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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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Both funds are focused on providing seed-stage capital to business to business software as a service companies, known as B2B SaaS companies located outside of Silicon Valley, […]. Active Capital recently announced it has closed on its second fund worth $25 million. million fund.

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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. Business facing companies typically provide software or an online service for which their customers pay a fee.

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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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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). The expanding universe of potential buyers is a great thing for founders.

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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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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

BOLDstart helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round. helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round”.

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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.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

9 that are B2B. We have investments in e-commerce, SMB SaaS, Business Software, AdTech, Payments, Enabling Platforms, Consumer Social, Gaming, and Education. 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.

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Rob Go

MARCH 16, 2012

I’m going to focus on B2B” Consumerization of business software is a “hot” meme. Whereas B2B might yield a more predictable customer and real revenue from the beginning, scaling a company selling to businesses happens more slowly. No B2B service has a Draw Something moment.

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

But, most early stage investors probably think along similar lines: 1) Super high tech companies 2) High infrastructure companies 3) Free consumer apps 4) Everything else — aka companies that can make money immediately Also, there is a lot to say in each category, but there isn’t enough space in this blog post to do so here.

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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 remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

For example, Amplitude is a product analytics software. And they already know the software so you just need to negotiate price. Hila Qu: I love when people think about the user journey because sometimes it's not thought about enough in B2B because it’s complicated. There are some other ways you can go about it.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Out of hundreds of applications, we selected six pre-seed stage teams building companies shaping a brighter collective future by combining software and creativity to drive change in the lives of everyday people — their businesses include everything from empowering local main street businesses to making automobile insurance more accessible.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 4, 2017

Here’s a quick primer on how investments tend to work in startup companies at the seed stage. Convertible notes In the 2000s, however, the cost to start a software company decreased dramatically. But, all in all, this is probably my favorite format of raising money at the seed stage.

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View from Seed

JUNE 11, 2015

At NextView, some of the companies we invest in at the seed stage already have a meaningful public presence, while others choose to remain in stealth mode. And specifically when completing a seed round of financing, what are the implications? So what are the pros and cons of either approach? The two main benefits are: 1.

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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 ».

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

We’ve invested in quite a few SaaS businesses though I have to admit this is the first time we’ve invested in one that’s not priced by software seats or flat annual subscription but rather $/animal/month. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. feedstocks).

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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. Software is by far the most sought-after class, with 94% of VCs investing in it. software” and “deeptech”), and so on.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

At the seed stage, we have backed very non-obvious, non-pedigreed entrepreneurs, in spaces that weren’t obvious, who ended up being amazing. HOW DOES GREYLOCK EVALUATE COMPANIES AT THE SEED-STAGE? We are still asking, ‘do you have a plan to get to the seed stage and have the tools to do it?’

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. and Path Intelligence.

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2020

We believe that now is a time to invest in companies which will shape a brighter collective future, as founders combine software & creativity to drive change in the everyday lives of everyday people. To address these issues directly, we at NextView are launching a new program focused on Accelerating the Everyday Economy.

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Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2017

At the same time, I was starting to realize that both the elegance of cloud-based software and the business models it enabled were what really got me excited. I needed to be able to show that we were building software that addressed a real problem. Seed round funding mechanics follow a pattern.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers. Lighthouse – Issue Tracking Tool.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

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. free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software. marketing automation software. Zferral â??

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