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Finding Investors/partners to fulfill the following needs
You've probably heard this before, but I came up with the idea for great product and I developed it. I measured the demand for it personally, by demonstrating it to the target audience and got a ...
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How much equity is normal for a programming VC to take for developing a mobile app?
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 ...
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Thoughts on offering Software development in return for Equity for a tech startup
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 ...
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equity arrangement for “Proof of Concept” before going to VC
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What value would - $100k cash investment by founders, resource time and development of IT and IP in testing proof of concept, and securing $100k revenue from testing PoC - equate to prospective ...
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What is are fair equity stakes between early tech founder and later biz founder?
I've been developing a SaaS project for about 4 months now. About two weeks ago, I invited a friend to join the project to work on building relationships with vc's, drafting documentation, a little ...
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How do you respond to an unfriendly VC?
I contacted a VC after being introduced by a mutual friend. A couple of days ago I received an email with an arrogant & a little too proud attitude.
My options:
Ignore him (I'm not dependent on ...
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Venture Capital Equity [closed]
How much equity should VC get for $400K in startup funds? And what's the best way to figure this out if I adjust my capital requirements?
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private equity deal for a 12mth old startup - any entrepreneur who has done this before?
[background:] we have a 12 months old startup in the services space with some awesome IP and so far 3 clients signed up for 48 months on average we are generating revenues and burning 4 times as much ...
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What are the pitfalls of converting early employees' common shares to preferred and then selling them to investors?
This is a question about private, VC-funded, growth stage companies. It seems to be a new trend to allow early employees to sell some of their shares when the company does a new funding round. For ...
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Amount of equity given from pre- and post-valuation?
If I know a startup has a valuation of $X million pre-money, received $Y million from VC and is now evaluated at $X+Y millions, how much percentage of the company were given to the VC?
And if, say, ...
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Please help with a VC / startup deal / seed money
I and my friend are about to get a deal to fund our B plan. This plan aligns with the expansion plans of the funding company. The deal offered is that of partnership in which we two would be having a ...
