Tag: venture
What’s the best way to negotiate a deal?
Want to know more about Michael Moritz? Google him! Without his early investment, Google might not be the household name it is today.
Moritz is a Silicon Valley venture Capitalist with Sequoia Capital. He’s a guru of selecting internet and technology companies in which to invest. Some of his early insightful investments were Google, Yahoo, and PayPal. He currently sits on the boards of 24/7 Customer, Earth Networks, Gamefly, Green Dot, Klarna, Kayak.com, LinkedIn, Sugar Inc and The Melt.
QUESTION:
I’m trying to raise money for my startup, and I was wondering what VC are looking for in an early-stage startup.
ANSWER:
Naomi Kokubo
by Naomi Kokubo, Cofounder of Founders Space
It’s hard enough to catch a venture capital company’s eye, but convincing them to give you money is even harder. Here are a few tips my partner and I learned after raising funds for three different startups:
QUESTION:
Where can I get intros to angels? Do you know of any good lists of angel investors that I can tap into?
ANSWER:
Naomi Kokubo
by Naomi Kokubo, Cofounder of Founders Space
A good place to start is with Venture Hack’s AngelList.
The List includes…
- Jeff Clavier (Investor in Mint)
- Matt Mullenweg (Angel in DailyBurn)
- George Zachary (Charles River)
- Chris Yeh (Angel in EtherPad)
Adeo Ressi, who runs The Founder Institute, is a great guy. My husband knows him well. Adeo truly cares about founders and the issues they face. He has also done an excellent job with TheFunded.
