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Skymoon Ventures

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$$$$$ Santa Clara, US West

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RRE Ventures

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$$$$$ New York, US East

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Wellington Partners

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$$$$$ Munich, Europe

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Sequoia Capital

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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Clearstone Venture Partners

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$$$$$ Santa Monica, US West

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Leapfrog Ventures

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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Altos Ventures

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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Scale Venture Partners

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$$$$$ Foster City, US West

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Mayfield Fund

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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Spark Capital

 

$$$$$ Boston, US East

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Bessemer Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ Wellesley Hills, US East

Rated by 36

3.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 4.0

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Trinity Ventures

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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Sigma Partners

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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New Enterprise Associates

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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First Round Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 18

3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.5

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Union Square Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 32

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Menlo Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

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Kepha Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

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Draper Richards, LP

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$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

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Index Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Geneva, Europe

Rated by 17

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Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 13

3.6 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.2

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Advanced Technology Ventures

 

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 12

3.1 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.0

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True Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 23

3.3 3.6 3.2 3.0 3.6

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InterWest Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 28

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Polaris Venture Partners, L.P.

 

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

Rated by 14

3.0 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.2

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Opus Capital

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.3 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.3

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Gemini Israel Funds

Certified

$$$$$ Herzliya, ME / Africa

Rated by 31

2.9 3.6 3.1 2.8 3.5

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Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

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2.9 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.3

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Levensohn Venture Partners, LLC

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 31

4.0 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.2

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Greylock Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Mateo, US Central

Rated by 29

3.6 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.2

3.2

Foundation Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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Skymoon Ventures is a great fund that makes the entrepreneur feel comfortable. The terms are very standard, and the interaction with the partners is very efficient. Working with Skymoon is easy and I would recommend the fund to anyone.

I had the opportunity to work with Doug Pepper recently. Not only was Doug responsive and provided great advice. He was truly interested in helping and developing long term relationships. I highly recommend Doug for Software and Digital Media deals.

Starvest lead one of our rounds and have been a really good partner since. They are willing to take the long view and have made several intros to prospective customers , partners and other investors. They seem to have very complimentary skills and so they work tough issues as a team. We have been able to count on them and they have participated in every round since.

They work hard at networking their CEOs, advisors, and their insititutionial investors to discuss markets, common issues, and opportunities.

I'd go with them again...and they are really good people too.

Had good experience with them. They took a pass on investing in our company, but their communications were timely, they took the time to understand our business, and they provided clear feedback. We didn't meet everyone there, but I sense a firm with solid principles and respect for entreprenuers.

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Liquidation preferences are a key term in the definition of preferred stock (it's generally acknowledged to be the second most important economic term). Earlier, I wrote about this and other terms in a post on negotiating a term sheet, but here I want to give some specific examples to illustrate why this is such an important term.

You probably already know this, but it's worth repeating that liquidation preference refers to the procedure for paying investors off in a sale or winding up of the company. It typically includes two components: a preference (which is an amount that gets paid before others) and participation (the ability to "double dip"). Many folks have written on preferences in terms of definitions, so instead I'm going to give some simple examples.

For simplicity sake, imagine a VC has $10MM invested in one class of preferred stock in a company, owns 40% and the company is sold for $50MM. Here’s how the three different scenarios in my previous post work (in a specific example):

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I worked with Yechiel through the investment process. Yechiel proved himself to be honest, efficient and he can generate over $1M investment if necessary.
My over all experience working with Xenia team this including Anat is very good!!