by Jason Mendelson August 17, 2007

Does My Company Have to Exist to Get Funding?

Q: Does your company have to exist in order to get VC funding? I have an idea for a Web 2.0 company for which I have a business plan and a mockup, but I have not launched it to the public. Do VC firms even consider funding businesses that have not actually gone live? A: […]

A: (Jason) If you are an early-staged venture investor, you shouldn’t have a problem funding a company that doesn’t “exist” yet. Plenty of times we’ve invested in folks that have a small team a great idea and some PowerPoint slides. Upon investment your venture will need to be incorporated and will exist after that.

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July 17, 2007

How Do You Value “Sweat Equity” in a New Restaurant Concept?

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, […]

May 22, 2008

Do VCs Fund Entrepreneurs Who Have Failed At Previous Ventures

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 […]

July 12, 2007

10 Pragmatic Steps to Raising Venture Capital

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 […]

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