2002 financing investing 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment). Have a cushion.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2010
We don’t want to be the person who invested in your company only to find out later there was a much better team and/or product in the market. Or that we’ve invested in a company where there is no market demand. We’re all basically trying to validate the same thing in looking for competition.
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Dream It
APRIL 12, 2020
Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. This geographic distinction is now less about actual geography and more about mentality and style of investing of these types of firms.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2010
If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? Venture Financing. This is often in the 5-7% range.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2011
It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. We control our hours, our travel and our investment areas. They seem to have bounced back nicely. They were envious.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most? At Upfront we invested in such a company.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Over the last two years, New Zealand’s startup scene has seen record venture and early-stage investment. Despite the pandemic, 2020 saw $158 million invested into 108 deals, representing the third year in a row of over $100 million in investment in startups. Elevating Kiwi startups into scale stage.
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