View from Seed

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Whether an entrepreneur is raising a smaller (pre-)seed round entirely from individuals or she has a seed-stage or larger VC firm involved in (leading) the seed syndicate, it’s somewhere between necessary and optimal to have multiple individual angel investors involved. First and foremost, angels can provide capital.

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Angel Investor Boston Seed Stage Syndicate 332

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I’m not the first person to describe this trend, and my prior background has been primarily as a consumer web guy more than in B2B companies. 3) UI/UX Matters in B2B - For decades, B2B application developers could skimp on innovating in the presentation layer. RentJuice is doing much the same in real estate software.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. However, our overall goal is to invest in the full spectrum of seed. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

San Francisco 243

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

This initial wave of applicants resulted in the selection of six initial Accelerator participants – female & male founders at startups hailing from the Bay Area to Miami to Alabama to Boston, ranging from b2b SaaS offerings to consumer services… all transforming people’s everyday lives.

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Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Alabama 177

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . Pre-seed & seed-stage startup teams who could benefit from capital and engaged, hands-on mentorship from the NextView partnership & extended advisor network. Consumer and SaaS B2B companies located anywhere, but should be focused on redesigning the Everyday Economy within the U.S.

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San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

9 that are B2B. Geography: 18 of the 23 are in Boston or New York. Some of our most interesting companies have originated in places like Estonia (GrabCAD), Croatia (Farmeron) and Omaha (SkyVu), although all have either moved or have a significant presence in a major tech hub like SF, Boston, or NY.

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New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Portfolio 50

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

On the B2B SaaS side or enabling services (e.g. Included are some of the large companies above like Google and Microsoft but also active on the B2B/enabling side have been acquirers like Salesforce.com (Radian6, Heroku notably) and Apple (Quattro Wireless, Siri). Pingback: this. Pingback: [link]. Read More ».

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

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. Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way. Best of luck. PMarchetti.

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LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

At NextView we’ve intentionally taken an approach which combines both thematic and opportunistic investing for a couple reasons: 1) Our Overall Strategy is Highly Focused - We’re a dedicated seed VC fund, so we invest in startups exclusively at the seed stage. Pingback: watch inception online. Pingback: [link].

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

And given my marketing background (Google, Dailybreak Media, HubSpot), I often get this question directly: When should startups announce seed funding? . This recently came up for debate inside NextView HQ as we talked through the go-to-market plans of one of our unannounced seed investments.

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

Rob Go

JULY 18, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 48

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

We focus on investing in seed stage companies. Geography: 20 / 25 investments are based in the Boston and New York areas. Type of Product and Business: Consumer vs. B2B. We are still laser focused on seed stage investing, and almost always invest BEFORE traction. Our Focus at NextView. Consumer: 9.

Portfolio 49

Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

But unfortunately there’s no magic formula… not getting X million users if you’re a consumer facing startup, or Y customers if you’re B2B SaaS startup, or Z revenue, or whatever. And there are some common precepts seed stage companies can follow. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

There are countless B2B companies pursuing big data opportunities as well, and at NextView we think this is an incredibly exciting area of innovation. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

As the number of systems and sensors connected to the internet continues to proliferate, we strongly believe this will create opportunities for both B2B and consumer-facing startups to help build this infrastructure, enable applications on top of it, and derive insight from the data they generate. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 223

Silicon Valley Cofounder Seed Stage Syndicate 223

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

They picked online, because signing up online B2B partnerships is quick, easy and capital light. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Why would they even mess up with NFC when there’s not even a common standard for that? Enough said. What about Jumio? Read More ».

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