| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.07.2017 | How to email a VC |
VCs receive so many emails that it is frustrating to open an email and not see enough information to understand if this merits a phone call or meeting. It is VERY frustrating if the email I receive requires me to reply asking questions to... |
| 15.06.2017 | Free Chapter 1 from my book “Masters of Corporate Venture Capital” | Please download Chapter 1 of my book Masters of Corporate Venture Capital – Chapter 1 – Andrew Romans and feel free to share on Linkedin, FB, Twitter, print, republish or use any way you like.
Please also be invited to our events and works... |
| 14.06.2017 | Rubicon Venture Capital Hosts Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Seminars in London and Paris | Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) has doubled in size since 2012 and now participates in over 20% of all VC financings
London, June 27 – 29, 2017 – Rubicon Venture Capital, a leading venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley and Ne... |
| 12.06.2017 | Événement CVC Bpifrance et Rubicon VC à Paris le 29 juin 2017 | - |
| 17.10.2016 | TechCrunch Interview w/ Andrew Romans re: VC, Brexit & US Election | Check out my interview with TechCrunch at Innovate 2016 in San Jose talking VC, Brexit and the US election.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/16/innovate2016-are-we-on-the-verge-of-brexit-2-0/
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| 08.09.2016 | London Calling! 2 VC panel & networking events: Brexit & CVC | Rubicon Venture Capital together with Baker Botts is organizing two VC events open to the public.
September 27th: http://BrexitVC.eventbrite.com
September 29th: http://CVCLondon.eventbrite.com
Join us for dinner, drinks and networking Se... |
| 18.08.2016 | My new book on Corporate Venture Capital is finished | After nearly two years of research, 100+ interviews and countless hours of work, my new book on Corporate Venture Capital is finished…not to mention my own experience of raising CVC funding when I was an entrepreneur.
You can find it on: A... |
| 13.07.2016 | VCs & Entrepreneurs in China: my experience | Wow! I had an amazing experience in China as an American VC.
I made a photobucket photo file which I understand can be viewed in China. Please check it out and the captions. That’s my blog post this time – the comments / captions of the ph... |
| 13.06.2016 | Free M&A chapter from my book “Which Way to the Exit?” | I’ve added this post so I could put a link to this chapter from my last book into my new book: Masters of Corporate Venture Capital, which should be available any day now.
Please download a free copy of chapter 8 “Which Way to the Exit?” f... |
| 20.05.2016 | Understanding the Changing Geography of Silicon Valley and San Francisco | - |
| 10.05.2016 | The Best Way to Email a VC or CVC When Seeking Funding | I am editing the final version of my book on CVC and thought this worth sharing with anyone raising capital from VCs or CVCs…
Everyone will tell you the best way to approach a VC or angel is through a warm intro. Beyond the obvious, contac... |
| 08.05.2016 | Secondaries: how founders and early investors can sell shares before the liquidity event of the startup | VCs and angels invest in companies early stage with the plan of getting to an IPO or M&A event exiting their investment at a much higher valuation than the one they invested at. You win some and lose some, but net net you make money. At... |
| 06.04.2016 | Creating A Win-Win-Win Among Corporates, Startups & VCs | I gave a keynote address on corporate venture capital interviewed by Duncan Logan at Rocketspace’s Innovation Collective Summit today and thought it appropriate to share this article I wrote for the NVCA CVC magazine a few weeks ago.
I am ... |
| 31.03.2016 | Understanding VC Target Ownership Percentages | VCs often have target ownership percentages that are driven by two things: 1) ability for each investment to return 100%, 50% or 25% of their entire VC fund and 2) a VC can only be effective on so many boards; so may as well join the board ... |
| 28.03.2016 | Not Getting Pushed Around by a New VC & the Playbook for Treating Existing Investors with Allocations for Future Financings | Almost all good companies go through many rounds of funding to pursue innovation and growth as well as accommodate demand from investors that want in on a great deal. I recently spoke on a panel where the topic came up about getting “thrown... |
| 23.02.2016 | Irony of What’s Suitable for an Angel: Early vs Late Stage Investing | It’s been over 20 years that I have been talking to angel investors in the Valley and around the world about their individual investment preferences when it comes to direct individual investments and wanted to share some of the results of t... |
| 05.02.2016 | We are in a new venture economic cycle in 2016 | At Rubicon Venture Capital we believe 2016 is already a new and different economic cycle from 2015 and 2014 for startups and VCs trying to agree on appropriate valuations and size of financings. The venture economy ebbs and flows much like ... |
| 27.10.2015 | Videos from VC / Angel Investor Workshop @ Silicon Valley Innovation Center | Videos from VC / Angel Investor Workshop @ Silicon Valley Innovation Center
Click here to go to Andrew Romans’ YouTube Channel and view the videos. (Read the notes of each video to fast forward through the first 10.5 minutes of Part I. I n... |
| 22.10.2015 | 3-minute video of Andrew Romans: The Private IPO Phenomenon | 3-minute video of Andrew Romans: The Private IPO Phenomenon from my “VC / Angel Investing Workshop” talk at the Silicon Valley Innovation Center |
| 22.10.2015 | 4- minute video of Andrew Romans: Pre-Seed vs Later Stage Investing | 4-minute video of Andrew Romans: Pre-Seed vs Later Stage Investing from my “VC / Angel Investing Workshop” talk at the Silicon Valley Innovation Center
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| 26.09.2015 | The “carve out” is another tool in the toolbox of both the founder / hired CEO and VC | I had a meeting last night with an entrepreneur and old friend of mine visiting Silicon Valley from Tel Aviv in my San Francisco office and then we went 1:1 afterwards (without my Rubicon team) for a drink. I was keen to learn about the opp... |
| 12.09.2015 | The pre-IPO phenomenon (large private financings) is good for founders, employees & VCs | I thought to share this email response I sent to a journalist asking me if I am worried as a VC about the current private IPO phenomenon. I am not.
Her email to me is included in bold and my response is in normal font.
OK, Victoria, here ... |
| 20.08.2015 | Join us in London for Blurred Lines in VC Sept 1, 2015 | Join us for “Blurred Lines in VC – London”
Hosted by Rubicon Venture Capital
Register here: http://BlurredVC.eventbrite.com
Featuring a panel of London VCs moderated by Andrew Romans, General Partner of Rubicon based in San Francisco, di... |
| 30.07.2015 | The VC Giraffe Killer – No Asshole Policy and the Importance of Getting a Good Fit with Your VC Partner | Reading the news of US dentist Walter Palmer killing Cecil the lion for sport and social media descending on him forcing the closure of his dental business made me think of this contribution to my last book about a VC who paid €200k to kill... |
| 23.05.2015 | Where are the Best Risk / Reward Valuations in Venture Capital Today? | The venture capital market is constantly changing with supply / demand dynamics fluctuating from one geography to another, sector-to-sector and weekly shifts in micro and macro economic confidence. Here’s my current perspective on the diffe... |
| 24.04.2015 | Culture Radio: Podcast Discussing Culture & Venture Captial | Check out this podcast interview on Culture Radio. Download it to your phone and listen on your commute or your next airplane ride.
Click here to PLAY OR DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE HERE.
EPISODE 21: A CLOSE LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF VENTURE CAPIT... |
| 31.03.2015 | When to Quit Your Startup vs Never Give Up! | About 13 years ago I attended a party in London with the theme “Never Give Up!” It was organized by an angel investor buddy of mine from the Silicon Valley who is a true round-the-world ticket traveler with entrepreneur networks everywhere.... |
| 19.01.2015 | Amsterdam Feb 5th VC – Entrepreneur Event | Join me in Amsterdam Feb 5th 18h30 at www.B-Amsterdam.nl for…http://vc-nl.eventbrite.com
The Future of Venture Capital
A Workshop for Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists, Family Offices & Entrepreneurs
REGISTER HERE FOR FREE USING P... |
| 09.11.2014 | Romans’ Five Forces Venture Model: Mapping Differing Incentives in Complex VC Financings | This blog post is taken from my book.
Most successful VC-backed companies raise an average of three to seven VC funding rounds. When a company is raising its second or third VC funding round, the CEO, founders, board, and all parties shoul... |
| 30.10.2014 | The Future of Venture Capital – A White Paper | I have observed the venture capital industry with scores of companies over numerous decades from many sides of the table: as an entrepreneur raising VC funding, as an advisor to VCs on which companies they should invest in, an advisor / inv... |
| 09.10.2014 | Speaking about VC in Moscow Oct 13 – 16, 2014 | I am heading to Moscow Oct 13 – 16, 2014 where I will be speaking about venture capital at the biggest VC event of the year in Russia (http://forinnovations.org/) and running a workshop to teach angels and VCs how to make angel and VC inves... |
| 29.09.2014 | Andrew Romans defends Alibaba against Wall Street skeptics on CNBC | Video of Andrew Romans, General Partner of Rubicon Venture Capital, defending Alibaba against skeptics from Wall Street on CNBC’s The Closing Bell on live television.
Watch video on CNBC here: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=300031453... |
| 24.06.2014 | Legal Fees for Startups: Fixed Pricing | Here is some good straight legal talk from one of Silicon Valley’s top corporate securities lawyers. This is taken directly from my book….and no that’s not John’s photo above…that’s below. John is a talented guy and was actually the younges... |
| 24.06.2014 | Pitch Lawyers before Pitching Angels | If you are on your first deal, you should consider pitching lawyers first. It is always a good idea for a first-time entrepreneur to try to meet three to five big law firms and try to get them to make time for you to pitch your idea to them... |
| 20.05.2014 | “Venture Fratricide” explained by Howard Hartenbaum, a general partner with August Capital | Wise words from Howard Hartenbaum of August Capital as one of the 40 VCs that contributed to my book. I was translating my book into Russian and wanted to share this little bit. Yesterday, I went through about 50 deals that had come in over... |
| 18.05.2014 | The term carried interest goes back to the medieval merchants in Genoa, Pisa, Florence, and Venice | The term carried interest goes back to the medieval merchants in Genoa, Pisa, Florence, and Venice. These traders carried cargo on their ships belonging to other people and earned 20 percent of the ultimate profits on the “carried” product.... |
| 15.05.2014 | Venture Capital Organizations Outside the United States | I’ve been talking to a lot of friends in London and Scandinavia recently as we prepare and promote our events and meetings coming up in London and Stockholm below.
I wanted to share an international bit that was cut from my book . My publi... |
| 14.05.2014 | The Benelux Scene – league tables of most active Benelux VCs – part of my European VC blog series | Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg (Benelux) have a steady flow of strong entrepreneurs and a few good VCs. Some of the biggest operating in the region includes GIMV, a large fund with Karl Naegler, one of their general partners a former c... |
| 08.05.2014 | About our name – Rubicon – In 49 BC Julius Caesar | In 49 BC Julius Caesar took a risk and crossed the Rubicon River with his army violating Roman law, which stated that no head of troops could command an army inside of Italy. The Rubicon was the border between Gaul and Italy.
Caesar at the... |
| 04.05.2014 | Mastering key legal terms in a VC term sheet | This is taken directly from my book The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital, which brings together advice and stories from over 40 VCs. This blog post should help entrepreneurs, VCs and angels understand the key issues worth fighting f... |
| 03.05.2014 | The Future of Venture Capital – London | As part of the book tour for The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital and meetings with investors and top entrepreneurs we are heading to Stockholm and London. Meet Joshua Siegel and Andrew Romans, General Partners at Rubicon Venture Ca... |
| 25.04.2014 | The Future of Venture Capital – Stockholm | As part of the book tour for The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital we are heading to Stockholm and London. Meet Joshua Siegel and Andrew Romans, General Partners at Rubicon Venture Capital, in Stockholm Sweden June 3 – 6, 2014. We ar... |
| 28.03.2014 | San Francisco W Hotel VC book tour & bitcoin event | What: W Hotel San Francisco VC Book Tour & Bitcoin Panel
When: April 16, 2014, 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Where: W Hotel, 181 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
REGISTER HERE
Taxes are over! Enjoy the sponsored fully stocked open bar and come ... |
| 25.03.2014 | Reporting: The Art of Communicating with Your Investors | A key skill among good CEOs is communicating well with their investors. Just like a marriage or any relationship, bad communications breeds bad results and good communication can enable a relationship to survive almost anything. Regardless ... |
| 05.03.2014 | Meet Dave McClure of 500Startups @Georgetown Angels during SxSW March 10 | What: Meet Dave McClure and 3 winning startups in an intimate setting during SxSW at Georgetown Angels’ Investor Event
When: Monday, March 10, 2014 from 6 – 9 pm during SxSW
Where: DLA PIPER, 401 Congress Ave , 25th Floor, Austin, TX 7870... |
| 05.03.2014 | All-star VC panel & 9 startup pitches @ Capital Factory during SxSW March 8th | What: VC Panel moderated by Andrew Romans & 9 highly vetted bullet startup pitches judged by Georgetown Angels and 30 VCs
When: Saturday, March 8, 2014 from noon – 3 pm during SxSW
Where: Capital Factory, 701 Brazos Street, Suite 1601... |
| 26.02.2014 | Considerations on valuations for angel and VC financings – how to price for success | If you want to raise capital for your business, part of getting it right is structuring your deal and getting the valuation in the right place.
I have recently seen a number of deals where the valuation was just too high and I thought to s... |
| 13.02.2014 | League Table of Most Active VCs in Norway, Denmark and Finland | I forgot to add the league tables for Norway, Denmark and Finland when I posted about Scandinavia a few weeks ago.
You will find below the League Table for Most Active VCs in these countries.
Again $3m minimum raised in 2010 and 2011 in e... |
| 04.02.2014 | How many years after a financing year does total return = ultimate realized return? | Trevor Kienzle of Correlation Ventures emailed me this data, which I find very interesting. They apply “money ball” principles to venture investing and make for a great co-investor.
Key conclusions we draw from this analysis are:
1. Total... |
| 15.01.2014 | The Scandinavian Venture Capital Scene – league tables of most active Scandinavian VCs – part of my European VC blog series | Taken as one region, the four Nordic countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, Scandinavia form the second largest market for venture capital in Europe. These four Nordic countries provide a market of 25m highly educated citizens wh... |
| 12.01.2014 | The Austrian Venture Capital Scene – league tables of most active Austrian VCs – part of my European VC blog series | For the purposes of venture capital and entrepreneurship, Austria should be understood as an offshoot of Bavaria and also a gateway to Central and Eastern Europe. It should additionally be viewed as a gateway to the former states that were ... |
| 31.12.2013 | The Swiss Venture Capital Scene – league tables of most active Swiss VCs – part of my European VC blog series | Switzerland is a small country with a population just under 8m but, punches above its weight. CH has attracted success since ancient times and is now organized with unique investors and strong entrepreneurs. Switzerland is home to Nestlé, R... |
| 24.12.2013 | The German Venture Capital Scene – league tables of most active German VCs – part of my European VC blog series | Germany is the third largest market for venture capital in Europe after the UK and France. If you accept Scandinavia as one unified market then Germany comes in fourth place. Germany is the most populous and richest country in Europe and ha... |
| 20.12.2013 | The French Venture Capital Scene – league tables of most active French VCs – part of my European VC blog series | France is the second largest VC market in Europe after the UK. If you take Scandinavia to be a single market then France comes in third. Germay is challenging this position and may have already become number 2 by deal volume and dollars / e... |
| 18.12.2013 | The Irish Venture Capital Scene – league tables of most active Irish VCs – part of my European VC blog series | For the purposes of venture, Ireland should be considered part of the UK. (I can hear the cries of many thinking this is offensive or ignorant, but it’s what I believe. Time to get modern and move onward and upward.) One challenge facing Ir... |
| 15.12.2013 | European Venture Capital – a series of blog posts | The European venture scene is bigger than many Americans realize. Each year European companies close between 1,000 and 1,700 venture financings, compared to a steady 2,500 venture financings in the U.S. Today it is typical to meet a 29-year... |
| 10.12.2013 | My TV interview on MSNBC “Funding Your Startup” Dec 4, 2013. |
https://www.openforum.com/videos/funding-your-startup/
Venture capitalist Andrew Romans gives us advice on what you should keep in mind when raising money for your startup.
DECEMBER 04, 2013 Money is crucial to getting your new business... |
| 21.07.2013 | Corporate VCs – CVCs | Someone recently asked me what I thought about corporate VCs. In brief, I like corporate VCs (CVCs). No need to be afraid of them. Just take the meeting and see what they can do beyond cash for equity. They may be able to provide vendor fin... |