recently rated:

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3.6

Scale Venture Partners

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$$$$$ Foster City, US West

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Rated by 25

4.0 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.3

4.0

RRE Ventures

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$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 17

3.7 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.9

3.9

Wellington Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Munich, Europe

Rated by 70

4.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.7

3.9

Sequoia Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.6 3.7 3.5 4.1 4.3

3.8

Clearstone Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Santa Monica, US West

Rated by 14

3.1 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.7

3.7

Leapfrog Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 22

3.9 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.9

3.7

Altos Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 35

3.8 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.7

3.6

Mayfield Fund

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.6 3.3 3.2 3.6 4.0

3.5

Spark Capital

 

$$$$$ Boston, US East

Rated by 31

3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.8

3.5

Bessemer Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ Wellesley Hills, US East

Rated by 36

3.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 4.0

3.5

Trinity Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.6 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.7

3.5

Sigma Partners

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 37

3.8 3.3 3.2 3.7 3.5

3.5

New Enterprise Associates

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 30

3.3 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.5

3.4

First Round Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 18

3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.5

3.4

Union Square Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 32

3.8 3.3 3.1 3.6 3.2

3.4

Menlo Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.2 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.4

3.4

Kepha Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

Rated by 18

3.7 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.3

3.3

Draper Richards, LP

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 21

3.9 3.5 2.9 3.0 3.2

3.3

Index Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Geneva, Europe

Rated by 17

3.7 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.1

3.3

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 12

3.1 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.0

3.3

True Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 23

3.3 3.6 3.2 3.0 3.6

3.3

InterWest Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 28

3.3 3.4 2.7 3.4 3.2

3.2

Polaris Venture Partners, L.P.

 

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

Rated by 14

3.0 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.2

3.2

Opus Capital

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.3 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.3

3.2

Gemini Israel Funds

Certified

$$$$$ Herzliya, ME / Africa

Rated by 31

2.9 3.6 3.1 2.8 3.5

3.2

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 20

2.9 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.3

3.2

Levensohn Venture Partners, LLC

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 12

3.7 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.0

3.2

Advanced Technology Ventures

 

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 31

4.0 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.2

3.2

Greylock Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Mateo, US Central

Rated by 28

3.5 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.2

3.2

Foundation Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 13

3.5 3.4 3.3 2.5 3.3

3.2

Emergence Capital Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Mateo, US West

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Just joined the Funded.com. We are getting ready to approach the VCs for our start-up. We have selected the VC firms by carefully reading through their web-sites to see if they have funded a company exactly in the same space. However, there are some pitfalls: (a) VC firms are under no obligation to declare every investment and/or (b) investment might be very recently completed or being considered. In such a scenario, could anybody explain if we can ask the VCs, before we approach them, if they have invested or in the process of investing in a potential competitor company?

Adding Theis to the team is brilliant. Scale is definitely on the rise again and moving to top tier status. I only know the Partners on the Tech side and they are smart and each add value in their unique ways. Theis will bring his Sun connections.
Its rumored that Theis has already done a deal. He and his former Sun colleagues Andy Bechtolsheim and Roy Sardina funded a super hot mobile company. They were seen lurking around the Palo Alto incubator working on the stealthy project.

sorry about that!

Involved in a niche social media website that is getting some traction. We think we are ready to talk to VCs and have a solid biz model. Am wondering what kind of scale (visits/site members/etc.) is really needed to get the attention of VC/investors?

Does anyone have personal experience getting funded and/or understand what the metrics need to be for proof of concept? We don't want to go in too early, but feel we need investment to make the jump to fast, organic growth in usership...

Any advice is much appreciated.

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I'm working with some VCs to fund my startup and I'm curious how concerned I should be about control issues in terms of board seats and founder vesting.

I anticipate that the Executive Team running the business from day to day and the board voting on big issues like executive hiring / firing, large partnership deals, financing and sales.

I'm sure all companies have subtleties and the term sheets layout some scenarios having to do with Buyouts and Sales, however in General Practice:

When does control of the common stock become important ?

How far reaching can the board be into the day to day operations and the decisions made by the Executive Team ?

All opinions and anecdotes would be helpful, thanks in advance.

Still negotiating terms, however the experience with Mass Capital thus far has exceeded my expectations. They have been very thorough in understanding our business model and very responsive in answering our questions. Joan McArdle has been a joy to work with. They presented very fair terms out of the gates and have been very flexible in adjusting the terms to meet our specific needs.

We just had an excellent experience with Leapfrog Ventures. While they did say NO, they told us exactly why and their rationale made sense. They spent some time and thought explaining their feedback to us which was very helpful. It also gave us a blueprint for what we need to do next.

Dear Venture Capitalist,

Please respect our time with a clear response to our direct questions. Sometimes your cryptic responses don't make any sense. A quick yes or no is welcomed by most Entrepreneurs. Get right to the point when we ask you for your opinion. We shouldn't need a decoder-ring to find out your answer.

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Joined Scale VP as MD

Diamondhead Ventures partners Raman Khanna and David Lane moved to Onset Ventures in October, 2007. The $140 million commitment they had from investors for a new Diamondback fund was transferred to Onset, which had recently (12/2004) raised a $200 million fund, their seventh.

The few deals I've seen from them have all been fair valuation executed professionally.