This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 12, 2016

That was the Datadog pitch in late 2010, my first full year of leading deals, that I got from two software engineers. Market research is probably one of the most overvalued pieces of information for seed stage companies--one that all too easily leads you away from working with great founders. Makes sense, no?

Software Review 60

Software Review Due Diligence Seed Stage Marketing 60

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. A fund size of $100 million – $200 million is likely to either be an A round investor or “stage agnostic&#. A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. On the surface the narratives have been. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like).

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). I certainly bear no ill will to the various firms that ultimately passed on our fundraise… as a seed stage VC myself now I can appreciate how hard it is evaluating companies at the earliest stages of development.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Wholesale silver jewelry. Pingback: My Homepage. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

Community 100

Community Estonia Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. ” but either way, the IPO market will undoubtedly return. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Technical Review 100

Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Much has been written about the fact that traditional seed stage funds have grown in size and dollars under management.

Seed Stage 106

Seed Stage Cram Down Early Stage Cofounder 106

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). 2010 Gross Profit: $280M. Gross Profit Margins: 42% (Q1 2011), 39% (2010), 36% (2009) –> i.e. for every $1 of Groupons sold, the company currently keeps $0.42 in net revenue and passes $0.58

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

View from Seed

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Along those lines, I’m excited to work with the NextView Ventures team over the next and final six months of my time at HBS to examine more of the data and help build institutional seed-stage funding into the fabric of the emerging Harvard tech cluster. Boston’s talent pool is unparalleled.

Boston 328

Boston Seed Stage San Francisco Startup 328

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. The whole category was about $6B in revenue in FY2011 but the vast majority of that was music. 75%+ of all Windows licenses are bought by OEMs to install on new computers, not end consumers. . Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

Java 170

Java Flash Software Azure 170

Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.    He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.  October 2010. September 2010. Starting Startups.

Burn Rate 60

Burn Rate Angel Groups Seed Stage Startup 60

Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

At the start of 2010, there was some unwritten VC industry conventions that have been tested, challenged, and upended in the last decade. I don’t have the data, but I’d bet the “minimum ownership” requirements VC funds started 2010 with have gone down dramatically. What a difference a decade makes!

Seattle 130

Seattle Seed Stage Deal Flow Vertical 130

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: silver philharmonic. Pingback: swtor swtor sith warrior abilities. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). 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. Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 23, 2016

The first thing to happen was that the bar for a Series A went up – unsurprising given that startups could now get much further with pre-Series A amounts of capital (2005-2010). That created a gap in market which sub $100m dedicated seed funds (aka micro-VCs) stepped into – there are now over 300 of them (2005-2016).

Seed Stage 97

Seed Stage PR Portfolio Operations 97

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). 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. Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Meanwhile, the bubble for “seed stage&# startups began when Ron Conway’s Silicon Valley Angels and DST guaranteed every startup out of a YCombinator $150,000. In December 2010, Youku—the YouTube of China —went public, with a valuation of $4.4 million in 2010 sales). million in 2010 sales).

Silicon Valley 327

Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

Mucker Lab

JANUARY 1, 2014

Google finally fixes the problem with mobile (discovery, search, distribution, tracking, monetization, a/b testing) and races ahead while Apple waxes nostalgically for 2010. Huge funding gap appears for seed stage companies as seed stage VC firms look for series A traction and accelerators look for seed stage traction.

Seed Stage 84

Seed Stage Early Stage Distribution Bootstrapping 84

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

It was filed in 2005 and issued in 2010 which means there was a good deal of prior art around SNS before Yahoo filed. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Regarding social networking, Yahoo! Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. « About the Series Seed Documents | Main. Step 2 (as opposed to version 1.1) » 02/25/2010. Series Seed Financing Documents. Please note, these are the latest versions of the Series Seed Documents.    Series Seed COI (v 2.0). Blog Archives.

Finance 40

Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

Austin Startup

MAY 6, 2010

Capital Factory , a seed stage technology accelerator based in Austin, announced five companies that will participate in the 2010 program this summer. About 200 companies applied for the program, which provides cash, mentorship, and services to those who are selected.

Programming 54

Programming Seed Stage Austin Texas 54

Mucker Lab

JANUARY 1, 2014

Google finally fixes the problem with mobile (discovery, search, distribution, tracking, monetization, a/b testing) and races ahead while Apple waxes nostalgically for 2010. Huge funding gap appears for seed stage companies as seed stage VC firms look for series A traction and accelerators look for seed stage traction.

Seed Stage 60

Seed Stage Early Stage Distribution Bootstrapping 60

K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

The party rounds , which were the range in late 2010 and early 2011, became less common and we started to see the smaller funds begin to lead rounds. Instead, it was more of a result of over-funding at the seed stage. The Series A investors could therefore be a lot more picky. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine.

Mezzanine 134

Mezzanine Seed Stage Early Stage IPO 134

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). 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. Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

We’ll look at the model stage-by-stage. Concept and Seed Stage In the Concept and Seed Stage, founders capture their passion and vision for the new company and turn them into a set of key ideas, which quickly becomes a business plan, sometimes on the back of the proverbial napkin.

Silicon Valley 260

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 260

www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. 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.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Founder Cap Table Vesting 40

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

At NextView we’ve intentionally taken an approach which combines both thematic and opportunistic investing for a couple reasons: 1) Our Overall Strategy is Highly Focused - We’re a dedicated seed VC fund, so we invest in startups exclusively at the seed stage. Pingback: watch inception online. Pingback: [link].

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. million) and the 2010 survey (average = $1.7 The Halo Report for the rolling median for the 12 months proceeding June 30, 2012 showed that the median pre-money valuation for Seed Stage deals as $2.7

Angel Groups 169

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 15, 2010

million in seed-stage funding has been raised. Applications for the TechStars Boulder 2010 program are still open until March 22, 2010 at 11:59:59 PM Mountain Time. The data that David published covers a lot of ground, including status by individual company. TechStars companies currently employ 156 people.

Seed Stage 125

Seed Stage Boston Bootstrapping Programming 125

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

But recognizing that the funding landscape has changed - more angels, more Web startups - this year the firm conducted its first Angel/Seed Financing Survey. The survey includes responses from 52 Internet, digital media, and software companies that raised money in the Silicon Valley and Seattle in 2010.

Preferred Stock 115

Preferred Stock Silicon Valley Seed Stage Venture Capital 115

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The potential for outsized investment return only comes with taking significant risk, especially when investing at the seed stage, so many of the companies we invest in will ultimately be unsuccessful. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Filed under Uncategorized.

South Korea 124

South Korea Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 124

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund. We make initial investments of $250-500K in the seed rounds of software and internet startups and reserve capital for follow-on rounds. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Best of luck. PMarchetti.

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

Over the past few years, convertible debt has emerged as a quick and inexpensive method for startup companies to raise money from angel investors and early stage venture funds. Paul Graham sparked some commentary by declaring in a tweet in August 2010 that “Convertible notes have won.

Convertible Security 73

Convertible Security Equity Security Preferred Stock 73

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

Similarly Rob, David, and I try to think with a blank canvas, both in starting NextView in 2010 and on a continuous reevaluation of how we invest and how we might better help entrepreneurs build great companies. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Author howerl. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Agile VC

AUGUST 2, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. It is fight of will and determination and not of appeasing. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 113

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113