Venture Capital Questions

I am employee #1 in a startup with some substantial equity in it. Our startup was funded by angel money and I have worked from the beginning for a salary way below market rate. Now, venture round...

Venture Capital Salary Compensation

asked Mar 17 '13 at 02:55

User25504
16 points

I'm in the process of developing a mobile app for a niche industry B to C. We have an established brand in 17 countries (hard goods)and significant credibility in our industry. It's not, but as an...

Equity Venture Capital Analytics Iphone Android

asked Feb 25 '13 at 23:17

Anonymous
1 point

We have a small but rapidly growing cloud based product which is currently free and we are about to move into the monetization stage. In the last week we have been followed on Twitter by a tech VC...

Venture Capital Saas

asked Feb 12 '13 at 21:52

Bhttoan
735 points

I have been developing some software for an online venture in return for significant equity. I am working with another founder who is developing the business. The current thinking is to value our...

Software Equity Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Investors

asked Feb 6 '13 at 07:51

Sam Jolly
116 points

My company is being acquired by a public company (both US based). When we were all hired, our employment contracts stated we'd be granted x number of stock options. I'll say 250,000. That was 3...

Venture Capital Acquisition Stock Options

asked Jan 15 '13 at 03:53

User23535
28 points

If a startup is going to take venture capital, is it necessary to incorporate so shares can be exchanged to the VC firm? Is it the same with angel or individual investors?

Funding Venture Capital Seed Funding Fundraising

asked Jan 19 '13 at 14:02

4th Space
125 points

We are a startup in Europe. (A Saas music web app + mobile app and we are now exiting from stealth mode.) I wonder how to reach US Venture Capitalists and Angels from Europe. We are incorporating...

Funding Venture Capital USA Europe

asked Jan 20 '13 at 18:49

Mike
113 points

Angels and VCs in India seem to be living in a "third world" in terms of their risk appetite and appreciation of a new concept or idea. A major part of funding to startups in India goes to...

Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Jan 27 '13 at 07:31

Ikartik90
108 points

My product is in development. By Feb 5th a beta should be released. For the mean time aside from getting traffic to prelaunch what else should I do ? I am the nontech founder. So Far I have...

Getting Started Advisors Venture Capital Angel

asked Jan 28 '13 at 06:22

Ted
1 point

You hear a lot in the media about _ raised a stage A round of x million, or ___ just got seed funding from a group of angel investors. But what's never explained is the stage that these companies...

Funding Venture Venture Capital Seed Funding Capital

asked Dec 28 '12 at 09:05

Sam
123 points

I'm a software developer with over a decade of experience writing code. I've recently had an idea for a tech startup and am in the process of creating a prototype website and a pitch deck for the...

Getting Started Ideas Venture Capital

asked Dec 9 '12 at 04:56

Scott
136 points

I'm working on the executive summary for my website idea and need to figure out the total market capitalization for the this industry. For example, if all the yearly advertising (and other)...

Venture Capital Pitch Business Plan Market Analysis Market Research

asked Oct 21 '12 at 11:42

User19815
1 point

Wayra is an initiative regarding startups (theoretically not only tech) founded by telefonica in 2011. Having started with the premises to form incubators only in 8 latin-american countries +...

Venture Capital Incubators Early Adopters

asked Oct 23 '12 at 00:46

Quinestor
126 points

I have an idea for a website that myself and a partner have started to get going. One of our first steps was speaking with a web developer. The site may run over our budget. The developer (who is a...

Getting Started Venture Capital Web Services Investors Profit Sharing

asked Sep 19 '12 at 10:28

Melissa
6 points

Our Company just raised another round of funding (5MM). I took a peak at the SEC filing and it was confusing. See below: Total Offering Amount $18,500,000 USD Total Amount Sold $9,777,138 USD...

Venture Capital Investors Stocks

asked Aug 28 '12 at 03:49

User19426
8 points

We are a young team willing to launch a tech startup (we have the product ready), and we are looking for funding to develop it further. We are looking to take advantage of European Union...

Funding Venture Capital Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 9 '12 at 20:11

Ra Sal
21 points

Im starting my Startup with $0, a Mac, and A Windows. I need Startup Money but I don't want to get it from Venture Capital. What kinds of Methods are there? Thanks

Startup Costs Venture Capital Money

asked Aug 14 '12 at 09:44

Coder404
136 points

First off I'm very glad to have found this exchange because a lot of questions will be forthcoming from me. The skinny: I started a new business a couple months ago, an LLC. My skill set is in...

Getting Started Venture Capital Angel

asked Jul 26 '12 at 10:51

Manchine
104 points

I have a few ideas for a company, and plan to get started sometime this fall. I know of an accelerator that focuses on this vertical, and I have contacts there so reaching out to them would be...

Funding Venture Capital Intellectual Property

asked Jul 11 '12 at 17:00

Lenwood
151 points

If you have a startup that is free for all users and does not generate revenue, but the site/product is used by a lot of people so you have a lot of users, would a VC potentially give you funding...

Funding Venture Capital Revenue

asked Jul 21 '12 at 08:23

Lulu
1 point