Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Seed Stage 185

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 185

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

January 4, 2012. Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

Community 100

Community Estonia Syndicate Syndication 100

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

Boston, USA Oct 1st – 3rd, 2018. Boston, USA. Since debuting in 2012, Hubspot’s Inbound has grown in leaps and bounds to become the world’s premier inbound marketing conference. Boston, USA. Business of Software. Business of Software is smaller than most of the conferences on this list—by design. eTail East.

Las Vegas 124

Las Vegas Software Review Affiliate Cofounder 124

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Two years ago Jeff Bussgang lamented about “Lost Generation” of entrepreneurs which I think is especially acute here in Boston. I was in my early 20’s just barely out of school when four of us (peers) started Sombasa Media (aka BargainDog ) here in Boston beginning in 1998. My own personal story fits in with this narrative.

Boston 206

Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The results of the 2012 survey are shown in the table below, with groups listed by median overall pre-revenue, pre-money valuation from the lowest to the highest. 2012 Valuation Survey. Launchpad Angels (Boston). Hub Angels (Boston). Golden Seeds (NY, Boston, CA). CommonAngels (Boston). Organization.

Angel Groups 169

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

June 5, 2012. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Java 170

Java Flash Software Azure 170

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

The city I call home, Boston, is not known for its social products. Here is some data shared by TJ Parker, CEO of Boston-based Pillpack, as first reported by PitchBook: Bos raised roughly same VC as NY since ’06 & ’10 w/ nearly double the exit value, ranked below in ecosystem. Social Has Been a Tale of One Coast.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? Read More ». And Why 20%?

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Technical Review 100

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

6) Per Market Analysis: We unfortunately only have data on four of the hundreds of different cities in which Groupon operates… two US (Chicago, Boston) and two international (Berlin, London). The folks at Yipit did a detailed analyis of the Boston data and concluded Groupon’s model is deteriorating there. Read More ».

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

“ #8: Digital Ocean (2012). DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider that was funded by the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012, after a referral from IA Ventures. 9: Classpass (2012). Techstars funded ClassPass through our Techstars New York Accelerator in 2012. The company later settled in Boston.

San Antonio 171

San Antonio New York City Seattle Los Angeles 171

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

March 13, 2012. only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. Leader on Mar 5 2012. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Yesterday Yahoo!

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

deal architect

JANUARY 30, 2013

Rob Preston at InformationWeek picks on an annual list of innovative companies from Boston Consulting Group: “Meantime, show us the seminal innovations in 2012 from the likes of No. 17 Coca-Cola (caffeine-free Diet Cherry Coke?), 18 Dell (a nice.

Boston 287

Boston Technology 287

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

But the Startup Ecosystem Report 2012 does a lot more than reiterate the obvious, it brings to light the very real differences between the world’s top spots to start a company. Boston Is Sinking in the East. ” Boston, which ranked Number 6 in the Ecosystem Index, “is declining dramatically,” Hermann notes.

Chile 60

Chile Silicon Valley Los Angeles Video 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

. Aren’t some of the recent successes in Los Angeles just emblematic of the overall long tech boom we’ve seen nationally and has led to growth in funding in NY, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco? Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.

Los Angeles 376

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. He began a venture fund in 2012, VTF Capital , which invests in other businesses interested in joining the Nevada scene.

United States 113

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 113

ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

That seems steep, especially with programs like Codecademy available for free online and other programs like Boston Startup School free for students that are accepted. Source: Dev Bootcamp Spring 2012 Student Exit Survey. To learn Ruby in a relatively short program with no official certification? Teaching People how to be Programmers.

Ruby 137

Ruby Developer San Francisco Silicon Valley 137

www.readwriteweb.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

I signed into Bing using my Facebook account to search for “Boston Marathon training plan,” and I got a fairly standard page of results. Indeed, three of the five people displayed have run the Boston Marathon at least once, and one coaches charity runners. © 2012 SAY Media, Inc. -->. The Method Behind Apples Patent Madness.

Search 60

Search Boston San Francisco Cloud 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Forbes Impact Summit’s Mission and Format Forbes’ Chief Content Officer, Randall Lane, stated that since 2012, the summit has quietly assembled the planet’s most accomplished individuals and exceptional problem-solvers. Tisch Illumination Fund.

Cofounder 133

Cofounder Congo New York City Global 133

VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

The Japanese government has expressed its intention to increase generic penetration to 30% by 2012. AcceloWeb, which builds Internet scale software that improves end-user experiences on the Internet, is headquartered in Israel with US offices in Boston. LIMELIGHT BUYS TEL AVIV STARTUP ACCELOWEB. Limelight Networks Inc.

Switzerland 79

Switzerland Japan Technical Review 79

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 21, 2012

For consumer-oriented startups, 2012 came in like a lion, but left like a whimpering lamb. For perspective on 2012, we talked to Jeff Fagnan, partner at leading venture capital firm Atlas Venture and an investor in early-stage startups since 2000. AngelList transformed the startup landscape in 2012. Blame Facebook.

Louisville 60

Louisville Early Stage Startup Venture Capital 60

YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2012

Some of the best of these include the Boston College Alumni Group and The Penn State Alumni Association. Join and participate in these groups to get connected with relevant new contacts, find resources for new grads, and more. Your alumni network : Take advantage of your college connection and get active in your alumni group on LinkedIn.

Networking 221

Networking Social Network Social Media Portfolio 221

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. He began a venture fund in 2012, VTF Capital , which invests in other businesses interested in joining the Nevada scene.

United States 82

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 82

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. Make no mistake, even with these caveats, 2012 has been a banner year for startup funding, and the cost of entry has never been lower. Top five states for venture capital.

Massachusetts 249

Massachusetts Silicon Valley Venture Capital California 249

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

April 13, 2012. Here in Boston the same dynamic as Silicon Valley has been afoot… at least in the software/internet sphere, the majority of startups have migrated from the suburban loop of Rt 128 back into the urban core of Boston & Cambridge. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

May 10, 2012. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Silicon Valley 223

Silicon Valley Cofounder Seed Stage Syndicate 223

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Laura Weidman Powers: Tristan Walker and I started CODE2040 after working in tech and recognizing 1) how much opportunity there is in this space but 2) how little diversity there is – this was particularly true when we started the organization in early 2012. They just went through Techstars in Boston.

Programming 48

Programming Term Sheet Revenue United States 48

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

As with item 17, Jay Batson , a long-time Techstars Boston mentor, nudged me several times to finish this up and wrote a draft from his perspective. In 2012, Jay invented the “Mentor-in-Residence” role at Techstars. Jay has embraced this responsibility for every Boston cohort since then.

Boston 118

Boston LP Startup Equity 118

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Jay Batson , a long-time Techstars Boston mentor, nudged me several times to finish this up. So, he did it for me, with the added motivation of getting it up prior to the kickoff to this year’s Boston program. In 2012, Jay invented the “Mentor-in-Residence” role at Techstars. I kept saying “I’ll get to it” but never did.

Boston 94

Boston LP Reputation Stock 94

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Our Cities ▾ Boston ›. View More in Boston ›. Our Events ▾ 6/14/12 · Boston. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Boston Events ›. © 2007-2012, Xconomy, Inc. Subscribe for Free. Xconomy San Diego. Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

dallasbass.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

September 26, 2012. From 2010-2012 there was a 69% increase in mobile web traffic in the US and a 162% increase worldwide. Thank you Boston Globe. Dallas Bass. thisisdallas. 5 Reasons Why Responsive Design is Absolutely Worth It. Yesterday, I came across a blog post which caught me off guard. With tools such as picturefill.js

Design 48

Design Bandwidth Mobile Boston 48

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The Boston Globe – [link]. Apple accounts for 20% of all 2012 US consumer technology sales revenue – [link]. A 3-D Printing Pen Wows Kickstarter | MIT Technology Review – [link]. Can’t Focus at Work? Your Diet May Be to Blame – [link]. Do handshakes make you sick? | Stupid, Stupid xBox!!

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business CTO Hire Design 105

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 5, 2012

On that same day the White House announced A New Front Door for Immigrant Entrepreneurs President Obama said that he was not supportive of the STEM Jobs Act of 2012. A mad scramble among some of the Boston startup community leaders, led by Katie Rae at TechStars, resulted in this entrepreneur “only” being jailed for a few days.

Startup 165

Startup Boston Green DC 165

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

These startups include Boston-based InsightSquared (raised $27M to date), San Francisco-based ThredUp ($50M to date), and RentJuice (acquired by Zillow). As for location, most are in North America, and not surprisingly, they are disproportionately located in Boston and New York (39%). All eyes on you, classes of 2012, 2013, 2014!

North America 120

North America Founder Cofounder San Francisco 120

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

April 27, 2012. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124