Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. If the VC your talking to raised its last fund in 2002 then they likely don’t have much fire power for new investments. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

How did the experience of pitching Iron Planet to investors affect you as a VC? (5:00 In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. 5:00 – 5:55). How did you get into VC? (9:30 9:30 – 11:30).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We found a way to make our venture capital last when it shouldn’t have, at around the same time one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons was published on this topic.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

eBay hosted a jobs fair in 2002 for 75 jobs and 2,000 people showed up,” states Martino. This crisis comes on the heels of an abnormal time for venture capital. Over the past few years, the influx of capital has led some founders to make bad decisions, with Uber serving as the most prominent cautionary tale.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Instead of going into a pitch meeting hoping to eke out favorable terms, Rafaeli advises entrepreneurs to interrogate investors with direct questions about liquidity, exit expectations and how they intend to add value over time. “The best working relationships are those built on an equitable footing with honesty and clarity.”

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