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Who Should be on Your Startup Board?

Both Sides of the Table

especially at the earliest stages but if you can avoid it I would recommend it. As per the chart above, I highly recommend keeping a founder dominated board at the seed stage. Whether the seed investor gets a permanent seat or a temporary seat will largely depend on: The size check they wrote (If it’s a $1.5m

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The Authoritative Guide to Prorata Rights

Both Sides of the Table

This is important for nearly every institutional investor because once you have 25-50 investments being able to “follow” the investments that are working well is critical to making money. What would you do as an LP fund if you backed a seed-stage GP who had a position in Twitter, Pinterest, etc.

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Final Close: The Story Behind NextView's Own Fundraise ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

We recently completed the final close of NextView Ventures, LP and we’re excited about both our progress to date and our plans for the future. As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund. It’s great to have an innovative and thoughtful group of investors here in Boston. February 21, 2012.

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Some Thoughts on Communicating With Your Investors

Rob Go

The nice thing about small boards is that you can also invite your strategic angel investors to come periodically to contribute as well without things getting too unwieldy. Sometimes, our co-investors have sent 2 partners to these meetings, so it’s nice to know that it’s being taken seriously.

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Sharp Elbows Among Seed VCs

View from Seed

Many of us in the seed stage ecosystem have noticed a shift in the way seed rounds are coming together. Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. They are also increasingly focused on “leading” rounds, because funds that are institutionalizing get LP pressure around whether or not they lead.

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