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To add to the point of the good ol’ unicorn days being over, I think that the good ol’ PE roll up days are over. To achieve something at scale, we will need to also be Profitable exits simply from having a large combined enterprise value and access to a new buyer pool who are interested in the combined scale are over. Like this thesis, roll ups will need to go beyond surface level economies of scale and drive true innovation in their sector. This is going to be very interesting to follow.

Loft CEO Lukas Gentele in conversation with Gyan Kapur, co-managing partner Surface Ventures and an early investor in Loft. In this interview Gyan talks about his thesis on investing in open source companies, how founders should think about overcoming challenges while building, how personally he takes interest and gets involved in helping his portfolio companies, and his investment in Loft. His take on how #kubernetes has passed the early adopter stage and in the next phase how companies should think about cost optimization as well as achieving operational simplicity is very interesting. Full video in the comment below👇 #SeriesA #Funding #Growth #vCluster #platformengineering #developers

Thinking about how to manage your relationship with your co-Founders? Keep reading... A Founder asked me recently whether she and her co-Founders should have a shareholders' agreement (amongst themselves/the Founders) prior to raising external capital. The Founders all get along and had a good working relationship. But as the largest shareholder amongst the three Founders she was worried about co-Founders leaving the start-up. For a decision like this, Founders need to balance the time and (precious) start-up money required to put such an agreement in place versus the actual (real world) benefits from such an agreement. My view is there is really only one main benefit of having such an agreement. If properly advised, it should include an ability to "take-back" shares from a departing co-Founder. As you all know, it can really mess with your cap table if there is a significant amount of equity on issue to an ex-Founder. This can avoid that from happening. (It could include other provisions too of course, such as a non-compete/restraint of trade). So, is it worth spending the precious time and money for Founders to get such an agreement in place early on in their start-up journey? I don't think so. Focus on the idea/product/business, you need all the time and money you have just to prove that idea/develop that product/start the business. Don't spend time and money on lawyers (and other advisers) early on for marginal benefit! The time will come when this changes and you'll need to put these things in place, but not too early. #founders #startup #venturecapital

Another VC backed “tech roll up” attacking traditionally targeted ETA style service businesses. (See my post on PipeDreams, a roll up in HVAC) This time it’s Splash Ventures, looking to acquire pool cleaning services companies across the US. Splash “aims to acquire hundreds of small pool cleaning companies and establish the first national brand in pool service.” According to the press release their three-step playbook involves 1. acquiring pool cleaning companies, 2. integrating vertical software to optimize operations and customer experience, and 3. reinvesting cash flows to accelerate further acquisitions and growth. How does this differ from a traditional PE roll up strategy? Not so sure but if it gets $20M in venture capital then it’s worth it to pitch it this way right?

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I was preparing to do a post about some of the startups that let you invest in a property or project for as little as $100 and are supposed to pay interest/dividends as you go after having tried a couple like Here and Climatize, but before I even could summarize my results, Here shutdown. For context, they were letting you invest in individual vacation rental properties and you were supposed to receive your portion of profit and then get your money back plus appreciation when they later sold the property. Never saw a single dividend payment over a year. Curious what experiences others have had with similar things (Roofstock, etc).

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