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VC firms often come together in a deal by syndicating, meaning having multiple VC firms participate in an investment round.
Patrick Vernon • Venture Capital Strategy: How to Think Like a Venture Capitalist
Merit
merit-vc.com
Sovereign Capital
sovereign.capitalKVYO
BRZE
Primary Motion
PLG
SLG
Revenue Growth
54%
52%
Revenue, $m
585
185
Gross Margin
77%
72%
ACV, $k
4.5
169
NDR
1.21
1.26
Est. Sales Efficiency
1.04
0.61
Profitability
4.7%
-21%
CFO / Revenue
18%
- 17%
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Some venture capital funds are pursuing clean-tech approaches, like Khosla Ventures, TBL Capital and the Patient Capital Collaborative.
R. Paul Herman • The HIP Investor
VC's
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Y Combinator, the leading accelerator program, unveiled a new type of equity called a SAFE, which stands for Simple Agreement for Future Equity. SAFEs have some of the good features of convertible notes, but because they are not actually a form of debt, they avoid some of the problems. Y Combinator has open-sourced the documents and published them
... See moreDavid S. Rose • Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups
Out of more than 21,000 venture financings from 2004 to 2014: 65% lost money. Two and a half percent of investments made 10x–20x. One percent made more than a 20x return. Half a percent—about 100 companies out of 21,000—earned 50x or more. That’s where the majority of the industry’s returns come from.