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Crowdfunding: What It Is and When to Utilize It for Your Business

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Crowdfunding emerged as a popular and innovative method of fundraising for startups, providing a platform for entrepreneurs to raise capital through soliciting relatively small individual investments or contributions from a...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Financing Your Business Growth: Securing Funding While Protecting Your Interests

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Are you ready to take your business to the next level but worried about the complexities of securing the right funding?  Like many entrepreneurs, you may find yourself facing the obstacle of balancing capital acquisition...more

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SAFE Financing – a Deep Dive on the Evolution of the SAFE

As we’ve noted in a previous article, the Y Combinator-hosted SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) has become the investment contract of choice for startup companies that have already attracted investors. However, the...more

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Emerging Businesses and Venture Capital in 2024: 10 Hot Topics for Founders, Investors, and Executives of Emerging Companies

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2023 was a pivotal year for the emerging companies, creating new categories of winners and losers across the board. Emerging companies incorporating artificial intelligence or that have clear line of sight to positive cash...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Anatomy of a Venture Financing

Whether you’re a first-time founder or a serial entrepreneur, the process of obtaining venture funding can be complicated and confusing. Let’s look at the process of getting a venture financing to closing, and the primary...more

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey – Fourth Quarter 2022

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Our survey analyzed the terms of 169 venture financings closed in the fourth quarter of 2022 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. The Q4 2022 data is consistent with what we would have expected. The terms are...more

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey - First Quarter 2019 - First Look

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Background We analyzed the terms of 185 venture financings closed in the first quarter of 2019 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. We found that valuation results continued to be strong, with the average price...more

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Blog: Q3 2018 Quarterly VC Update: Bruce Booth on the State of Venture Capital Investing

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In conjunction with our Q3 Venture Financing Report, I sat down with Bruce Booth from Atlas Venture to get his take on the state of venture capital investing. On deal terms: The pendulum is definitely favoring entrepreneurs...more

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Blog: Q2 2018 Quarterly VC Update: Stephen Kraus on the State of Venture Capital Investing

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In conjunction with our Q2 Venture Financing Report, I sat down with Stephen Kraus from Bessemer Venture Partners to get his take on the state of venture capital investing. A few highlights from Stephen Kraus - On deal...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - 1H 2015

As we reported in Q1 2015, venture money is continuing to shift to a smaller number of large deals, which is causing surges in both the percentage of deals that are up rounds (which remained quite high in Q2) and pre-money...more

McCarter & English, LLP

KISS the SAFE Goodbye? Another Alternative for Start-up Financing

Only recently, we debated the merits of the SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity), an alternative funding mechanism for early-stage companies designed to replace the industry-standard convertible note financing....more

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey - Fourth Quarter 2014

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Background - We analyzed the terms of 150 venture financings closed in the fourth quarter of 2014 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. Overview of Fenwick & West Results - Valuation results...more

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Negotiating Your “Series A” Financing

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One of your first tasks in financing your technology company is likely to be completing your initial equity financing with outside investors. Typically, these financings are done with a venture capital firm (“VC”), angel...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - 1H 2014

In this issue: - From the WSGR Database: Financing Trends for Q2 2014 - Trends in High Pre-money Valuation Financings - Price and Preference - Excerpt from Trends in High Pre-money Valuation...more

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