View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

You will also spearhead internal initiatives to help support the success of our 100+ exciting existing portfolio companies. We invest nationally across Consumer and B2B software, while most of our investments are based in NYC, SF/Bay Area, and Boston. Check out our blog for how we think about company building and investing. .

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Founders do not have this luxury. Founders do not have this luxury. Most founders are going through hell right now, and that is not going away any time soon. Wait and see.

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Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B). Network Effect B2B.

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Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. Who Are We Looking For. You are a native of NYC tech with a strong network. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. Each engagement is personally undertaken by their founder and principal, Mitul. Mitul Ruparelia – Founder, Citius Partners. Transformation of Mobile Handset business. billion in market capital. Giving back to the community.

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Founder B2B Private Equity India 135

Version One Ventures

JUNE 30, 2022

The thing about mission-driven founders, though, is they continue to build even during market uncertainty. As Version One turned 10 last month, we reflected about how lucky we are to work with incredible mission-driven founders – and challenging times like this bolster our gratitude. . and Renewable Energy Group joining the round.

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Portfolio B2B Canada Incubator 82

Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

But India is such a welcoming country that it only took a few weeks of preparation to fill a weeklong schedule with meetings – from a dinner arranged by Shiva with approximately 15 founders in Delhi to a talk about crypto at Builders Circle in Bangalore. group pic from meet-up w/ Delhi founders

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India LP Silicon Valley Vertical 87

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 8, 2019

Q4 was an important quarter for our firm and portfolio companies. Karthik Sridharan, founder of Kinnek , wrote a great article on Medium on what they’ve learned from building the largest North American B2B marketplace. Follow @VersionOneVC for the latest news from us and our portfolio! Announcements.

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Portfolio Los Angeles B2B Acquisition 140

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2022

We recently wrote about why we’re so excited about Bikky and Abhinav Kapur (a mission-driven founder!). . Inflection launched “ Inflection for startups ,” free B2B marketing automation. And as always, to keep up to date with our portfolio companies, you can follow us on Twitter. You can read about the deal here.

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Portfolio Phoenix Portland Europe 60

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Think of your first B2B web site as one step beyond your elevator pitch. Profiles of founders and advisors add credibility. Invest an hour a week looking at competitors’ web sites or viewing web designers’ portfolios. Advisors agree your startup is on the right track. Now is the time to get your web site up. Plan to iterate.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In addition to this trend, in 2019 I’ve noticed another one — a growing interest among VCs in B2B marketplaces. Let me state upfront that the idea of B2B marketplaces is not new. I have a lot of respect for founders and investors who focus in these areas and try to go big. It has been brutal in recent years.

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B2B North America Malaysia Warrant 90

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We continue to invest in blockchain companies and funds such as Coinbase and Metastable Capital , which join our existing crypto portfolio ( Blockstack , Citizen Hex and Polychain Capital ). For more details, here’s founder/CEO Jevon MacDonald’s blog. We welcomed Gencove , a B2B sequencing company, to our portfolio.

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Portfolio Stealth B2B Hosting 112

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

by Marc Pitart, founder and CEO of onlineresume.us. 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.

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Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

insert founder number] of the founders dropped out of [insert Ivy League school]. We wish we were the founders, experiencing this testosterone-fueled melodrama of success. If you do, tread lightly and—like any good investor—make the targeting of startups less than 10% of your overall marketing and sales portfolio.

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Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 107

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Here are some of the most memorable highlights for us in 2015: New portfolio companies. This year, we welcomed five new companies to the Version One portfolio: Headout : an on-demand marketplace for tours, activities and experiences. Portfolio Summary and Investment Focus. eSports, and virtual reality. . Angela & Boris.

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Artificial Inteligence Portfolio Seattle B2B 60

Our Own Start-up

JULY 1, 2020

ShakeDeal is a B2B e-commerce marketplace for industrial goods and supplies, office, and housekeeping supplies including corporate gifting.

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B2B Portfolio Startup Founder 80

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Version One Ventures

APRIL 5, 2017

Q1 was a busy time for our firm and portfolio companies, and here’s a brief recap of some of the various news clippings, fundraising announcements, and other happenings across the V1 community. The V1 portfolio was well represented in Techvibes’ recent Canadian Startup Awards. Portfolio companies in the news.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

We wish we were the founders, experiencing this testosterone-fueled melodrama of success. It’s one of the main reasons startup founders often shy away from reasonable SEO pricing models, opting instead for the riskier, cheap, outsourced route or the DIY approach —which are both fraught with their own perils.

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Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Although you still hear stories of investors that require founders to move to SF, it’s more likely these days that investors see a winning business outside of the Bay Area as a positive, given the costs and competitive pressure in that local market. How should a founder go about it? But doing this takes extra work.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Studies show that only 5% of B2B buyers are ready to buy. At a startup, this can be as simple as defining why the founder started the company in the first place. It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) CXL’s founder, Peep Laja, has a specific “reason why” his company Wynter exists.

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Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. We were excited to get to know Dispense’s co-founder & CEO Kyla Moore earlier this year. Dispense recently announced their $2M seed round , which we are pleased to have led here at NextView.

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Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 234

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 1) Market fund. Pitchbot.vc 3) Originate investments.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. We were excited to get to know Dispense’s co-founder & CEO Kyla Moore earlier this year. Dispense recently announced their $2M seed round , which we are pleased to have led here at NextView.

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Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 202

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.

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Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

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. Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders? But when a fund writes checks into a portfolio company it typically “reserves” money to invest in future rounds. Paying close attention to the psychology of founders.

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Marketing Valuation Churn Rate Balance Sheet 263

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. We market to four populations: High-potential founders. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Plus, my wife doesn’t let me date celebrities. .

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2018

Through all of those posts, we’ve received one common question from founders: Are all Everyday Economy startups consumer-facing? We think there are two main categories of Everyday Economy B2B startups: enabling layers and pervasive tools. Types of B2B Everyday Economy Companies. The answer is no. Let me explain.

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B2B B2C Vertical Portfolio 120

Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2020

Raj and I have done seven companies together, including his most recent company JumpCloud which is one of the fastest-growing B2B SaaS companies in our portfolio (and in Colorado.). They share their tips, secrets, and advice in a frank, founder-to-founder discussion with you.

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Startup Colorado B2B Portfolio 119

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M Hologram is also an example of a B2B platform company, of which we’ve invested in many over the years here at NextView. The Hologram story is near and dear to our hearts here at NextView for a number of reasons.

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Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 156

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As startup founders ask themselves this question, some of the answers might be specific to their product: i.e. we should improve our onboarding, change our freemium model, etc. Or Briga, Co-founder and CEO of Novos.gg. Anat Shperling, founder and CEO of Toya , a Roblox gaming studio. David Stiff, Co-founder and CEO of Vault AI.

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Cofounder B2C Design Portfolio 171

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. We were excited to get to know Dispense’s co-founder & CEO Kyla Moore earlier this year. Dispense recently announced their $2M seed round , which we are pleased to have led here at NextView.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 156

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We are holding our second open office hours for solo founders of ecompanies in the commerce ecosystem on 19th Sept. ——————– We will be holding Open Office Hours on September 19th to meet solo-founders of ecommerce companies at the idea stage. Are you a solo founder with an idea?

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Partner Founder Cofounder eCommerce 112

Genuine VC

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The benefits have been touted previously : an anchor for attracting and retaining talent in Boston, as well as a breeding ground for the next set of great Boston entrepreneurs and founders. I’m not just talking about B2B SaaS companies that feel similar to HubSpot either. But all of that is quickly changing.

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Boston IPO B2B Cofounder 279

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. Of the NextView-backed founders have have tried to raise this round, over 70% have done so (compared to a mean success rate in the industry of around 27%, according to some sources ).

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Startup 333

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.

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M Hologram is also an example of a B2B platform company, of which we’ve invested in many over the years here at NextView. The Hologram story is near and dear to our hearts here at NextView for a number of reasons.

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Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136