Emergence Capital Partners
Jason Green is a Founding General Partner of Emergence Capital Partners, a leading investor in technology-enabled services. Prior to founding Emergence, Mr. Green was a General Partner with U.S. Venture Partners which he joined in 1997. Prior to USVP, he was a Charter member of the Kauffman Fellowship with Venrock Associates, the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family. He also worked with the investment firm of Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe. Mr. Green has led investments in such companies as Salesforce.com (CRM), Visual Networks (VNWK), DoubleClick (DCLK), aQuantive (AQNT ) and Ask Jeeves (IAC) . Earlier in his career, he served as VP of Muzertechnika, the largest computer and telecommunications Company in Eastern Europe and as a consultant with Bain & Company. Mr. Green graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard where he graduated with Distinction and was awarded the Charles Williams Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Finance. He is Founding Chairman of the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program, an educational fellowship in venture capital and is a Founding Board member of Endeavor.
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Last Updated: Sun, Oct 21, 2007
| Category | Title | Author/Speaker | Organization | Length | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Option Pools and Sharing Wealth with the Team | Jason Green | Venture Panel | 01:52 | 05/2007 |
| Video | Raising Money outside Silicon Valley | Jason Green | Venture Panel | 02:04 | 05/2007 |
| Video | Setting Valuation | Jason Green | Venture Panel | 02:30 | 05/2007 |
| Video | Using Agents to Help Raise Money | Jason Green · Tom Friel | Venture Panel | 02:40 | 05/2007 |
| Video | How to Pick a Venture Partner | Jason Green | Venture Panel | 04:13 | 05/2007 |
Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, shares insights into how entrepreneurs should think about establishing an option pool. Green suggests reserving 20% to 30% of the ownership as an option pool and to think about sharing wealth in order to create a bigger pie rather than holding to tight to a smaller pie.
Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, suggests that outside Silicon Valley entrepreneurs may need to approach the fundraising process differently simply because there are fewer VCs and less capital available sometimes. Green argues that outside Silicon Valley and perhaps even in the Valley, the best course of action is to have to option to say no?that is to not raise money because the business is self sustaining.
Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, describes the common situation of an entrepreneur raising money and receiving questions about the expected valuation for the startup. Green argues that one of the biggest mistakes made by entrepreneurs is responding to this loaded question and suggests that instead entrepreneurs should just let the market decide the valuation.
Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, suggests that agents are generally not used to help raise funds in an early stage company although they may be helpful in a late-stage private equity deal. Instead, as Tom Friel, Chairman of Heidrick and Struggles, emphasizes early stage entrepreneurs are connected to VCs through informal networks of advisors who make an introduction for the entrepreneur.
Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, speaks on how to select a venture partner. Green emphasizes that selecting a VC is a long-term partnership commitment and encourages entrepreneurs to pay attention to four things when selecting a venture partner: 1) Negotiate from a position of strength, 2) Find shared belief, 3) Listen to your instincts and 4) Pay more attention to the partnership than the terms.