VentureLoop Startup News

April 21, 2010 by shkadmin

For anyone who hasn’t read the Dropbox Blog, I recommend you do so, as long as you’re looking for some pretty great humor as Dropbox is displaying some of the messages sent by users begging for an Android mobile application. While many people have enjoyed using Dropbox on their personal computers, a number of them have also enjoyed the convenience Dropbox offers from the iPhone. Smartphone owners have lobbied for an Android version, with some even offering up their first born child. Well one of them may have gone through with it, as Dropbox is working on bringing an App to the popular new device.

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via ventureloop.com

Great site to keep up to date on the deals and the start-ups that are getting funded!

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Standard angel financing transaction documents (WTN News)

April 20, 2010 by shkadmin

Standard angel financing transaction documents

In the last year or so, there has been considerable effort to create standardized open source angel investor transaction documents. The first of these recent efforts was from Y Combinator. With the assistance of Wilson Sonsini, Y Combinator published the Series AA Equity Financing Documents. TechStars subsequently released the Model Seed Funding Documents, which were prepared by Cooley Godward. And, most recently, Ted Wang from Fenwick & West put together the Series Seed documents. There are others as well, especially form term sheets, such as the one Basil Peters advocates: One Page Term Sheet. In the coming months, a Midwest group plans to publish a set of documents that will add to the mix a Midwest flavor of default terms.

via wistechnology.com

This post has three examples of Angel round term sheets and compares and contrasts them.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: angel investment, startup, techstars, y combinator

Joi Ito to Speak at echelon 2010 » e27 – Discovering Web Innovation in Asia

April 20, 2010 by shkadmin

Joi Ito to Speak at echelon 2010

Joi Ito Joichi Ito, or better known as Joi Ito, is confirmed to speak at echelon 2010. Joi will join the likes of Dave McClure, Chris Evdemon, Saeed Amidi, Jouko Ahvenainen and Tan Yinglan to discuss about mentorship, investment and new funding models for startups.

The Japanese activist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist  is the CEO of Creative Commons, a non-profit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. His prior achievements was heading PSINet Japan, the country’s first commercial ISP which was later sold to Cable and Wireless. Joi also co-founded Digital Garage, one of Japan’s first web companies, which is now a public company trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Joi has worked closely with government, academia and standards organizations to promote the internet and innovation.

via e27.sg

Here is another great speaker that is coming to echelon 2010. Check out their site for more details on the conference.

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