Business Plan Blog

JULY 31, 2013

Seed funding to both San Francisco and Silicon Valley reached over $192M across 242 deals in the first half of 2013 alone. The Bay Area seed investment portfolio has seen a steady increase in internet seed deals since 2010. Funding By Sector. Most Active Seed Investors in the Bay Area.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. As the Internet became mainstream, this was largely replaced (at least in the universe we live in) by email marketing campaigns, so the key information was the email address of a lead. Social Contacts.

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Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This supplement to our BVP VII fund will ensure that we can take advantage of future investment opportunities and that the companies within the Bessemer portfolio have continued access to capital." internet. (6).

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Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

February 21, 2012. We make initial investments of $250-500K in the seed rounds of software and internet startups and reserve capital for follow-on rounds. The first of these to exit was recently announced, with Groupon’s acquisition of Hyperpublic , though most of the portfolio will continue to build for a long time.

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LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. For me Silicon Beach doesn’t quite encapsulate the wonderful, dynamic, creative, large, thriving community that is the 13 million proud Angelinos any more than Silicon Alley captures the bustling 2012 community of New York City.

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Community Los Angeles Startup Silicon Valley 304

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

May 16, 2012. We also invest only in software & internet enabled businesses. And we invest in US-based startups, primarily on the US east coast though we’ll consider other parts of country on a selective basis (roughly 15-20% of our portfolio is in the SF Bay area). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. Read More ».

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world. internet. (6). Portfolio. (3).

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Software Review Technical Review Technology San Francisco 48

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

At NextView, we spend a substantial portion of our time trying to help our portfolio companies prepare for growth as “venture scale” businesses. But these five tenets can help internet / software entrepreneurs increase their prospects. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. And Why 20%?

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. internet. (6). Portfolio. (3). ► 2012. (1). How the use of internet is transform.

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Software Review Silicon Valley Technical Review Software 48

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

How did you end up heading to Silicon Valley from France to join a startup? In Silicon Valley, the ambition is always global. The first generation of internet entrepreneurs did well, but they were “single country winners” – they were always “the French or German e-commerce company”, for example.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Startup accelerators were a big story in 2012. It took a few years – and a few thousand failed consumer internet startups – but investors have gone back to the basics and now demand that companies they fund have income, not just a lot of Web users or app downloads. Big data startups were a big deal in 2012.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 1, 2013

I invested in Silicon Valley from 1999-2003 and in NYC pre and post 2008 financial crisis. Given the growth of the Internet, fueled by smartphones and high speed broadband, it’s no surprise that the tech world has been awash in capital in the past few years. Two significant boom and bust cycles of the modern era.

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Silicon Valley United States Portfolio Internet 84

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. Innovate Israel 2012. Internet trends.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. So it would seem like they are an antidote to, or at least less offensive than, social/consumer Internet companies are to the public markets.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. The burn rates of my portfolio companies is certainly top of mind right now, but thats not what this post is about. Ross is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, battered but still standing after the Internet collapse. ► 2012. (1). ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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