Bridge Loans
Aug 8, 2022 When fundraising gets tougher for startups, the existing investors (insiders) will often provide a bridge loan to the company to extend the runway for getting another round done. There is more of this sort of thing happening in today’s fundraising market and I thought I’d share some of the things I have learned about setting up bridge loans. First, bridge loans are a bridge to something else. Most commonly they are a bridge to a round of financing with new investors (outsiders). T...
Bridge Loans
Aug 8, 2022 When fundraising gets tougher for startups, the existing investors (insiders) will often provide a bridge loan to the company to extend the runway for getting another round done. There is more of this sort of thing happening in today’s fundraising market and I thought I’d share some of the things I have learned about setting up bridge loans. First, bridge loans are a bridge to something else. Most commonly they are a bridge to a round of financing with new investors (outsiders). T...
Birthblock: A Naturally Scarce NFT
Birthblock is an NFT that represents your wallet’s age. Each tree ring represents 100k Ethereum blocks. The color of the tree changes based on the age of the wallet, too. The 5 other circles represent the month/day/hour/minute/second your wallet was born, placed around the tree like a clock or calendar. Two Birthblocks (left: older, right: younger) There are 3 things that make Birthblock special:Fair. Unlimited total mints with one mint per wallet. No rush to mint, no gas wars, and open to ev...
Birthblock: A Naturally Scarce NFT
Birthblock is an NFT that represents your wallet’s age. Each tree ring represents 100k Ethereum blocks. The color of the tree changes based on the age of the wallet, too. The 5 other circles represent the month/day/hour/minute/second your wallet was born, placed around the tree like a clock or calendar. Two Birthblocks (left: older, right: younger) There are 3 things that make Birthblock special:Fair. Unlimited total mints with one mint per wallet. No rush to mint, no gas wars, and open to ev...
Valuing a Venture Capital Portfolio
我们公司每个季度都会通过一个流程来评估我们的整个投资组合。这些价值,在我们每季度向投资者公布的投资时间表中,流向我们的财务报表和资本账户,并确定当时我们对合作伙伴关系的利益有多少价值。 我们一直非常认真地对待这个过程,并且非常严格地处理它。每个合作伙伴都高度参与这个过程。尽管我们在 USV 拥有一支出色的财务团队,但我们不会简单地将投资组合的估值外包给他们,因为我们知道那些最接近投资组合公司的人将最清楚地了解他们的价值。 我们有一些规则,我想分享它们: – 保守一点。审计师试图让我们标记我们的投资组合以反映“市场价格”,但我们更愿意将我们的投资组合标记为低于市场价格,尤其是在市场泡沫时期。这导致与我们的审计师进行相当多的讨价还价,这主要是在浪费每个人的时间,但我们认为保持我们的保守姿态很重要。 – 领先于市场回调。当我们看到市场环境发生变化时,我们喜欢迅速采取行动降低我们的分数。公开股票通常会领先私人估值几个季度,因此我们希望关注公开市场可比股票并迅速降价。 – 切勿标记高于潜在销售价值。每次我们的投资组合中有重大并购退出时,我都会检查 USV 的收益是否超过了我们目前的水平。我...
Valuing a Venture Capital Portfolio
我们公司每个季度都会通过一个流程来评估我们的整个投资组合。这些价值,在我们每季度向投资者公布的投资时间表中,流向我们的财务报表和资本账户,并确定当时我们对合作伙伴关系的利益有多少价值。 我们一直非常认真地对待这个过程,并且非常严格地处理它。每个合作伙伴都高度参与这个过程。尽管我们在 USV 拥有一支出色的财务团队,但我们不会简单地将投资组合的估值外包给他们,因为我们知道那些最接近投资组合公司的人将最清楚地了解他们的价值。 我们有一些规则,我想分享它们: – 保守一点。审计师试图让我们标记我们的投资组合以反映“市场价格”,但我们更愿意将我们的投资组合标记为低于市场价格,尤其是在市场泡沫时期。这导致与我们的审计师进行相当多的讨价还价,这主要是在浪费每个人的时间,但我们认为保持我们的保守姿态很重要。 – 领先于市场回调。当我们看到市场环境发生变化时,我们喜欢迅速采取行动降低我们的分数。公开股票通常会领先私人估值几个季度,因此我们希望关注公开市场可比股票并迅速降价。 – 切勿标记高于潜在销售价值。每次我们的投资组合中有重大并购退出时,我都会检查 USV 的收益是否超过了我们目前的水平。我...