Working Capital 101 for Startups
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, presents a 101 guide to everything you need to know about working capital for startup businesses.
Published on Mon, 19 August 2024
What are Your VC’s Return Expectations Depending on the Stage of Investment?
It is incredibly important that startup founders know what their VCs are going for so that they can be aligned and make smart decisions.
Published on Fri, 29 March 2024
How Quickly Should Founders Respond to VCs?
We like to think of the venture capitalist as the most important customer of a startup, certainly in your startup’s early phase.
Published on Sun, 7 May 2023
Structured Term Sheets in Late-Stage Venture Capital
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, present an everything you need to know guide to structured term sheets in late-stage venture capital.
Published on Mon, 15 August 2022
Why do VC General Partners invest in other Venture Capital Funds
Before we jump into why venture capital general partners would invest in other VC funds, let’s break down some basic terminology.
Published on Tue, 7 June 2022
Venture debt: Don’t borrow your own money
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, talks about the risks of Venture Debt and how to make sure you don't end up borrowing your own money!
Published on Sun, 5 June 2022
What is the Right of First Refusal When it Comes to Startup Equity?
Everything you need to know about the Right of First Refusal when it comes to startup equity. Learn about RoFR in stock purchase agreements in VC fundraising.
Published on Thu, 21 April 2022
Where Do VCs Get Their Money?
Where do VCs get their money from? Everyone knows that entrepreneurs who are doing a startup have to go to pitch venture capitalists.
Published on Tue, 16 March 2021
How Do Venture Capitalists Spend Their Time?
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, answers the question 'how do venture capitalists spend their time?' giving an insight into venture capitalist's day-to-day.
Published on Mon, 8 February 2021
What Securities do VCs use to Invest in Startups?
In the United States, there are four types of securities that are typically used by venture capitalists to invest in Silicon Valley-style startups.
Published on Tue, 29 September 2020
Understanding VC’s thought process during the COVID crisis
The COVID crisis has dramatically slowed down early-stage venture activity.
Published on Mon, 29 June 2020
Kruze on CVCs
Scott Orn, Kruze COO, recently co-authored two posts on TechCrunch on how startups should approach and negotiate a venture capital investment with CVCs.
Published on Mon, 25 May 2020
Fintech Equity & Debt Staircase
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, explains the meaning of Fintech Equity & Debt Staircase and why Fintech companies raise capital.
Published on Tue, 28 April 2020
2020 VC Due Diligence Trends
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, shares 2020's Venture Capital due diligence trends that venture capitalists do prior to completing a deal.
Published on Thu, 27 February 2020
Tech CFOs Name the Hottest New Tech Cities In 2020
Read about the top cities that Tech CFOS have named the next top tech hubs in 2020, from a survey conducted by Kruze Consulting involving 30 Bay Area CFOS.
Published on Tue, 18 February 2020
Do Startups Need a DCF for a venture capital round?
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, answers the question 'Do Startups need a Discounted Cash Flow Valuation (DCF) for a venture capital round?'.
Published on Sun, 4 August 2019
What financial information do VCs want after an investment?
If you are a startup CEO who has just raised funding, this post will help you understand the financial information your VC’s will expect to see from you.
Published on Mon, 22 April 2019
Fund Venture Lenders vs. Bank Venture Lenders
Today we're talking about fund venture lenders vs. bank venture lenders. Now, banks, they're always really really cheap. They have low interest rates and low warrant coverage and that's partially because they are lending out other companies’ deposits. They take one company's deposits and lend it out to another. That's how banks work in just about everything. So that way their cost of funding is very very low.
Published on Mon, 30 July 2018
Why Do Startups Take Venture Debt?
At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about venture debt. Should a startup take it? Is it good for the startup?
Published on Thu, 9 November 2017
