Below attached is, Famous Founders and their Ownership during their respective IPOs v/s VC Ownerships:
Investors have standards in mind when it comes to what your cap table should look like.
The founders should collectively own more than 50% of the
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There's often an inverse relationship between founder and VC ownership - when one is higher, the other tends to be lower.
Startup Funding 101: Bootstrapping vs. VC Funding
Deciding between bootstrapping and venture capital (VC) funding is a critical choice for startups.
Bootstrapping involves self-funding and can offer more control but may limit growth potential.
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Elon Musk on how choosing the wrong VC almost killed Tesla
"If you have a choice of a lower valuation with someone you really like or a higher valuation with someone you have a question mark about, take the lower valuation."
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Founders: Protect your equity.
VCs have a playbook for valuation that most founders donāt see.
Here's a side-by-side look at how they calculate deals differently from you:
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Upfront Cost Vs Total Cost of Ownership
EVs may have a higher Upfront Cost but they actually have the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) compared to petrol, diesel and CNG vehicles.
See the table below. It shows total cost of ownership for a 200
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How a Broken Cap Table Turns Founders Into Employees of Their Own Company?
Founded in 2009, Quid raised over $108M in funding and reached a peak valuation of $300M+ by 2016. Yet when the company was acquired by Netbase in 2020, founder and CEO Bob G
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Is it better to bootstrap or seek VC funding for your startup?
The endless debate: Bootstrap vs. VC funding.
- Bootstrapping builds resilience and deep customer focus. You prioritize solving real problems over chasing valuations.
- VC funding can
Vinay Hiremath, co-founder of Loom, is rich beyond most people's wildest dreams. When he sold his startup to Atlassian for nearly $1 billion in 2023, Hiremath walked away with somewhere between $50 to 70 million.
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FOUNDER ā I have a SaaS startup idea that has the potential to become profitable within just a few months. All I need is seed funding to get the venture off the ground. I am confident in the succes
