Should you use dealroom.co for your next capital raise?
18 November, 2014
What if… you could hand-pick the ideal professional investors for your company and selectively share information with them in a private workspace that you manage? Dealroom allows you to do just that, success fee only, no fixed fees. Here is a short presentation about how to use dealroom.co for your next capital raise:…
On November 13th and 14th 2014, internet industry leaders gather again in London for the annual NOAH Conference, a preeminent European event for Internet CEOs, venture capital and private equity investors. I will…
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4 ways to sabotage your own fundraising process or exit
6 July, 2014
Fundraising or selling your company is neither an art nor a science. It is a fairly standardised process. But it is important to avoid some common mistakes and stick to a some simple rules that I summarise here. Many of them may seem obvious to you, but I see these mistakes repeated time after time. Don’t over-promise and under-deliver. When you give near term goals and budgets, make sure you…
10 years in banking motivated us to rethink the corporate finance service model and the way it is best delivered. We like to call it: Service-as-a-Software (yes, the other…
The shadow banking system, still here… still growing
27 February, 2014
Here’s a little digression, but interesting nevertheless. It has been over 5 years since the financial crisis struck. Reduced banking regulation (since early 1980s) was certainly a big part…
Nassim Taleb’s anti-fragility concept in private equity situations
18 February, 2014
Private equity investors and lending banks are fond of subscription businesses because they provide more “stable and predictable” cash flow. I once worked on a buyout deal where the…
On dealroom.co you can find a list of European venture loan providers that actively provide loans to tech companies. In a recent post we already wrote about the…
VC software: platforms vs. discovery tools (the hunter vs. the hunted)
7 January, 2014
Recently I read a post by Li Jiang from Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm GSV Capital describing the venture capital ‘stack’ discussing software to…