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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

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January 4, 2012. Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

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Making Good Decisions Still Means You're Sometimes Wrong.

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I’ve always respected Bessemer for publishing their “ Anti-Portfolio ” on their website. 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.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

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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. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? And Why 20%?

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Do Less. More.

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.” So I had a great apprenticeship period between 2007-2009 followed by a set of concentrated investments in 2009-2012 of which some already didn’t succeed and others have really blossomed into market leaders now reaping the benefits of product-market fit. These days I find myself doing less. Not less work but fewer “things.”

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

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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. 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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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

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We meet to discuss trends in the industry and to find ways to work together to help with SoCal deal syndication – somethings that happens automatically on Sand Hill Road in NorCal due to proximity. More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

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I enjoyed giving a short interview on BBC radio the following morning, after which a dozen Halo members participated in a workshop I led on portfolio strategy and post-investment relationships. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts).

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