View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have an edge in the highly competitive world of early stage investing that comes from some combination of your experience, industry knowledge, and personal network. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $500M+ of capital under management. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

Jason Ball

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Another reason investors say “No” is bandwidth. Most people don’t realize an investor will only make 1-5 deals per year—depending on many factors (stage, size, etc.) Every VC you meet in London will say “We do early stage.” Many investors are not what they seem. Everyone says “Great companies get funded.”

Early Stage 45

Early Stage Seed Stage Bandwidth Operations 45

Rob Go

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

For early stage companies and for our new investment activity: I’m very bullish. When you start a company, or when we make a seed investment, we are thinking about the potential for the product and company over a long 10-year+ time horizon. So their raw bandwidth for evaluating new investments is reduced.

Marketing 28

Marketing Dilution Burn Rate Seed Stage 28