Almost all investment firms have the same charging structure. They charge 2% of the fund base a year as a fee and then take 20% as a bonus when good things happen. A better question is what are the exceptions to 2 and 20? Almost every VC and hedge fund charges 2 and 20. 2% management fees to keep the lights on …
Moonfire Ventures pitch deck to raise $60m Seed round
This is the Moonfire Ventures pitch deck to raise a $60m seed round in 2021. About Moonfire Ventures is a new venture exploring early stage investing opportunities in Europe. Technology founders in Europe looking for seed-stage funding have a new option on the table: Venture capital firm Moonfire Ventures. Moonfire is the latest vehicle from Mattias Ljungman, a longtime investor …
Why we invested. Venture capital firms share why they backed startups
Tl;dr: If you are interested to know why venture capital firms invested in startups, fortunately, many VCs write blogs I term “Why we invested” since that’s often the title they use. This is a mega-collection of VCs sharing these thoughts that I spent a few days collecting. The value for investors is to gather learnings for your own decision-making process. …
Startup investment memo template. How one VC looks at deals
Tl;dr: Steve Schlafman who worked as a VC shared a template investment memo to structure his thoughts in investing in startups. Read it to help your thinking too. Steve Schlafman worked as a VC at firms such as RRE and Primary Venture Partners. He is now a startup coach. He shared an investment memo template on Twitter and I thought …
Being a helpful VC and achieving your goals
Tl;dr: Dave McClure wrote an interesting presentation for venture capital investors in 2019 on how to position your value add to build a brand and secure deal flow. I’ve then shared a bunch of random thoughts around his framework. Caveat emptor. Twitter is a funny place. I can’t spend much time there due to the volume of morons, trolls, and …