K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Almost two years ago, in a private/closed meeting with K9 Ventures’ LPs only, I claimed that: What was being referred to in the press as the “Series A Crunch” was not because fewer Series A deals were being done, but because there were too many Seed deals being done. Seed stage was super tough. Implications for Founders.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 19, 2018

“Historically, the $10 million valuation mark has been somewhat of a ceiling for seed stage startups. By 2002 investments at the seed level had evaporated (there were almost no seed financings happening). Yesterday, in one of the quarterly updates that we get, I saw the following paragraph.

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Early Stage Seed Stage Valuation Finance 105

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. 166M round closed Dec 2007. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Series D Preferred.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ).

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the next post, I’ll talk about how we think about pre-seeds at NextView. It’s become increasingly common for startups to raise several seed rounds, and this has led to a bifurcation in the seed stage between what are known as “pre-seed” (or “genesis”) and institutional seed rounds.

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Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120

SiliconHills

MAY 6, 2014

In 2007, a startup called Click Forensics began operations in San Antonio. Austin Ventures provided its initial $500,000 seed stage funding. The company, founded by Tom Cuthbert and Tom Charvet, tackled the problem of click fraud online. On […] The post Google Buys Austin-based Adometry appeared first on SiliconHills.

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San Antonio Austin Seed Stage Analytics 103

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 6, 2018

That generated a fun email exchange between us and prompted me to do an analysis on the locations of the direct investments that we’ve made since we started Foundry Group in 2007. The geographic breakdown of our 123 direct investments follows: Twelve years later, we were pretty close.

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North Dakota Southern California San Diego Indianapolis 70

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. This is just the next phase of AngelList’s evolution into a one-stop shop for seed-stage companies and their backers. Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch.

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SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

Earlier today, the folks from Afore Capital hosted their inaugural “Pre-Seed Summit” in San Francisco. About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. OK, so microVC funds and smaller pre-seed financings could really be a thing.

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Seed Stage San Francisco Ratchet Silicon Valley 60

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The biggest hardware launch by Apple since the iPhone was introduced in 2007, the Apple Vision Pro is a mixed reality headset and it’s about to send the world into a new era of spatial computing. Take a look at this patent for example that Apple filed back in 2007.

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Audio Technical Review Seed Stage 128

The Equity Kicker

JULY 1, 2015

He used this chart as evidence: Second, I read Josh Kopelman’s/First Round Capital’s Open Letter to Investors from May this year which says that seed valuations are up 3x from 2007-2015 without a corresponding increase in exits. Note that we can see a similar increase in Series A valuations in Fred’s chart above.

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Valuation Seed Stage Partner Marketing 60

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

This is true not just for entirely new product categories like tablets, but even existing ones… smartphones had been around for 5+ years before the first gen iPhone launched in 2007 (remember Palm Treos and the original Blackberry phones?). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable. And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable. Information Arbitrage by Roger Ehrenberg. All Rights Reserved. Website Design: Aquinox StatCounter.

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CTO Hire Founder Cap Table Vesting 40

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

This is what has led to the current frothiness at the seed stage, because these angels pay up for access to deals. The institutional VCs playing the in the seed stage is also unsustainable since the economics of doing so simply don’t work for them. Preferred Stock. Preferred Stock / Warrants. Board Seats.

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Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

More than 1,600 VC investments in TMT have been made since 2007, with a record high of 436 in 2011. Several VC’s mentioned that there’s a funding gap for seed stage investments. The Angel/Seed network in Beijing feels fragmented and mostly inexperienced (as are a good number of the China VC’s).

Silicon Valley 269

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 269

Feld Thoughts

JULY 26, 2010

As a VC who has been a very active angel investor (I’ve made over 75 angel investments), an active seed investor as a VC (I just counted and 7 of the 25 investments we’ve made out of Foundry Group since we started our fund in Q4 2007 are seed investments), a co-founder of a “mentorship-driven seed stage investment program&# ( TechStars (..)

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Angel Investor Early Stage Seed Stage Cofounder 122

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 23, 2015

We had a blast together and as we went out to raise our Foundry 2007 fund, Scott made several introductions which resulted in two wonderful, long term LP relationships. We deeply believe that the way companies are created and funded, especially at the seed stage, is radically changing on a permanent basis. They ignored us.

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Advisory Board Venture Capital LP Seed Stage 70

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Now we can call you a seed-stage VC or a micro VC. This is evidenced by the current price creep that we’re experiencing for early-stage deals. At GRP we sat out 2007 and much of 2008 for that reason and we’re now looking pretty smart for doing so. But you’re not an angel.

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Liquidity Event Silicon Valley Seed Stage Finance 308

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

More than 1,600 VC investments in TMT have been made since 2007, with a record high of 436 in 2011. Several VC’s mentioned that there’s a funding gap for seed stage investments. The Angel/Seed network in Beijing feels fragmented and mostly inexperienced (as are a good number of the China VC’s).

Silicon Valley 161

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 161

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? Entrepreneurs face some pretty tough questions at a very early stage. Read More] Tracked on August 11, 2007 at 05:49 PM » How much equity for investors and employees? Should I take Angel or VC money?

Equity 40

Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

aweissman.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Sep 20, 2007. As I look at seed stage start ups, the international environment is much more relevant now compared to 10 years ago, at least in terms of competitive standing, markets to go after, and centers or pockets of innovation. September 20, 2007 10:53 PM. skip to main | skip to sidebar. aweissman.com. Thelma King.

France 20

France Seed Stage Iraq America 20

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Later-stage capital of course ultimately matters, but that capital can be “borrowed” from players in other states at the right time (and even countries; capital is global after all). Simply put, later-stage capital travels easier; seed-stage capital providers are homebodies. Federal government The U.S.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

These anticipated outcomes were validated by “ Returns to Angels in Groups ” by Professor Rob Wiltbank in November 2007. We also have data points for VC investments in seed/startup companies (but not necessarily pre-revenue companies). Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ]. Old but good) Paul Graham’s Hackers guide to investors (2007) – The world of investors is a foreign one to most hackers—partly because investors are so unlike hackers, and partly because they tend to operate in secret. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ]. Old but good) Paul Graham’s Hackers guide to investors (2007) – The world of investors is a foreign one to most hackers—partly because investors are so unlike hackers, and partly because they tend to operate in secret. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ]. Old but good) Paul Graham’s Hackers guide to investors (2007) – The world of investors is a foreign one to most hackers—partly because investors are so unlike hackers, and partly because they tend to operate in secret. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ]. Old but good) Paul Graham’s Hackers guide to investors (2007) – The world of investors is a foreign one to most hackers—partly because investors are so unlike hackers, and partly because they tend to operate in secret. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

www.paulgraham.com

AUGUST 1, 2008

October 2007 (This essay is derived from a keynote at FOWA in October 2007.) The mobility of seed-stage startups means that seed funding is a national business. Theres something interesting happening right now. Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper.

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Web Startup Silicon Valley Technical Review 54

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Google started and is still headquartered in Mountain View, but they opened an office in SF at the end of 2007. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Technion Seed CEO Moshe Katznelson said, “Incubators are the leaders in seed-stage investment in Israel.&# (via Globes ). That’s according to a survey conducted by the Incubators Technology Forum. In 2009 incubators invested in 81 new ventures. Will the Kindle and the iPad feel a dent?

South Africa 89

South Africa Product Incubator 89

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Today, AngelList is debuting Docs, which lets seed-stage startups close their round online. Leena Rao currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. → Learn More.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. → Learn More.

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Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87