I caught up today with Foundry’s Jason Mendelson. I always enjoy connecting with him and his partners. Both of our groups love early-stage investing, have a partners-only model and have seen many VC cycles. Foundry’s street smarts also are incredibly impressive. I learn a lot when I speak with them. What struck me most about
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Raising VC money: how to handle the 1st VC meeting?
This is the third post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”. For the list of topics we are covering, click here. In this post, we’ll focus on “how to handle the 1st VC meeting.” So, you’ve done some research and have come up with a short list of VCs (suggestions here) and you’ve
Raising VC money: how to get the VC meeting?
This is the second post in a series on “raising VC money.” For the list of topics we are covering, click here. This post will cover “how to get the VC meeting.” So, after doing all of your homework (more on that here), you now have a short list of VCs with whom you’d like
Raising VC money: which VCs to target?
This is the first post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”. For the list of topics we are covering, click here. In this post, we’ll focus on the first topic: which VCs to target? I think it’s a critical step in the fundraising process. You have a new business idea, you’ve spent a
Raising VC money: topics
Raising venture capital money sounds like something from the Dark Arts, but it really isn’t all that complicated. Different approaches and different styles work, but there are some rules of thumb that seem to work well over and over. I thought I’d write a Friday series on raising money from VCs. I am thinking of
Thank you, Kepha investors
One day, our investors did something unusual. Let me explain. Our first fund was $50 million and closed in 2007. A year later, we were thinking of raising more money. One of our investors quickly offered a big check. Other existing investors did the same, and so, our fund was slated to grow to $100 million (we decided to