Agile VC

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is NextView’s first investment of 2014, and we’ve got two more lined up that will be closing soon. We’ve got a lot of things cooking for 2014 and glad we can start it off with Change Collective.'

Term Sheet 173

Term Sheet Cofounder Mobile Cloud 173

Agile VC

MAY 15, 2014

We’re launching a series of platform initiatives here at NextView in 2014. Today we’re pleased to announce the first in a series of Growth Guides. What’s a Growth Guide? Well our focus here at NextView is helping exceptional seed stage companies get things off to the best possible start.

Seed Stage 193

Seed Stage Engineer Community Sales 193

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

I don’t follow the Chinese startup market as closely as I follow the US, but Alibaba’s 2014 IPO was a similar watershed moment. Google was a one such company when they went public in 2004 and Facebook was too at their 2012 IPO. Fairly frequently public market investors believe that a new consumer company is “the next X”.

IPO 100

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In it’s most recently announced quarterly results (for Q4 2014), Facebook generated approximately $5B in annualized revenue (1) from mobile ads across 945 million MAUs (monthly active users) on mobile. With that said, Facebook’s acquisition price is <10x the conceivable revenue for WhatsApp. This works out to $5.25

Valuation 159

Valuation Acquisition Mobile Revenue 159

Agile VC

JUNE 24, 2014

Enjoy the drama, splendor, and excitement of World Cup 2014!' The Microsoft’s, Google’s, Facebook’s, and other startup champions have earned their success just as Brazil, Italy, Germany, and other World Cup Champions have.

South Korea 124

South Korea San Jose Argentina Brazil 124

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In it’s most recently announced quarterly results (for Q4 2014), Facebook generated approximately $5B in annualized revenue (1) from mobile ads across 945 million MAUs (monthly active users) on mobile. With that said, Facebook’s acquisition price is <10x the conceivable revenue for WhatsApp. This works out to $5.25

Valuation 127

Valuation Acquisition Mobile Revenue 127

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

A few months back I saw a founder/CEO with nearly all of his ~100 person SaaS company hard at work, closing their final deal of 2014 at 11:00pm New Years Eve. Last fall I saw a startup with it’s back against the wall, days from shutting down, pull off a new financing round and what looks to be a promising pivot.

Startup 188

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 188