Venture Capital

What Does it Take to Raise a Financing Round at a Billion Dollar Valuation?

Source: CB Insights On average, unicorns-in-training, take five rounds of financing and over $200M in aggregate financing before hitting the billion dollar valuation threshhold. Among VCs, Sequoia Capital leads the way having invested in 10 companies in the billion-dollar startup club globally. Raising financing at a billion-dollar plus valuation has gotten a lot more common.

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VC Turn-offs – 8 Mistakes Which Kill Momentum with Investors

Source: John Greathouse, Rincon Venture Partners Entrepreneur, startup advisor, and VC John Greathouse shares eight red flags inexperienced entrepreneurs routinely raise when pursuing venture capital investment. Because of the rapid pace with which venture capitalists review investment opportunities, they must employ pattern matching techniques which include identifying common fundraising deal breakers. Fortunately, most deal breakers can

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Venture Capital Investment Activity – Mid-year 2014 Update

And They Said It Couldn’t Get Any Better… Source: Michael Greeley, Foundation Medical Partners A review of 2Q14 VC investment activity highlighted some fascinating emerging trends. Approximately $13 billion was invested which was the most robust quarter since the “Dot Com” bubble burst over 13 years ago. Quite clearly the recent increase in liquidity to VC’s

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Nasdaq Launches Private Market for Trading Pre-IPO Shares

Source: David Raab, VentureBeat Nasdaq has officially entered the pre-IPO market. The U.S. stock exchange has recently launched Nasdaq Private Market, a joint venture with SharesPost that enables private companies to raise capital and manage secondary transactions. With its private market, Nasdaq has joined the ranks of companies like AngelList, SecondMarket, and Crowdfunder that facilitate

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