Comments on: Soliciting questions for Glasshouse VC panel next week

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By: AlexKelleher

AlexKelleher — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:20:36 +0000

Nic, having just raised some money for Cognitive Match from a great VC (Dawn Capital), it would be interesting to hear experiences of working with a new VC, accessing expertise, contact networks and so on.

We learnt a fair bit in the process of raising investment (most importantly: never give up!), and at one point gathered a group of angel investors as an alternative to VC. That choice (bootstrap with privates, spend lots of time raising institutional) might be interesting to look at.

It would also be great the hear the panel's view about the VC market over the next couple of years, and how it affects valuations, exits, management incentives and so on. The recent TechCrunch article (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/17/uk-entrepr...) is pretty downbeat about the market...

By: brisbourne

brisbourne — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:22:11 +0000

Thanks Andy

By: digitalandy

digitalandy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:12:53 +0000

Hey Nick, A few things on my mind at the moment that you might tackle:
1) Government backed funding (Enterprise Finance Guarantee) – no need for share dilution
2) Appointing Non-Exec Directors who offer value / help in exchange for equity (maybe no money)
3) Poor valuations in the current environment – how long to hold back for
Look forward to seeing you there – good luck with it…
Andy