Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. They are likely taking losses on their first project with the entrepreneur so they select carefully. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage?

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Deal Flow Early Stage Investment Bankers Technical Review 347

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. You could just outspend.

Fractional CTO 248

Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. was starting.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. They are likely taking losses on their first project with the entrepreneur so they select carefully. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage?

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Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M pre-seed round for the company (Hologram was fka Konekt). pre-seed round for the company (Hologram was fka Konekt).

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Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 177

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. Have a shorter to-do list with more things that are in the “done” category.

Software Review 150

Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

We at NextView Ventures invest exclusively in a startup’s seed-stage round , meaning that many if not most of our deals are made alongside individual angel investors. So to successfully raise a seed round of capital, founders should possess at least a basic understanding of the different types of angel investors they’ll encounter.

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Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 334

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The classic scenario is when a VC has a signed term sheet to lead a round, but has left room open for another meaningful investor. At this point, the investor and the entrepreneur work together to develop their perfect list of potential partners, and then do targeted outreach to try to bring this investor into the round.

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Syndicate Syndication Term Sheet Cofounder 207

Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

Below is a format I’ve successfully used, as well as helped many other first-time start-up CEOs raise investment capital. Ideally, you have check marks across the top for every category, and your competitors lack in key areas to show your competitive advantage. Will you need to raise multiple rounds of financing?

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Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Technical Review Due Diligence 164

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The first three skills I espoused were: access to the highest-quality deal-flow, domain knowledge of the topic area in which you’re investing and access to VCs to help fund the next stages of development. Companies ultimately go through multiple rounds. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here.

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Cap Table Angel Investor Liquidation Preference Deal Flow 283

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I like to speak about this topic with first-time wantrapreneurs because if you read the tech press every day you’d get the impression that it all glamor. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. Early on in my first company I had an employee ask if it was a good time to buy a home.

Monaco 420

Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 420

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Once a startup has raised seed capital, plenty of theories and advice exist on how to successfully raise a Series A. 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. More on these below.). There was no meaningful difference. They are: 1.

Syndicate 333

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Startup 333

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Five years ago, as the mania around seed fundings was accelerating, Founders were very eager to announce their seed round to the world. It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Seed stage companies just aren’t announcing their rounds anymore.

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Seed Stage Stealth Seed Capital Later Stage 201

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

I define soft goods as the category of goods where you’re shopping based on the appearance of the goods (for example, shoes, clothing, sunglasses, watches, jewelery and furniture) rather than the specifications (most consumer electronics fall into this category). And crank it out they did.

Software Review 134

Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Can you recognize and capitalize on them? And my advice to students who believe they want to do a startup but are unsure if they want to start one, is to join one that’s already raised their first round of funding. How quickly will you recover? Founders know they want to start something.

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 219

View from Seed

MAY 28, 2020

Narain explained, “For the first time, the same folks supplying some of the best restaurants in the region – from Eleven Madison Park to Tao to many other Michelen-starred restaurants – opened their doors to the general public. In response, the Pepper team launched Pantry, a platform for suppliers to sell directly to consumers.

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Memphis Distribution Bankruptcy Operations 256

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. These following six companies fell into this category.

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Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndicate 74

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

The best entrepreneurs in our industry focus on it year-round as opposed to just once every 18 months. How to get your Series A mojo back The rest of the outline I’ll write as a series to come back to this blog if you want to read more. … You never get a second chance to make a good first impression 3. Remind me why I love you?

Revenue 236

Revenue Valuation Portfolio Restful 236

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Hunter Walker

MARCH 23, 2016

The next day, there was an email in my inbox asking if I’d consider a move to venture capital. My first few months here, I was always shocked to see how open the investors are about their struggles and failures. Plus, each week, the whole partnership sits down for a round-table discussion about startups who came in to pitch.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review Venture Capital 48

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

We just announced our third round of funding this week, as TechCrunch covered. This lesson was first shared at Lucky7 on Dec. Advertising was one of those extensions that we visioned in the first business plan for Bazaarvoice. My fellow partners at Austin Ventures may say this is the first thing they look for.

Bootstrapping 52

Bootstrapping IPO Business Model Software Review 52

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. Jeff and his peer group have done an excellent job at creating a new category of seed-stage VC.

Seed Stage 150

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 150

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. Hunter Walk: Ok, so we first met when you were leading comms at enterprise software company Box, a startup you joined when they were still pretty early and stayed at until post-IPO. First, congrats! Enter Box.

IPO 91

IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The Startup Death Spiral: The Cost of Getting Product Launch Wrong By the time of first customer ship, if a startup does not understand its market and customers, failure unfolds in a stylized ritual, almost like a Japanese Noh play. Three to six months after first customer ship, if Sales starts missing its numbers, the board gets concerned.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 224

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that.

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Mobile Email Social Media Global 339

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

They either do too many seed investments (for which they can spend no quality time with any) or they treat it as an option (“if you succeed come back and see us and we’ll match any term sheet you get&# ) – they view it as a sort of “right of first refusal.&#. The signaling affect is overrated. More on this later.

Post-Money Valuation 298

Post-Money Valuation Term Sheet Warrant Partner 298

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Brad Feld (Brad is an advisor to K9) from the Foundry Group was instrumental in keeping the flame alive by posting about it on his blog ( The Founders Visa Movement ) in September. The first step to figuring out whether this was even possible was to determine if I could start a company while I was on a student visa.

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United States Founder India Venture Capital 114

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

In a world of pre-seeds , seeds, seed extensions, super-seeds , and more, figuring out the right amount to raise for a startup’s seed round can seem like a moving target. Also, it will take at least three months to raise the next round of financing, whatever it is (Series A, seed extension, etc.). Account for optics.

Seed Capital 120

Seed Capital Seed Stage Demand Finance 120

Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I like to speak about this topic with first-time wantrapreneurs because if you read the tech press every day you’d get the impression that it all glamor. I recently had coffee with a young friend who just finished his first startup. Early on in my first company I had an employee ask if it was a good time to buy a home.

Monaco 122

Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 122

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

I’m also thinking about SXSW, receiving my first batch of networking invites, planning my talk there, and this week having discussed collaborating with Brett Jenks, the CEO of Rare, who is both a customer of data.world, a Henry Crown Fellow, and a great collaborator (he’s attending SXSW for the first time this year).

Stealth 48

Stealth Cofounder Los Angeles Technical Review 48

www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Blog blog archive. I can tell you that, among other problems, any uncertainty in the capitalization table when the company is acquired will be resolved squarely and unequivocally in favor of the buyer. for every hour works, consultant accrues [hourly wage]in debt that will convert to equity in the next round). Categories.

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Equity Vesting Silicon Valley Intellectual Property 40

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Instead, if you’re a seed-stage startup taking that first step in anything (and at the seed stage, you’re going from zero to one in everything), it’d be great to have a place to go for support, inspiration, and practical resources to make the process easier and clearer. – NextView blog. – Should startups blog? .

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Seed Stage Seed Capital Syndicate Syndication 120

Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

Earlier today, the folks from Afore Capital hosted their inaugural “Pre-Seed Summit” in San Francisco. 2/ Putting labels aside, there is a string of examples historians can cite about huge companies raising very small, modest rounds at low prices. Some press showed up, too. It’s all just a matter of time.

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Seed Stage San Francisco Ratchet Silicon Valley 60

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

See part one for the first time it happened. He continued: “I’d like to convince my boss so our company can be your first customer.” As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. This time it was serious.

Silicon Valley 225

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 225