This is very helpful for my New Venture Project timeline. Quick summary: Trying to raise money too late Trying to raise money too early Lacking a realistic assessment of the companys’ value Not building enough substance before approaching investors Not splitting the message into smaller … Read More →
Tag Archives: Venture Capital
Canada’s Venture Capital Firms – January 2010
January update 2010. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! = A must see. = A firm dedicated mostly in early stage companies. = Firm that invested in any startup in the last 3 months (from September 09). You can click the icon to see the news related to … Read More →
Another Great Startable Tip: Making a great business plan pitch
I should be studying for my final exams, but I couldn’t resist reading posts from Startable. This time, they are sharing a neat and simple framwork to make a great business plan pitch. After reading it, it actually gives us tips to how to write … Read More →
InterClick, the “Pure-Play” Ad Network Raises $18.1 Million (ICLK)
InterClick is a company that provides traditional approach of supply chain methodology into optimization of ROI over advertising spending. I’m writing this post because I’m so impress that the market has so much appetite for advertising systems and tools and ad networks. Basically, it treats publishers and … Read More →
Zynga gets another $180 million, expect more game addicts on Facebook
Zynga is the company responsible for all those spam like games, such as FarmVille or MafiaWars. All these games are targeted to Facebook and they make money by showing advertisements. All these social type of games target the very basic human emotion of achievement. Most … Read More →
Venture Capital Firms in Brazil, 2009
This is a special blog post dedicated to Brazil’s venture capital firms. Before getting into the list, I want to make it clear that private equity investments are much stronger than venture capital investments. There may be four reasons for a small venture capital market … Read More →
Square up – micro-payment in mobile devices
Square is a startup based in San Francisco and promised to revolutionize the payment for small and medium size companies. It provides an almost free add-on to your iPhone, so you can slide your customers’ credit cards and the iPhone will take care of the … Read More →
The HR Acquisition – Basic financing
I read a very interesting article about HR Acquisition from “A VC” blog. It shows what a HR Acquisition is and how to calculate the acquisition of a target company in simple financial model. A must read for people who want to work in the … Read More →
Bizo, the B2B Platform, Lands $6 Million and proves that Ad Network Companies Are Still Hot
I cannot believe that Ad Networks are still a hot in the investment scene. An Ad Network is a marketplace where publishers and advertisers can meet and provide advertising. We have big players such as Google AdSense that allow broad and specific targeting experience. You … Read More →
Pitch tips for venture capital meetings from Startable
This is another great post from Startable about pitching tips for venture capital meetings. Healy organized and shared all posts in one single place for easy access. I will remember to read this for my New Venture Project final meeting. VC Pitch Tip #1 – Turn … Read More →
Startable Tip: Term sheets and legal fees
I read so many venture capital and entrepreneurship books. All of them say to cap the legal fees that a start up should pay to the vc firm in the funding time. Startable has a neat and short post about the importance of doing and paying … Read More →
New Kind Of Acceleration For Startups in Finland
There is a very interesting Startup Acceleration Program in Helsinki, Finland, that provides advisory services, private network of investors and tools for negotiation, growth, etc for entrepreneurs with great ideas. All these three services are for free! I wonder if they could have something like this … Read More →
Canada’s Venture Capital Firms – December 2009
Thanks for Dan M., JS C., Mark E. and Tim T. for your suggestions! This is a complete list of all the VC firms in Canada. JS made a good suggestion of adding of which firms invested in the last 12 months. I will add … Read More →
Venture Capital Firms in Canada – November 2009
This is a complete list of all the VC firms in Canada. = A must see. = A firm dedicated mostly in early stage companies. VC firms only AVAC Ltd. Avrio Ventures Management Corp. Brightspark Capital Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Venture Capital … Read More →
Private Equity Firms in Canada – November 2009
This is a complete list of all the Private Equity firms in Canada. = A firm dedicated more to Private Equity or late stage startups. = A mix firm with investment in VC and PE. PE and VC firms 32 Degrees Capital Aberdeen Gould Annapolis … Read More →
Related Companies and Services to Venture Capital and Private Equity in Canada
Other Firms Related to PE & VC industry (Some of these companies may be venture capital and private equity firms but they were also investing heavily in other areas in finance, such as asset management, etc.) AccuVal Associates, Incorporated Acorn Partners Merchant Bankers Adventity Inc. … Read More →
Book Review: Vault Career Guide to Venture Capital, 3rd Edition
This is a very interesting and basic book about Venture Capital industry. It does inform you some tips about what kind of skills and career path that you should take before joining in. Also, it provides and introductory level of terms and vocabulary for you … Read More →
More Resources to People Who Want to Start Business
MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Stanford University Entrepreneurship Corner Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) Stanford Technology Ventures Program Carnegie Mellon University Entrepreneurship and Business Planning MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Stanford University Entrepreneurship Corner Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) Stanford Technology Ventures Program Carnegie Mellon … Read More →
Resources to support Entrepreneurs
MIT Open Course Ware Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Managing Innovation: Emerging Trends Early Stage Capital Designing and Leading the Entrepreneurial Organization Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurial Finance Listening to the Customer Pricing The Nuts and Bolts of … Read More →
Venture Capital Highlights – 2009 – Week 42
Compared to others Compared to others The Elevator Pitch Contest – MIT 100K Venture Investment Increases for Some Start-Ups
Book Review: Careers in Venture Capital, 2005 Edition – WetFeet Insider Guide
Incredibly enough, this is a very similar book to Vault Career in Venture Capital book. They talk about the same introductory ideas for those who wants to pursue a career in the Venture Capital industry. It does provide a short story of the industry. Some … Read More →
Venture Capital Highlights – 2009 – Week 41
How to choose your co-founders? Stanford and its $ 1 billion sell-off of private equity US investment in VC decreases to new low levels Potential recover for the VC industry
TiE Young Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition 2010
I love this competition. It is one of the firsts business competition towards students from 9-12. This business plan is hosted by Carolinas – The Global Network of Entrepreneurs and the award for the winning team is USD 10K. It is important to foster this … Read More →
Venture Capital Boot Camp
The Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has a very interesting boot camp for entrepreneurs on September 10, 2009 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. If you have a business plan and you want to meet with VCs from California, you should go there. For more information, visit: … Read More →
The fifth edition of Startup Camp Montreal
For all of those interested in startups, there is going to have an interesting event for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on October 15th 2009 in Montreal. Here are the details: Date : October 15th, 2009 Time (Unconference session) : 3pm to 6pm EST Time (Standard … Read More →
Venture Capitalists Continue to Take It Slow
Despite new signs of life in Silicon Valley, venture investing slowed in the first quarter. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/venture-capitalists-continue-to-take-it-slow/