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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage. Because of this, we are a multi-geography firm, and will invest in all the core innovation centers in North America. This is not what Nextview is about.

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Three New Types of AngelList Syndicates I Hope to See

Hunter Walker

So far most of the top funded AngelList Syndicates look, well, not surprising. Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates.

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Our Investing Manifesto at NextView

Rob Go

We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage. Because of this, we are a multi-geography firm, and will invest in all the core innovation centers in North America. This is not what Nextview is about.

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

But it turns out the majority of the company’s revenue comes from outside the US & Canada … about 54% of revenue in Q1 2011 came from the International segment (non North America). What’s Your Favorite Future?

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

If Reid were to start a company today he’d probably have every VC in America offering to back him, but this wasn’t necessarily the case when we started LinkedIn out of his apartment in Mountain View at the end of 2002. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Million Dollar PR On A Dime

YoungUpstarts

A feature in the Wall Street Journal or on Good Morning America is fantastic, but not likely right out of the gate if you’re doing things on your own. The inventors of a reusable grocery bag were featured in their local Denver newspaper, which then was syndicated and ended up running in newspapers around the country.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

This trend is particularly applicable to angel groups who syndicate seed/startup stage deals with a large number of angel groups and seed VCs in their region. Syndication among angel groups is a real advantage when larger round size is required (at any stage) but can increase the valuation in early rounds.