Venture Capital Questions

Sequoia converted their $60 million to $3 billion! That's over a 50x return. And overall, their fund is now 5x. How would this effect the way Sequoia invests in startups? Do you think they will now...

Venture Capital Sequoia

asked Feb 21 '14 at 10:40

Bryan Gil
160 points

What would you say are the average angel financing terms for a mobile app that is built and launched on the app store but yet to gain a large amount of traction? We're planning on listing...

Venture Capital Mobile Apps

asked Feb 18 '14 at 23:40

Joyce Cullen
11 points

Lets say I have an app or site that is quite popular, but there isn't a clear monetization plan, would investors still be willing to take a risk on such a venture? I would like to believe so...

Funding Venture Capital

asked Feb 18 '14 at 15:37

Karl Davies
11 points

Would one need any thing special to keep in mind? Are there any unspoken protocols that people follow? I have heard that most VCs won't entertain you unless you come through a referral. Is that...

Venture Capital Pitch

asked Feb 7 '14 at 19:17

Wilfredo
11 points

Is trying hard to get many large VCs to invest in your company or using something like AngelList to get many smaller angel investors? What are the pros and cons of each approach?

Venture Capital Angel Angellist

asked Feb 4 '14 at 15:18

Rebena
17 points

Question for all of you startups out there: What's been your greatest challenge? Or what have you needed the most help with? Creating a Business Strategy Raising Money (Finding and/or Pitching...

Getting Started Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Business Plan Business Services

asked Dec 6 '13 at 08:01

The Start Up Team
59 points

When you hear about a "$10M Series X round lead by X" and see that it is a consortium of 5 different funds / investors do all the parties get an equal stake for their share. ie. if there where 5...

Funding Venture Capital

asked Oct 11 '13 at 06:02

Sam
123 points

Id like to know what investment options, equity or debt financing options exists amongst VC Firms for Entrepreneurs wanting to buy out their Investors stake in the business. In other words, exit...

Founder Finance Venture Capital Investors Exit

asked Sep 20 '13 at 06:30

T.G. Van Zyl
11 points

Every time I do a pitch for any software idea I'm asked "What kind of protection do you have?" and it always stumps me. I've asked others and they don't have a good idea either. As a start up...

Getting Started Venture Capital Pitch

asked Aug 27 '13 at 21:48

Keith Loughnane
138 points

Does an entrepreneur really need to rely on incubator for angel or venture funding? I feel if an entrepreneur is already confident of a business and has sound business plan, should be given angel...

Venture Capital Incubators Angel Investors Entrepreneur

asked Sep 8 '13 at 21:42

Prakash
6 points

We're in the process of hiring our first employee and trying to figure out logistics given that we're making the employment offer in parallel with our seed funding. All of our current funding up to...

Hiring Equity Venture Capital Stock Options Convertible Note

asked Jul 6 '13 at 11:07

User26911
6 points

I would greatly appreciate some guidance or ideas of more experienced entrepreneurs. I am working on a complex startup that involves the development of a robot with complex software. In order to...

Funding Development Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Hardware

asked Jul 15 '13 at 06:01

Pmolina7
11 points

I am planning to start an online company, which would be a social tool, much like instagram and kik messenger, but I fail to see how these companies promise to return the investor's money. History...

Venture Capital Monetization Investment Social

asked Jul 1 '13 at 13:23

Jani Kovacs
75 points

I received offer from company that just raised Series A round. I'm trying to determine a method of finding out how much my stock options are worth. They gave me multiple offers with varying...

Venture Capital Employees Tax Stock Options

asked Jul 2 '13 at 16:34

Harmon
6 points

I have been developing a web-based eCommerce niche app for the past year and am getting close to launching. While I cannot disclose too many details, lets just call it a sort of Shopify, but taking...

Funding Venture Capital Seed Funding Seed

asked Jul 2 '13 at 22:01

User1227914
131 points

Our company has just received a term sheet for a convertible debt investment. One of the clauses states that we have to pay the fees for drafting the agreements (which I understand is normal), but...

Venture Capital Angel Investment Investors Term Sheet

asked Apr 25 '13 at 07:20

Phil
114 points

My MVP is ready to go (it's been 3 weeks actually). All this time I've been loosing sleep trying to decide if I should start looking for and organizing early adopters, or organizing a business plan...

Venture Capital Angel MVP

asked Mar 27 '13 at 01:16

South
176 points

what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment? I want to be prepared when the time comes and I don't want to figure out in the moment about the negotiation about shares split and how...

Venture Capital Angel Investment Shares

asked Mar 30 '13 at 04:00

South
176 points

I have developed a brand new product that meets all the financial (cost / price / marketetr size, etc.) hurdles, as well as the operational constraints (size, weight, strength, portability,...

Getting Started Funding Ideas Investing Venture Capital

asked Mar 11 '13 at 12:03

Charlie
1 point

You've probably heard this before, but I came up with the idea for great product and I developed it. I measured the demand for it personally, by demonstrating it to the target audience and got a...

Marketing Development Equity Venture Capital Investors

asked Mar 16 '13 at 02:03

Mi Gusta
120 points