2007 Early Stage Founder Syndication 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. Co-founder discontent. I don’t. Health destroying stress.
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View from Seed
JANUARY 26, 2016
With that in mind, let’s look at an illustration of these trends below, which demonstrates what’s been happening to early-stage financing rounds over the last 15 years or so. Series A investors invested quite early, often before product/market fit. FWIW, that is not how we operate.).
Feld Thoughts
JULY 30, 2015
In 2007 we raised our first fund – Foundry Venture Capital 2007. We subsequently raised a $225 million fund in 2010 , another one in 2013 , and a late stage fund in 2013. Our investment strategy has been unchanged since we raised our first fund in 2007. We only invest in the US, but will invest anywhere in the US.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2015
*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000.
Professor VC
JANUARY 17, 2008
One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Back to the panel.
David Teten
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
The funds with sophisticated non-venture center outbound origination programs were almost all able to raise funds equal or larger than their preceding fund in the economically challenging period 2007-2010. Some early-stage startups are a luxury good; some investors will pay a premium for perceived exclusivity.
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