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[...] mentor-driven angel investments. YCombinator and TechStars fill a definite niche, as does Charles River Ventures recent foray into small (and quick) investments as [...]

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frank — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:46:27 +0000

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It isn’t as complicated as you claimed. They are only asking that they be guarrantted an invite to subsequent rounds of financing, which is only fair (imagine you investing in an idea and when the idea comes to friutation, someone else reaps the reward.) Again bear in mind that eventhou it is technially an equity/loan .. there is no personal or any other guarranttes if the company happens to go bellyup, everybody walks away with no hard feelings.

Comparing the CRV to Ycomb programme is absurd. Name 3 thriving companies that were started with $5k and even at that, they require you to give up 1 - 10% stake. CRV doesnt require such … meaning you’ll get a fair market valuation of your comany at the loan/equity rollover.

As for the loan interest, it’s capped at 25%. Who on earth will give you up to $250k in unsecured loan , with no credit (unless you are a serial entrepreneur, you have no entrepreneur credit) at such resonable terms? Some of you made it sound like the interest is akin to pay day loans 420%.

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Multimedias.mobi » Y Combinator Taking Apps: Have Idea, Will Travel — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:01:37 +0000

[...] Some other programs such as TechStars have adopted the model. TechStars is another well backed program based in Boulder, Colorado also offering experienced mentors and cash to aspiring startups. While not the same ground floor financing as Y Combinator or TechStars, the venerable VC firm Charles River Ventures also adopted a smaller financing program (up to $250K debt) called Quick Start. [...]

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Tom Carter — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:21:43 +0000

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Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Who Are the Y Combinator Companies? — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:05:40 +0000

[...] Software is moving to the web and as it does, tech companies are becoming easier than ever to launch. One of the most notable changes to the tech industry of late has been the emergence of a significant number of startups that have succeeded after raising only hundreds of thousands of dollars. Joe Kraus, CEO of recently acquired JotSpot was able to bring them to market on $100,000. Reddit took even less money and were just acquired by Conde Nast. Reddit’s primary backer, Paul Graham’s fund Y Combinator, has become the poster child for making a successful startup with only tens of thousands of dollars in funding. Charles River has also scaled back the size of some of their investments as entrepreneurs are willing to take less money in exchange for more control. [...]

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By: Eric Jackson

Eric Jackson — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:56:29 +0000

Time will tell, but I expect more CRV announcements like this over the coming months.

More traditional VCs will continue to flock to this stage of investing. This suggests that there will be some winners and losers:

Winners:

- The bluest of “blue-chip” VCs. The Sequoias and KPCBs of the world shine brighter when the maddening crowd is rushing to chase the latest trend of VC investing. They’ve been there and done that time-and-again.
- Existing Angel Investors who have a track-record. When a space gets hot (i.e., angel investing), those who have been there for a while are the old wise men. Josh Kopelman, Jeff Clavier, and others will see a rise for their services even as others rush in. There will be a flight to quality.
- Traditional VCs who are able to make the leap and really differentiate from other angel investors. Although CRV is a great firm, their success is not guaranteed. They need dealflow; their GPs needs to be seen as credible by non-nascent entrepreneurs; and they really need to be able to deliver value to their investments (beyond the simple “we love to roll up our shirtsleeves alongside our investee companies” platitudes).

Losers:

- Stuck-in-the-middle VCs: Those VCs who do a little bit of angel investing and a little bit of traditional are likely to do neither well.
- Former Great VCs who don’t adapt to changing times: Remember when Softbank was king of the hill? Hot VCs who have yet to reach the echelon of Sequoia and KPCB are not assured of long-term success. They are also likely to stick-to-what-they-(think-they-)know-best. Dangerous, when the rules of the game are changing
- Later-stage/Mezzanine Investors: They just got even less relevant.

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Peer-to-Peer Angel Funding = Prosper.com for business models « Give Ideas — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:10:20 +0000

[...] Some very interesting concepts were raised the other day when the venture capital firm CRV announced an new business model for angel funding. Its very simple and in fact not new at all, the idea is to give small amounts of seed funding in the form of debt to bridge the gap of official series A funding. I was actually perusing this same strategy 8 months ago when searching for angel funding in NYC, unfortunately you dont get the same evaluation as you would in a tech-centric place such as the valley. We ended up sending out an RFP to a handful of people and even though they saw value in the idea and liked us, they wanted a huge equity stake. I’m a very generous person and have no problem giving a healthy ROI, but as the CEO i dont like the idea of losing control of my company because my investors have an offer on the table to sell the company for $580 MM then turn it into some lame closed garden. So I applaud more, and more people embracing this win-win business model. [...]

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Knowledge Energies Inc. — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:11:01 +0000

Is it as good as it sounds?
It seems to us that the Quick Start CRV model presents a potential conflict of interest:
It appears that CRV could benefit from foot dragging a very good new business idea in order to obtain higher equity stakes at low cost, and promote weak ideas to find a serie A investor who would pay them back their initial investment plus interest plus 25% discount.

We would like your position on this potential conflict of interest as we currently have selected innovative French start-ups that could be very good candidates for this program in order to help them succeed in penetrating the North American market.