Venture Capital Questions

I want to start a small local business. There is nothing unique or innovative about it, but there is enough demand in the market. I have no college education. Will VC still consider me?

Venture Capital Seed Funding

asked Nov 13 '10 at 01:15

User5359
48 points

Typically, what percentage of the company is sold during each round of funding: angel investment or seed round, and A, B, and C venture capital rounds. The goal, I suppose, is the hold enough back...

Venture Capital Investment Seed Funding

asked Nov 17 '10 at 16:09

John Berryman
388 points

Just to give some background, I'm building a software as a service offering which is almost in private beta and I have a few customers lined up to start using it at launch. Its a solo gig so far,...

Networking Venture Capital Pitch Angel

asked Oct 9 '10 at 14:15

Javid Jamae
347 points

Believe the question explains itself, but if you have questions, just let me know.

Venture Capital Investment Investors

asked Oct 13 '10 at 09:25

Blunders .
899 points

Does anyone have an idea of what a revenue multiple for a tech startup with a transactional business model would be? I know it would be highly variable, but any resources, thoughts or known...

Venture Capital Business Model

asked Aug 18 '10 at 04:31

Jim Shook
417 points

Let's assume a startup and a VC agree to $X of funding in a Series A. What typically is the process (the mechanics) around transfer of funds from the VC to the startup? (A) Do the funds typically...

Funding Venture Capital Terms And Conditions

asked May 5 '10 at 09:26

Howie
148 points

In a recent group chat hosted by Joel Spolsky regarding the Stackoverflow Series A funding round, Spolsky was asked: "How do you envision making a profit?" to which Spolsky replied: "...the...

Funding Venture Capital Business Model Revenue

asked May 8 '10 at 11:06

Howie
148 points

There is a proposal lately to push the US government to create a startup visa for brilliant innovators/entrepreneus from outside USA. With this visa, it is said that these innovators will be...

Funding Venture Capital Legal

asked Feb 25 '10 at 13:05

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I am looking for a VC that invests in the homeland security or access control industries... Is there a website where I can search for VC's according to the field in which they invest? I found...

Venture Capital Investment Investors

asked Feb 26 '10 at 01:11

Ron Ga
2,181 points

I like to learn by example so I am trying to find sites that are putting recorded pitches up online. Examples would be: Shark Tank on Jason Calacanis's This Week in Startups -...

Funding Venture Capital Pitch Learning

asked Feb 28 '10 at 02:23

Nicky Hajal
123 points

I have few question related to fund raising When you are raising money from VCs, what type of documents are expected from you? How much of your internal and confidential data/stats do you reveal...

Funding Venture Capital Entrepreneurs

asked Feb 6 '10 at 12:00

User2202
164 points

By VC-targeted, I mean a businessplan that I send to VCs as part of the first contact package.. It concerns a saas/paas startup with a very clearly defined target group. We have preliminary market...

Marketing Venture Capital Business Plan

asked Jan 28 '10 at 22:55

Max
16 points

I'm a software developer/development manager with more than 18 years of hands on experience. For a year now a wonderful idea has fermented in my head. All the research I've indicates there is no...

Venture Capital Angel

asked Jan 4 '10 at 01:56

Ron M.
4,224 points

Do venture capitalists leave the company and board of directors after getting their 10x returns. how much ownership does company give to the stock holders and what kind of board of directors do...

Board Venture Capital Exit Strategy

asked Dec 10 '09 at 07:59

Syed
445 points

Currently, I am listening to Dharmesh's interview on Mixergy.com. I really like making websites, made tones of them, but to get them off the ground, is what kills me. Right now, I have a small...

Marketing Venture Capital Advertising Investment

asked Dec 11 '09 at 13:08

Bhargav Patel
16 points

We've heard the good stories of startup that succeed after receiving funds but what happens if a startup that got funded by a VC but turns out being failure a couple of years later? Do they get...

Funding Venture Capital

asked Nov 27 '09 at 17:37

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I was thinking about this question recently: http://www.brightjourney.com/q/advice-resources-performance-reviews-employees I also enjoy this...

Venture Capital Corporate Structure

asked Nov 28 '09 at 11:49

James Black
2,642 points

We're looking at a possible seed deal right now. It's $750K from a firm who has a current fund size around half a billion. I have two questions. Has anyone ever seen a seed deal where the firm...

Venture Capital

asked Nov 12 '09 at 08:29

Tommy Maddox
156 points

Do you think it is important to ask Angel investors or VCs to sign a NDA before disclosing the details of your product ?

Funding Venture Capital

asked Oct 15 '09 at 20:35

Anup
547 points

I'm interested to build a startup company and I am interested that there are many VCs located in USA. Would it be possible to get funding from American VCs if you are from another country? I don't...

Venture Capital

asked Oct 17 '09 at 00:05

Jpartogi
1,342 points