View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The rest have been companies with some early market validation. In two cases, these businesses were doing significant early revenue ($500K/month+), so could be considered “post-seed”, although both of these companies had not raised significant institutional capital before we led their rounds.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The rest have been companies with some early market validation. In two cases, these businesses were doing significant early revenue ($500K/month+), so could be considered “post-seed”, although both of these companies had not raised significant institutional capital before we led their rounds.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. IPO markets had burned an entire cycle of retail stock investors and many institutional investors to boot.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Austin Startup

JUNE 4, 2017

The vast majority of my investors are people I personally knew before even deciding to start the company. The rest came through introductions. Here is our investor breakdown by region by the number of investors. Startup deal flow is the least important thing in a non-institutional (angel) investor’s life.

Austin 54

Austin Institutional Investors Angel Groups Deal Flow 54