If start-ups begin approaching me and asking for uncapped convertibles with no discounts as standard terms, I will view this is a phase in space and time akin to junk bonds trading at 200 bps over Treasuries. My response as an investor to such market conditions? Just say no.
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Everything just changed in the angel investing world. Two years ago Yuri Milner, through his investment firm DST, disrupted the traditional Silicon Valley venture capital model when he began investing in the hottest startups – companies like Facebook, Zynga and Groupon – at very high valuations and extremely easy deal terms. He looks brilliant in hindsight, with all of his U.S. investments at...
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Late last night the 43 startups in the most recent Y Combinator class got quite a surprise. Start Fund, a new fund created by DST’s Yuri Milner as an individual and SV Angel, offered each of the companies a $150,000 investment in the form of a convertible note with no cap and no discount.
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The two key players in what’s being dubbed Davos Junior, met through one of the most connected people you don’t know in Silicon Valley. David Hassell, a serial entrepreneur, holds what’s called “The Mansion Series,” a monthly, invite-only dinner of entrepreneurs.
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We haven’t talked to Sequoia, and it’s possible the partners don’t agree that Milner and Conway’s deal is a no-brainer. So far, most Y Combinator exits have been modest, and Sequoia isn’t known for giving sweetheart terms to entrepreneurs. I can’t think of many venture firms who would give a blanket investing offer before even seeing companies.
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Hulu is a terrific service. Who could argue with free, current episodes of prime-time TV on your computer? But for months now, Netflix has been eating Hulu’s lunch. And Hulu’s plan to fight back sounds more like a swan song.
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The flood of venture capital from 2005 through 2007 slowed considerably, but after a slow 2009, the money and venture investors seem to be back in funding action. For the full year, 2,792 companies raised a total of $23.7 billion, but while the amount of fundings have returned, the deals change. See how in this infographic.
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Its not really such a great thing to be an entrepreneur. There’s no real “freedom” in it. People think that starting your own business gives you freedom. It doesn’t. When you work a corporate job where you only, realistically, work for 1-2 hours a day and you can leave your work at the office, then you have freedom.
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Here’s a gutsy move, but one that could pay off extremely well in the long run. According to TechCrunch, Angel investor Yuri Milner and SV Angel have just laid down an offer that will be exceedingly difficult to refuse: $150,000 to every startup in the current Y Combinator, plus every group to come. While it’s great news for the 40-some hackers who are hoping to claw their way to victory right...
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From an entrepreneur’s prospective (I’ll be doing Y Combinator for the second time this summer), this is fantastic. Obviously the news has generated some debate, with some saying Yuri Milner may be a threat to Silicon Valley, and people are forgetting that this is simply an offer, and not an obligation to the startups, that any investor could have made previously too.
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