- 1. Venture Capital How to Sell Your Soul for a Buck
2. VC Characteristics
- Usually early-stage equity or equity-linked financing
- Lacks liquidity or marketability
- Returns are primarily from capital gains
- Provided by patient investors - who may give value-added
advice
3. 9 Years of VC Funding Source: National Venture Capital
Association $10,993 $4.46 2464 1996 $21,004 $7.31 2873 2004 $21,579
$7.09 3042 2002 $18,911 $6.69 2825 2003 $40,798 $9.17 4451 2001
$104,827 $13.38 7832 2000 $53,580 $9.92 5403 1999 $20,900 $5.88
3557 1998 $14,646 $4.75 3084 1997 Total $ Avg/Deal Deals Year 4.
Venture-Backed IPOs Performance http://
www.ventureeconomics.com/vec/news_ve/2005VEpress/VEpress01_04_06.pdf
5. What do VCs Want?
- VCs simply want to believe that the valuation of a company
either public stock price or private valuation will grow high and
stay high long enough for them to sell their interest.
- Source: Cliff Conneighton; Venture Management Handbook: An
Entrepreneurs Guide to Stock, Finance, and Contracts - pg 99
6. What do VCs Want?
- 5X or better capital growth in 5 - 10 yrs.
- 25% annual capital gains at a minimum
- Eventual liquidity (3 - 5 years)
7. What do VCs Get? Actual performance of venture capital and
private equity funds http://
www.nvca.org/pdf/Performanceq32005final.pdf 8. What Kind of
Company?
- At least $10M Revenue in 5 years
- At least 20%/Yr Revenue Growth
- At least 15% pretax profit margin
9. Four Essential Questions for the Business Plan
- Does any large, definable, and identifiable group of people
really need your product or service?
- Are they willing to pay someone (you or a competitor)
considerably more than, perhaps twice, what it costs you to produce
and deliver it? If the answer depends on volume, do you know what
the volume/cost curve looks like?
- Is there some sustainable advantage you will have, in
proprietary technology, cost, capability or marketing, over others
who do or would compete in this market?
- Do you have the management team that can execute the plan
successfully?
10. Types of Ventures
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- 5 Yr Revenue projections < $10 M
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- Started by people with life-style motives
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- Zerointerest to venture capitalists
11. Types of Ventures
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- 5 Yr Revenue projections $10 - $50M
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- Offer cash-out and capital gains opportunities
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- The backbone of the entrepreneurial economy
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- Rely heavily on bootstrap and individual financing
12. Types of Ventures
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- 5 Yr Revenue projections > $50 M
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- May require many rounds of financing of several million
dollars
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- Expect to go public within 5 years
13. Types of Ventures
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- You own something way cool
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- You are trying to do something better than anyone else.
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- VCs are not very interested
14. Types of VCs
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- Over 1750 US venture capital and private equiy
partnerships
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- $585 Billion capitalization
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- Fund about 500 companies/year
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- Typically later-stage deal in excess of $3M
15. Types of VCs
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- The invisible capital market
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- Unknown number of individuals (low profile)
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- 3 to 1 odds of finding one
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- Typically early-stage deal of $100-500K involving multiple
investors
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- Find one and youve found 5 or 10
16. How to Find an Angel
- Check civic and charitable organizations
- Check for expensive hot cars
- Use gatekeepers (lawyers, accountants)
17. How to Court an Angel
- Show them a great business plan
- Ask them for advice (Beware of Micromanagers)
- Act like you have done your homework
- Dont act like you know everything
18. Types of Financing
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- Extended terms from vendors/suppliers
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- 80% of the Inc. 500 fastest growing private companies were
financedsolelyby these methods.
19. Types of Financing
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- Seed financing: A small amount of capital to prove a concept or
qualify for startup capital
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- Startup financing: for completing product development and
initial marketing to get ready to do business
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- First-stage financing: funds required to begin full-scale
operation
20. Types of Financing
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- Second-stage financing: provides working capital for initial
expansion
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- Third-stage or mezzanine financing: provides funds for a major
expansion after the company has become profitable
21. Types of Financing
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- May be needed between stages
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- Usually used before going public
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- Meant to be repaid from the next round of financing
22. Cost of Venture Capital 23. Capital Gain/ROI Conversion A
7-fold increase in the value of the investment in 5 years is a 48%
annualized rate of return on equity. 24. Reasons for Rejection
- Lack of confidence in management
- Unsatisfactory risk/reward ratio
- Absence of a well-defined business plan
- Unfamiliarity with products or markets
- Too much wishful thinking
25. Too Much Wishful Thinking
- Investors expect to bear risk.
- Investors expect YOU to know how much risk they will bear and
to TELL them.
- They need to believe that YOU understand the risk and will be
able to MANAGE it.
26. Dont Forget Partnering
- Companies cooperate for common goals
- Usually involves cost/revenue sharing
- May lead to eventual buyout
27. Sources of Information
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- Pairs high-tech entrepreneurs with seed financing sources.
28. Sources of Information
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- List of 1800 VC firms, database of 23,000 angel investors
- National Venture Capital Association
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- Lots of info for and about VCs