keithrabois

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by keithrabois 13y ago
I have witnessed a sufficient number of pitches in the last six months to opine from my own vantage point. KV invests in many companies that no other VC in the US will invest in. We also support companies that raised money earlier under
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by keithrabois 13y ago
Completely inaccurate. Many of the companies literally cannot be financed by anyone, with the possible exception of Founders Fund. Moreover, it would be an extraordinary case where we would even ask for Board seats like that. In fact, we
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by keithrabois 13y ago
These "experiments" are normally companies that no other fund on the planet would finance, as they are extraordinarily risky. In those cases, KV does expect greater equity (due to risk and the fact that nobody else will support
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by keithrabois 13y ago
KV asks for less control provisions than other comparable funds. Indeed, we rarely even require a Board seat. Most often, the founder persuades us to accept one.
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by keithrabois 13y ago
KV recently led the Series A in Quartzy and a Series A in another deeply technical YC company (soon to be announced), which had offers from other highly prestigious firms. Most YC companies are addressing markets and challenges that are ide
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by keithrabois 13y ago
KV offered substantially less of a valuation than other firms to lead the Series A.
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by keithrabois 13y ago
Square will be a $10 B+ outcome. Juniper already is. Lookout, Jawbone and ZocDoc (all Series A leads) are $1 Billion companies. Ring Central is on the precipice of its IPO, etc.
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by keithrabois 13y ago
Feel free to email Jack at Square (Series A), or John Herring at Lookout (Series A), or Hosain at Jawbone (Series A, B) for references on KV. You might also be familiar with Juniper, for example.
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by keithrabois 13y ago
False. KV led Square's Series A and is the largest institutional share holder in the company (by a large margin).