Terms
- Run & owned by one person
- unlimited liability
- most common in the world
Sole Proprietorship
used to fund the overhead managing of the company - usually 2-2.5% of committed capital
Management Fee
TS
Term Sheet
- seed-stage venture fund that invests exclusively in female-founded companies. The firm believes strongly in the exponential power of exceptional female talent. The firm invests in e-commerce, media, platforms, advertising and web-enabled services businesses
Female Founders Fund
a company's principal provider of capital, such as the entity which originates and structures a syndicated deal
Lead Investor
limited liability to their investment
Limited Partnership
amount of deals that you can get as a financier
Deal flow
KPIs
Key Performance Indicators
- a leading early and growth-stage venture capital fund. They back tech-based startups with the potential to become world-class and category-defining businesses. Accel is a global investment firm, focusing on Europe, Asia, and the United States
- Previously invested in Dropbox, Facebook, and Slack
Accel Partners
the first sale of stock by a private company to the public
IPO
Manages the fund
General Partners
reduction in the ownership percentage of a share of stock caused by the issuance of new stock
Dilution
EBITDA
Earnings Before Interests Taxes Depreciation Amortization
- focused its investments around the steel industry. However, over time the firm has shifted toward supporting the health industry and consumer technologies, boasting impressive returns on their investments. Overall, XYZ Firm has an investment-to-exit ratio of 21.65%.
- This venture capital firm especially shines when assuming the role of lead investor. For instance, out of the 34% of investments where they served as the lead investor, 63.75% became successful businesses. Some of the firm’s most significant investments include Pinterest, Shopify, Yelp, LinkedIn, and Skype.
Bessemer Venture
What is the VC industry valued at in the U.S.? (Guess the amount)
$25.9 Billion USD
Implied valuations based on financing events
Pre & Post Money are
10x your money
A Homerun
MoM
Month on Month
An American venture capital firm -- The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California and mainly focuses on the technology industry. It has backed companies that now control $3.3 trillion of combined stock market value, equivalent to 22 percent of Nasdaq.
Previously invested in WhatsApp, PayPal, and Zoom.
Sequoia Capital
investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return
Impact Investing
legal right of the entrepreneur to ask for a portion of the promised money
Capital Call/Takedown
any money used to finance overhead costs as a new company before they generate profits
Burn Rate
ICO
Initial Coin Offering
- invests in seed to growth-stage startups that are using tech to disrupt existing markets or create entirely new ones. The firm invests from seed to growth in enterprise software, infrastructure software, and industries being transformed by data
- has helped launch and commercialize 200-plus companies since 2000, including investments in DocuSign, Jet.com, Kiva Systems, LinkedIn, Rapid7, SurveyMonkey, Taleo, and TellApart. Bain Capital Ventures has approximately US$105bn of assets under management with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Boston
Bain Capital
a company or facility designed to foster entrepreneurship and help startup companies, usually technology-related, to grow through the use of shared resources, management expertise and intellectual capital
Incubator Program