Question: Is there any such thing as a VC broker? Someone who would have the VC connections and industry knowledge needed to properly negotiate a good deal for a startup? While company management has expertise at running a company, this is not the same skill as knowing the ins and outs of the various forms […]
Question: I have heard many times that VCs won’t sign NDAs. When I ask why this is, I’m told that reputable VCs won’t share my ideas with others and/or that my ideas aren’t so special or revolutionary that they would be stolen. In the real world, VCs talk, they look at many deals, they network, […]
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 […]
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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