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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August 26, 2011

Checklist For Launching A Startup

I ran across a dynamite set of posts for anyone launching a startup. It’s summarized at If I Launched A Startup and includes stuff on incorporation, founders stock, vesting, NDAs, and some other useful things. If you are launching a startup, go check it out.

January 3, 2008

Do Venture Capitalists Fund A Company With An Intent To Steal It?

Q: My client is looking for a 5 million dollar investment from a VC firm. What can he do to protect himself if he is worried that the VCs will acquire the rights to his product and then try to fire him and keep those rights? Does this happen often? In addition, he anticipates that […]

September 10, 2012

What Costs Are Considered Reimbursable To The Founders Of A Startup Company?

Q: What costs are considered reimbursable to the founder of a start-up company? More specifically, if the founder has been boot-strapping his company since inception, and he agrees to a series a term sheet with a VC firm, are the operational costs incurred by the founder between this time and the closing of the round […]

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