Convertible notes, also known as converts, bridge loans, or convertible debts, are hybrid investment vehicles with debt- and equity-like features. A convertible note is a loan that investors make to a company that can be converted into equity (stocks) upon a triggering event, typically when the company raises its first equity round from professional angels [...]
Now, let’s turn our heads to the fanta-bulous entrepreneurs and find out how they can benefit from royalty based financing. We’ll deal with its downsides later in the series. This is Part 6 of an 8-part series on royalty or revenue-based investment (or “royalty based financing”). Please visit Part 1 for links to the entire [...]
This is Part 5 of an 8-part series on royalty or revenue-based investment. Please visit Part 1 for links to the entire series. So what are the main features that turn some investors into a huge fan of the royalty based approach? Let’s take a look. (Yes, we’ll go over the drawbacks later in the [...]
TechCrunch blogger Mike Arrington recently accused a group of Silicon Valley super angels for colluding to drive down valuations of startups. Missed it? Here’s a summary of the controversy, dubbed “AngelGate,” that’s created quite a stir in the startup and venture community. Mission AngelGate: Bin 38 Secret Meeting 9.21.2010 It all started when Arrington barged [...]
There are two models in the field of technology transfer, says one veteran angel investor. Innovations from research labs are either transferred to established corporations or startup ventures. The goal is to transform innovative technologies into marketable products and applications to promote economic growth and/or create money-making opportunities. About 80 percent of lab technologies are [...]
It’s no secret that investors fight head over heels for sizzling deals and promising entrepreneurs to increase odds of success and potential returns. But when demand for quality deals exceeds supply, you better come up with exclusive, creative, or effective ways to lure the Steve Jobses of tomorrow. How to compete for hot deals? Are [...]
[Guest post by Brant Bukowsky, the founder of GrowthPartner.com -- a firm that provides angel investment and online marketing expertise to emerging companies. A serial entrepreneur, Bukowsky and his team have built three Inc. 500 companies in the last five years. He blogs at Angel Investment Journal.] This is the second in a two-part series. [...]
[Guest post by Brant Bukowsky, the founder of GrowthPartner.com -- a firm that provides angel investment and online marketing expertise to emerging companies. A serial entrepreneur, Bukowsky and his team have built three Inc. 500 companies in the last five years. He blogs at Angel Investment Journal.] This is the first in a two-part series. [...]
This is Part 3 of our quest to answer a reader’s question on dilution. The reader writes – How do you prevent being washed out as you keep pro-rata and the numbers get increasingly bigger? Suppose you invest $200k for 25%. The venture then raises $5m, so to keep pro rata you do $1.25m of [...]
Whether you visit news sites or flip open the newspaper, you’ll see that Chinese entrepreneurs and the state of economy in China are garnering some serious ink. To learn more about China’s angel investing scene and general investing practices, Venture Hype got in touch with Shanghai-based investor Bruno Bensaid. Bensaid is the founder of MobileMonday [...]
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