View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You are intentional about developing a point of view on new sectors that we can learn from. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Learn how to identify what your customers want from your brand, how to build momentum with content, and then explore some brands that excel at brand marketing. For most of 2021, CXL didn’t have a marketing team. Studies show that only 5% of B2B buyers are ready to buy. Brand is your strongest asset.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Version One Ventures

JUNE 30, 2022

The thing about mission-driven founders, though, is they continue to build even during market uncertainty. Shellworks , one of our newest portfolio companies, raised $6.2 Inflection , a B2B marketing automation solution, raised $5M in seed funding to dethrone Marketo. . million in seed funding. Remio raised $4.5M

Portfolio 82

Portfolio B2B Canada Incubator 82

Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

billion people, India itself represents a massive market. E-commerce (DTC and infrastructure), fin tech (lending, payments), healthcare and B2B marketplaces are some of the verticals that have seen tremendous growth. Two distinct opportunities: “India for India” and “India for the world” With 1.4

India 87

India LP Silicon Valley Vertical 87

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

You’ve validated your market and designed a minimally viable prototype. Think of your first B2B web site as one step beyond your elevator pitch. Your website provides feedback on your messaging and market positioning. Invest an hour a week looking at competitors’ web sites or viewing web designers’ portfolios.

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Elevator Pitch Web Portfolio B2B 100

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

However, it is important to check the portfolio of the program and see how many companies from your industry have participated. On the other hand, if the program’s portfolio demonstrates that they worked with quite a few companies in your field, you are good to go. The market strategy made complete sense to me and my team members.

Programming 124

Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

But B2B startups need to take a different tack. We invest in internet enabled companies at NextView and our portfolio is roughly equally split between consumer and B2B businesses. Arguably revenue is the best signal of product-market fit for B2B startups.

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Revenue Product B2B Marketing 234

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unfortunately, however, our love affair with startups is unfounded, especially as it relates to those who may be looking to provide, market to or target their product/service to the startup segment. Many startups like to enter markets already dominated by some of the world’s largest brands. Why We Are In Love With Startups? Conclusion.

Sweat Equity 107

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 107

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

HOF Capital has stitched together our workflow across Google Suite , Slack , Airtable , Asana , Copper , and some other tools (leveraging Zapier for basic 3rd party integration, in addition to custom development for certain other integrations). 2) Marketing. See How Private Equity and VC Investors Are Using Social Media.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

HOF Capital has stitched together our workflow across Google Suite , Slack , Airtable , Asana , Copper , and some other tools (leveraging Zapier for basic 3rd party integration, in addition to custom development for certain other integrations). 2) Marketing. See How Private Equity and VC Investors Are Using Social Media.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unfortunately, however, our love affair with startups is unfounded, especially as it relates to those who may be looking to provide, market to or target their product/service to the startup segment. Startups Can’t Compete With Big Brands Many startups like to enter markets already dominated by some of the world’s largest brands.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Alternative Capital. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR. ARR of $500K+.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

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. I think this will continue for a few years at least.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . 1) Market fund.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Pre-launch customer development data is another way, sometimes in the form of user surveys for consumer companies or interviews with potential beta customers for B2B businesses. One of our portfolio investments, a B2B SaaS company, was a pre-product startup at the time of the seed round. B) Post-Product Companies.

Seed Stage 149

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Hologram is also an example of a B2B platform company, of which we’ve invested in many over the years here at NextView. But some of the most impactful companies in finance, work, transportation, and other major categories of everyday life are B2B businesses that are shaping these sectors both directly and indirectly.

Chicago 156

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 156

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Internship Title: Marketing Intern Compensation: Unpaid Description: As the Marketing Intern at Thrillbox, you’ll be helping run all internal marketing campaigns for 30,000 users in 115 countries of their mobile app 360 video player. To Apply: Email jobs@Thrillbox.com and reference the Capital Factory intern program.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Hologram is also an example of a B2B platform company, of which we’ve invested in many over the years here at NextView. But some of the most impactful companies in finance, work, transportation, and other major categories of everyday life are B2B businesses that are shaping these sectors both directly and indirectly.

Chicago 136

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Robert Glazer. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Bob Glazer. Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency.

Marketing 90

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 90

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

The second goal is related to personal and professional development. We’ll do this through a variety of ways like introducing new products and features to our website, and focusing on a variety of marketing strategies to grow and engage our community. Both these areas are key to sustaining and growing our business.

Detroit 89

Detroit Entrepreneur Technical Review Revenue 89

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2012

When considering how to position a product in the market place or developing the ideal go-to-market strategy, a small business owner needs to examine a number of market factors. Even if you compete in the B2B arena, many product and service categories are saturated with competition. Go-to-Market Strategy.

Offshore 89

Offshore Social Media B2C United States 89

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. We’re not mainly for B2B companies or later stage companies or anything like that. We kind of bring it all together.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. I''ve been thinking a lot lately about scaling sales. .

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Recently, we looked at our own portfolio at NextView Ventures to dig a little deeper on how startups actually raise that next round of financing. in our portfolio. Foster product development and marketing which creates organic (or somewhat organic) user traction. The mean Series A size was $5.2M. average versus $4.9M

Syndicate 333

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Startup 333

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. Every day, Monetate ( www.monetate.com ) helps major online retailers like QVC, Casual Male, and Urban Outfitters, to make the most of their online marketing dollars. A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2017

While we’re ready to look ahead and embrace 2017, here’s a quick recap of the major activity across our portfolio last quarter. Portfolio companies in the news. Growing your B2B marketplace. We hope everyone had a restful holiday! We’re looking forward to continuing this momentum into the new year. Catch up on our blog.

Seattle 130

Seattle Portfolio Seed Stage Canada 130

Eric Friedman

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Inspired by this tweet, and the rabbit hole of conversations surrounding it, I was motivated to share some thoughts on the similar look and feel of B2B startups. . B2B is finally investing in brand, but missing the mark on differentiation. Building out a consumer facing part of a B2B site can be resource intensive.

B2B 60

B2B Design Differentiation Portfolio 60

Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

The five conditions for a Series A financing which he enumerated are: a core team ready to scale, demonstrable market size, repeatable cost effective customer acquisition, metric momentum, and plausible monetization. The strategy here is to foster product development and marketing which creates overall (semi-)organic user momentum.

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Seed Capital Metrics Cofounder Revenue 212

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Our founding team has led first rounds in market leading enterprises such as LivePerson (LPSN), GoToMeeting (sold to Citrix), Greenplum (sold to EMC), and 24/7 Media (TFSM). BOLDstart helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round.

Seed Stage 110

Seed Stage Agile Viral API 110

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Increase your premium pricing Referrals also allow you to diversify your pricing portfolio and charge a premium for your product or service. You need to be consistently nurturing and developing these programs.

Programming 87

Programming Small Business Advisory Board B2B 87

Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 30, 2020

With the stock price off since IPO and the need to “rollup” enterprise chat + video MSFT takes a swing at solving a huge b2b problem with a startup friendly platform. With the advent of programs like CartaX and what I call streaming venture funds , the liquidity in private markets is going to get the foundation to grow significantly in 2021.

Stock 120

Stock Private Equity Option Pool LP 120

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We can help develop and validate the idea, build a product and find a co-founder. We’re looking for great entrepreneurs with great ideas that attack big markets. We define that broadly to include any consumer facing business where there is a clear transaction/purchase and B2B companies that sell to ecommerce companies.

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Partner Founder Cofounder eCommerce 112

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Thematic investing is where VCs research a macro trend or specific market, form a thesis around why this trend/market will serve as a good basis for building great startups, and then pursue as many exceptional investments in this theme as appropriate for the VC’s strategy.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

If you haven’t already, check out previous posts detailing Andrew Chen’s (Uber) fireside chat on growth strategies , Anthony Marino’s (ThredUp) talk on managed marketplaces , and B2B marketplace dynamics from Shippo’s Mikhail Ledvich. The other way to grow the business is by expanding the product portfolio.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Vertical Equity Cofounder 60

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 14, 2013

Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Gregg Schwartz. Instead, smart investors spread their investments around to a diverse portfolio of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, cash and other assets. Some inbound sales leads are your ideal target market, and others are not. – Enjoy!

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Lead Generation B2B Portfolio Sales Cycle 66