Venture Capital

SPVs and SPACs — A Straightforward Guide For Entrepreneurs

Have an investor wanting to do a SPV? Wondering what is all this talk of SPACs? This post is focused on...
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SAFE: Great (Esp For Entrepreneurs), As Long As Done Safely

Simple Agreement for Future Equity, or SAFE, is an increasingly popular instrument for fundraising especially at the earliest stages of a...
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What Is With All These Names And Numbers? 5 Major Ways In Which A VC I...

So a VC is investing in you — great news. But then you see a string of names and numbers in...
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Advisors In Your Startup? 4 Ways To Best Work With Them

Advisors, as the name says, can give advice that becomes the difference between success and failure for an entrepreneur. But beyond...
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Doing Deals Without Meeting In Person? 5 Guidelines For VCs And Entrep...

Since covid hit the US six months ago VCs and entrepreneurs worldwide have had to adapt to the new reality of...
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Why We Invested In Totient aka How AI Can Help Us Produce Drugs Agains...

On Sep 10, Totient, an AI-driven drug discovery company, emerged from stealth with the announcement of a key partnership with Ginkgo...
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AI And Medical Imaging Startups? 6 Key Trends

Is “IBM Watson Health Imaging” the Future of Healthcare? Google details AI that classifies chest X-rays with human-level accuracy. New Research...
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Think Global, Act Local: 4 Keys For Startups To Expand Into New Market...

You are a startup that has done fantastic in your home market. Congratulations. Can you repeat it in new markets? This...
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Raising A Startup Round? The 5 Steps To Keeping Momentum And Actually ...

The three core requirements for raising a strong round of financing: substance — vision and results, our put it another way...
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So A Big VC Fund Is Investing In Your Startup? 4 Practical Considerati...

First of all — congratulations. Getting a round together always takes work and a big VC fund is certainly a big...
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To Be Or Not To Be: Operator Vs Founder Vs Investor?

As an operator turned founder turned investor I get asked often the pros and cons of being each. I often respond...
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COVID19 and Venture Capital

Venture Capital market analysis from the Great Recession to COVID19 When analyzing a startup, especially the ones at early-stage, investors focus...
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