Two great presentations that demystify venture capital jargon…
If you wish to understand the intricacies of the venture capital funding process, here’s something that will come in handy. I read about (or hear) lots of VC jargon all the time (e.g. Series A investments, term sheets, management fees, exit valuations), and while I have a rudimentary idea of what it means, I don’t get many parts of it. Partly, because one needs to experience it firsthand, before you get the complete picture. Still, if somebody could explain all that jargon in simple, uncomplicated English, it’ll help a lot. So I was delighted to stumble across these two presentations, while performing the daily quality drill on SlideShare.
The first presentation is titled – ‘Everything you need to know about Venture Capital‘. It was delivered by Ben Holmes from Index Ventures at the Future of Web Applications (FOWA) summit at London last week. The presentation is stunningly clear and straightforward. It explains the how, why, when, when not, etc of venture funding in all of 22 slides. DON’T MISS THIS.
The second slide deck is titled ‘Sex & the Investor‘. It is from John Wilson of Folio Partners and he delivered it recently at BarcampLondon2. He talks less about the VC jargon and more about the underlying motivations behind getting venture funding. This is great as well.
I recently gave a talk on funding options available to Indian technology startups in front of a gathering, consisting mostly of MBA students and academicians. Of course, my own slides would pale into insignificance compared to these two presentations. Wish I seen these beforehand.
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