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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. In case you didn’t know, many VCs target a 3-year investment horizon for a fund and after that the fund mostly does only follow-on investments in companies in that portfolio. Wait, didn’t you just raise a fund? It’s exciting.

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

January 4, 2012. Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. 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. Read More ».

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Making Good Decisions Still Means You're Sometimes Wrong.

Agile VC

I’ve always respected Bessemer for publishing their “ Anti-Portfolio ” on their website. 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? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Also portfolio management strategy has shifted a bit in recent years, and many large investors now evaluate at all risky assets together (US tech IPOs, Brazilian bonds, Chinese private equity, etc) rather than making discrete allocations to each bucket. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

Twilio became a popular perk for Techstars companies globally over the years and many other Techstars portfolio companies use the product extensively. “ #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.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

I hate indulging in wanton portfolio self-promotion, but my partners & I are incredibly excited about these companies and will undoubtedly continue to make more investments in this vein. 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?

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Mr. Kalghatgi was Founder and Fund-Manager of Partner 6 Investment Group, a micro hedge fund in Boston, and then joined the founding team of Localytics, a mobile application analytics provider. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Yavonditte joined Juno Online Services, Inc.

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