more cheaply than equity in most situations and debt can help smooth receivables lumpiness, provide equipment financing and a host of other useful things. I think Venture Debt sometimes gets […]
Q: It seems that many VCs do angel deals on the side. For early stage (or even mid stage) VCs, how is this justified to their LPs? Wouldn’t VCs have the ability to select the best deals for their own cash and leave the LPs to invest later (through the fund) on at a higher […]
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