Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18 Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem. Several VC’s mentioned that there’s a funding gap for seed stage investments.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ► July. (1). Where did Summer Go?

Technical Review 31

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Below is a short description of their philosophy: "The part of our philosophy that makes us most different from other startup investors is that we dont believe gut feel is a reliable indicator of potential at the seed stage. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ► July. (1). Where did Summer Go?

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

BlogTalkRadio Buddy Media Clickable Cloverhill Enterprises Covestor Domdex Global Bay Mobile Tech Zoo Games Invite Media Kinetic Trading Strategies Mashery Mimeo oneforty OrcaOne OrganizedWisdom Recognia Selerity Business Insider Standout Jobs StockTwits TheLadders Ticketfly TLists TubeMogul TweetDeck Zoomino ?

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Founder Cap Table Vesting 40

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Russian angel investors also invest, on average, $50,000 to $200,000. Much of the slack at seed stage funding is taken up by the Russian state. In sharp contrast to the US and UK governments, in 2013, the Russian Government provided around 38 percent of seed deals and 24 percent of startup stage funding.

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Russia Europe Government Vertical 140

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund. We make initial investments of $250-500K in the seed rounds of software and internet startups and reserve capital for follow-on rounds. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18 Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem. Several VC’s mentioned that there’s a funding gap for seed stage investments.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. We received data from thirty groups of the fifty angel groups from whom we requested data. Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

seed round from NextView, Atlas Venture, and Google Ventures, and angel investors. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Objective Logistics just closed a $1.5M Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

And in the immortal words of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and now for something completely different … For those that know me, you know I’ve long been enamored with mobile technology and apps, particularly as they relate to consumers. A cluster of media and marketing companies, including Turner Broadcasting System Inc.

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Atlanta B2C Georgia Los Angeles 77

Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The first Angel Bootcamp happened several years ago. The goal was to mobilize and educate the angel community in Boston to become more comfortable and more active investing in early stage internet, mobile, and software companies.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Boston Cofounder 48

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Many VCs who do lots of seed stage deals are very supportive and active. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund. They do many early-stage deals. What exactly is seed funding anymore? One of the hotter companies lately in the mobile social networking is FourSquare, which raised $1.35

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Seed stage investing is all about the team, so there may be something to this idea. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. ► July. (1).

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San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. First you’ll want to find a lead investor — someone many other investors will recognize and respect. This list of top angel investors is a good start.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

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. The challenge is that most seed funds still make 5+ new investments per year per partner, which seems like too many to fully support founders.

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival. Certainly.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. Have an account? Getting funded is hardly the end-all. Publisher Platform (P3). startupcto

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. What follows is the best advice and tips from these interviews.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

Here’s a snapshot of some of the investment companies highlighted on the MBA@UNC map: Silicon Valley Bank: Silicon Valley Bank provides targeted financial services and expertise to companies of all sizes, to help innovative companies and their investors succeed in business.

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Southern California Silicon Valley Venture Capital Early Stage 60

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Let’s face it, the rules for getting a startup funded at the seed stage aren’t very clear. Note: When I say “seed stage startup,” I’m specifically referring to software/app startups that are eitherpre-product or early product. TVR: The traditional way of raising seed funding. The New Way , called Traction.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Startup Venture Capital 100

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt SF. Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Simple editing. signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Twilio : Need to call/txt get a phone number from your web/mobile application? Mobile Testing/Build Tools.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Chinese mobile carrier China Telecom Corp.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93