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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

What Are Your Valuation Expectations? How to Sell Your Startup’s “Secret” Master Plan at the Seed Stage “Articulating and selling your long run vision is important, but trying to convince those that are deeply skeptical about it is simply a mutual waste of time.” ” (Rob Go). ” (Rob Go).

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It’s Back & Better Than Ever! Announcing NextView’s Everyday Economy Virtual Accelerator

View from Seed

We’re running our new and improved accelerator program back, we’re doubling our offering and raising the valuation cap (hello $400K) , and we’d love for you and your team to apply. We’re upping our offering from $200K to $400K and raising the valuation cap upon acceptance into the program. Why we started the program in the first place.

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Timing Is Everything: How To Secure Early-Stage Funding

YoungUpstarts

When you reach the seed stage and you’re looking to raise $1 million to $3 million, that’s when you should start discussions with potential lead investors who can invest $1 million or more on their own. Ash Rust , founder and managing partner of Sterling Road , is an entrepreneur turned pre-seed investor.

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How and Why the NextView Everyday Economy Accelerator is Different

View from Seed

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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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

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 $100M+ Club: A New Universe of Buyers ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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). Pingback: this. Pingback: [link]. Read More ».

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JFDI.Asia Accelerator: Bootcamp Practicalities

YoungUpstarts

You have to be prepared for the grueling rigors of fundraising and repeated rejections, and difficult negotiations over valuation. We spend tremendous energy recruiting between 100 and 200 angels and seed-stage investors who may invest in your business. You will experience challenges. They have first priority. ii.actual REVENUE?

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