Fundraising

Secondary In Your Startup? 4 Things Entrepreneurs / Investors Should K...

A previous article Secondaries: Founders and Investors defined a secondary as when you sell your existing shares to another investor. Secondaries...
Amit Garg
Aakash Gupta
Adam Tabriz, MD
Limarc Ambalina
Jun 13, 2022 2 min read 339

Why We Invested in Salú – Health At Work

Excited to announce our investment alongside Softbank (Upload Ventures), Aggir and Norte in the now oversubscribed $2M seed of Salú, which...
Amit Garg
Apr 25, 2022 1 min read

Multitasking: Best Practices To Leave And Found A New Startup?

The short answer is most definitely yes. While every situation is unique, the three cases below provide a framework around the...
Amit Garg
Apr 4, 2022 2 min read

Under The Hood: How VC Funds Operate (And How That Is Changing)

This is an article meant primarily for entrepreneurs and LPs (limited partners i.e., those investing in a VC fund), albeit we...
Amit Garg
Mar 21, 2022 3 min read 234

Perfecting Your Pitch Deck? 10 Practices For Entrepreneurs

Pitch decks are a topic of permanent debate, no matter how much has been written about them. As such, this article...
Amit Garg
Mar 14, 2022 3 min read 127

Convertible vs SAFE — 5 Practical Principles For Startups

Raising a round and considering whether to do convertible or SAFE? Remember that convertible is debt that turns into equity based...
Amit Garg
Feb 28, 2022 2 min read

Your Startup Is A Taking Off? 5 Ways To Incentivize New Employees

You have built the boat (or the rocket, or the plane, pick your favorite vehicle) and now it’s time to grow....
Amit Garg
Feb 21, 2022 3 min read

No place at the table without this one table

An introduction to cap tables “Our potential investors asked as to present the cap table. What is he/she looking for?” I’ve...
Jan Mozer
Feb 17, 2022 1 min read

Brave New Seed? How Fundraising Has Changed For Startups Since COVID

We are coming up to two years since COVID truly hit the US. The first three months after Mar 2020 markets...
Amit Garg
Feb 7, 2022 2 min read 141

Is There A Bubble? And 3 Practical Tips For Entrepreneur For 2022

If you are asking the question then you probably already believe in the answer. Pitchbook is a company focused on analysis...
Amit Garg
Dec 20, 2021 2 min read 131

Common? Preferred? Founder? Making Sense Of Startup Shares

1) Preferred vs Common Historically there have been two types of stock: preferred and common. Preferred is for investors, common for...
Amit Garg
Dec 6, 2021 2 min read 239

So Your VC Wants To Invest More? 5 Practical Tips For Entrepreneurs

If your VC wants to invest more in you then you have a good problem in your hands. Here are five...
Amit Garg
Nov 22, 2021 3 min read 181

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