David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 1) Market fund. Accompany focuses on this use case.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

If you’re fortunate enough to have built a really strong early stage company, you will find yourself in the position of being able to pick from a number of potential venture investors. Look for VC portfolios that have a lot of “like” companies (B2B, B2C, media, tech, etc.).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Topics we covered: B2B Companies You haven’t seen the full extent to how the correction is going to affect you. Seed deals, for example, are easier to get funded than a late-stage deal for obvious reasons. Optimize for a 1 not a 0 more than exact valuations now. if you listen you’ll pick up much more than my quick notes below).

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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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cdixon.org

AUGUST 3, 2012

Some observations: - Thousands of early-stage consumer web/mobile companies were started and funded in last 24 months. A few breakout early-stage consumer hits (Instagram, Pinterest) have reached tens of millions of users in record time. Hence, many early-stage consumer startups are switching to transactional models. -

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

9 that are B2B. Early Progress: Performance is a difficult thing to measure as a seed stage fund given the time horizons and the fickleness of private company valuations. In only a handful of cases has there been significant traction prior to our investment. We have 9 investments that are consumer.

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The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? In an early stage deal, you check the numbers to avoid getting exploited, but you make your decision based on the investors. Highly experienced, top-tier angels. Conveniently local.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

But even in the seed market the bar could get higher: I wouldn’t be surprised to see valuations drop and for VCs to have rising expectations about the level of traction they expect to see before funding. Growth investors seek bargains and many shifted their focus to earlier stage. The later the stage, the bigger the impact.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. 7) Negotiate .

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The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? In an early stage deal, you check the numbers to avoid getting exploited, but you make your decision based on the investors. Highly experienced, top-tier angels. Conveniently local.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This post is written with B2B startups in mind, but should be generally applicable. For startup founders, it’s never too early to start thinking about putting together a target market advisory board. The more disruptive an idea, the harder it is the evaluate at an early stage.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

It doesn’t matter if your company is B2B or B2C, as Y Combinator puts it, you need to build stuff people want, and obsess about making it as user friendly, friction free and smooth as possible. ValuatIon should be a function of value, not ego. 2022 VC Market Update Median valuations January through April Pre-seed: $7M ? $9M

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Suppose you’re selling a B2B SaaS product for law firms that saves them time. Before scheduling a meeting with the investor, you should have an idea of what they’re looking for when it comes to industry, market size, consumer surplus, exit valuation, etc. How do you know, and what are their incentives to buy?

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Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

Amidst the mass of new initiatives, new firms, new strategies, etc that constantly pop up in the early stage investing landscape, it’s helpful to have a clear articulation of what VC’s are focused on and how they see the world. Type of Product and Business: Consumer vs. B2B. Live Product, Pre Revenue: 6 1/2.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. What are Early Stage VC’s Really Asking? Would you modify any of this if you had a B2B product instead of a B2C product, where every potential customer is also a potential competitor?

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In short, we’re seeking to invest in early-stage startups that are leveraging digital technologies to improve the health and wellbeing of people and our planet. Consumer and SaaS B2B companies leveraging digital technologies drive a brighter collective future for the health of our planet and the people in it.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

PR is an insanely valuable activity in early-stage companies. When you’re an early-stage business every dollar matters and because many startup teams these days are very product & technology centric they often miscalculate the importance of PR. Very few investors understand this and even fewer startups.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2020

High Upside and ROI Potential – Software companies usually don’t deal with shipping costs or COGS, leading to higher profit margins, higher revenues, higher valuations, and ultimately better exits for VCs. Lesson learned: If you want to get VC funding, you better launch a startup within the software and technology sectors.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think intimate practice pitch sessions featuring real-time feedback from the NextView team and the broader early-stage investment community. We will leverage the standard YC post-money SAFE document with a valuation cap, no discount , and a pro-rata side letter. Every team will receive $400k for selling 10% ownership.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Some of the early B2B pioneers in this space were companies like JBoss ( story here ), SolarWinds, ConstantContact, HubSpot, etc. Owning the customer base is an important way to control your own destiny, and will also earn your company a higher valuation. that directly tackled the problem of acquiring customers.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2021

In November 2020, Appsflyer announced a $210 million round led by Salesforce Ventures at over $2 billion valuation. This can be really hard for early stage startups, but it means the difference between being good or being great. And running fast as an early stage start-up is so important.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Valuation: $1M – $3M. B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . Check Size: $50K to $200K.

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2020

As we have discussed elsewhere, the world of early stage investing is shifting from FOMO ( F ear O f M issing O ut) to FOLD (Fear Of Looking Dumb). Starting today, we will begin accepting our first cohort of startups into the program: WHO : Pre-Seed & Seed stage startups located anywhere focused on the U.S.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. This is a clear example where business-to-business (B2B) marketers need to learn from their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts. anecdotes.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

Metaverse – it has both B2B and B2C applications. As an investor, it’s not always easy to assess the team at the very early stage, especially if they didn’t come from working in the space before. Decentralised tech, centralised ownership? A DAO is a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. valuations.

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