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Arun Mittal
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Aurel Pasztor
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Jeremy Becker
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Elizabeth Cook, Managing Partner of VC firm AI Capital, addresses the art of the [VC] deal: An intricate blend of relationship building, offering a succinct and concise value proposition, domain expertise, and of course, profit! #venturecapital #vc #ai #artificialintelligence #enterpriseai #startups #entrepreneurship #investing #alternativeinvestments #familyoffice #pensions #foundations #endowments
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Startups raising a “bridge” round between equity rounds can use a standard SAFE or convertible note - simple, right? Not quite. If the next equity round is imminent, a no cap, no/very small discount SAFE works well. If the next round is further out, it gets complicated. SAFEs/notes were designed to be used before a priced equity round, so many of the terms don’t fit between equity rounds. This series on bridge rounds walks through the right changes to make to SAFEs/notes to reflect the right economics between equity rounds. Part 1 — The Valuation Cap The concept of a SAFE/note valuation cap is out of its element after a priced equity round. The cap allows the investor to convert at the lower of the valuation cap or the valuation of the next priced equity round. The SAFE investor doesn’t take any risk that the startup’s value may go down from the closing of the SAFE investment to the closing of the next priced equity round. The cap makes sense for early stage companies where the future is less certain, especially if the investors (friends and family, wealthy individuals, etc.) aren’t pros at valuing startups. Angel investors rely on the diligence, resources and experience of a later institutional investor to more appropriately determine the valuation in a priced equity round. Those later stage investors purchase equity with a fixed valuation, not a valuation cap, and take the risk that the valuation of the startup may go down in the future. This post explains what alternatives are available to align SAFE/note terms with the right economics for an investment after a priced equity round. Special thanks to Jeremy Raphael for his insights.
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Nancy Newman
Interesting. New term of art--"AI washing." "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s crusade against “AI washing” has led to charges against the founder and former CEO of a now-defunct recruiting firm that claimed to use artificial intelligence to match businesses with diverse job candidates. The agency says Ilit Raz pitched Joonko as “the only automated sourcing platform focused solely on underrepresented candidates,” a tactic the agency says helped draw in millions of dollars from customers and financial backers. The eight-year-old firm—which wound down last year and recently filed for bankruptcy—claimed it could help companies meet their diversity, equity and inclusion hiring goals by using AI to automatically match them with a pool of “silver medalist” candidates from underrepresented groups who previously had reached the final stages of the hiring process but not received an offer. The SEC claims Raz defrauded at least 27 investors—a group that includes individuals, private equity firms and venture capital firms—out of $21 million by making false claims about Joonko’s technological capabilities, the size of its customer base and the amount of its revenue. ... “Joonko did not actually use these processes. Raz oversaw the buildout of the Joonko platform and therefore knew, or recklessly disregarded, that the platform did not work as she described it to investors. For example, Joonko did not have the aforementioned capabilities to connect customers with diverse candidates, and its technology was not as advanced as Raz claimed.” In a statement Tuesday, SEC enforcement division director Gurbir Grewal said the SEC believes Raz “engaged in an old school fraud using new school buzzwords like ‘artificial intelligence’ and ‘automation,’” and that investors should be wary of such bold claims. “As more and more people seek out AI-related investment opportunities, we will continue to police the markets against AI washing and the type of misconduct alleged in today’s complaint,” Grewal said. “But at the same time, it is critical for investors to beware of companies exploiting the fanfare around artificial intelligence to raise funds.” According to the SEC, her scheme came to light in June 2023 when Raz’s refusal to provide investors with company documents spurred an investigation by Joonko’s board of directors. She resigned as CEO, and the company wound down its operations. Joonko filed for bankruptcy in May amid demands for repayment from investors. ... Legal observers expect AI washing scams to mushroom as awareness of the technology grows, tempting businesspeople to make unsubstantiated marketing claims." ...
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Trevor Mason
Dan Primack had some pointed criticism for #VC yesterday in his Axios Pro Rata newsletter (a daily must read IMO 😤). In short, the model doesn't work if it can't produce exits for LPs. Don't blame public markets (which are at all-time highs) for the lack of liquidity either. 📈 💸 Instead, this is a "liquidity drought of your making" where "...swinging for the fences on every pitch, rather than taking the single or double that's available" is the only way out when you invest at "sky high valuations." 😰 "A whopping 37% of "unicorns" are being held for at least nine years by VC funds, including 13% that are past the 12-year mark." 😳 ⌛ Is he right? Is VC at a dire inflection point? Or is Primack prematurely hitting the panic button? 🚨 https://lnkd.in/dts92pXr
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