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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage.

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Our Investing Manifesto at NextView

Rob Go

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

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. 1) Market fund. It provides analytics to track shared materials across target senders, and improve the content for future leads. .

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Final Close: The Story Behind NextView's Own Fundraise ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

We’re thrilled to have among our limited partners a select group of individuals from the startup ecosystem as well as several large institutional investors (including a university endowment, a corporate pension fund, and a multi-family office). NextView’s inaugural fund is just over $21 million.

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What Is NextView’s Focus? Another Stroll Through Our Portfolio

Rob Go

But we behave pretty much exactly the same way in those companies as we do when we are the lead and only institutional investor. Type of Product and Business: Consumer vs. B2B. Syndicate Composition: NextView + Seed Funds + Angels: 9. We invest in about 10 companies each year. This isn’t a quota. Consumer: 9.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Kyle Dunn, CEO, Meyler Capital , says, “Investors should focus on building a large audience within a CRM system (having the ability to categorize your different constituents); communicate consistently to that audience; and implement an automation platform that can leverage lead score to profile interest. Deer Isle Group has built the D.I.G.