Blog Partner Portfolio Seed Capital 
View from Seed
APRIL 27, 2020
We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. As I blogged about a few weeks ago, FOMO ( F ear O f M issing O ut) is replaced by FOLD (Fear Of Looking Dumb). Our strategy is to be able to invest across the full spectrum of seed.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed an Atomization of the Seed Stage. Early fundraising is no longer a one-and-done fundraise of a single round of Seed capital subsequently followed by a Series A 12–18 months later. The bar for Series A has moved. How much time has elapsed since company founding.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Up and Running
AUGUST 12, 2014
A few weeks ago I spoke with Boris Wertz, founder of JustBooks, COO of AbeBooks and founding-partner of Version One Ventures. In In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. Boris Wertz.
View from Seed
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Earlier this year, my partners and I at NextView invested in Boston-based Marlo to help address this work meeting suckiness. The various scenario permutations go on and on, but the consistent theme runs throughout that people don’t like to be stuck in meetings. Meetings take people away from doing real work.
View from Seed
JANUARY 28, 2015
In the last six months, we’ve been asked and answered several key questions about seed-stage startups and raising seed capital. When we first launched this blog, we considered it a “physical” representation of our mission at NextView: Help founders give their companies the best possible start.
View from Seed
DECEMBER 6, 2018
And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly. It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Inbound partners. there often isn’t one seminal round to announce.
View from Seed
MARCH 29, 2018
It’s a world that doesn’t fit our seed-focused model and fund strategy. Outside of life-sciences, we’ve noticed something interesting emerging: There is a huge dearth of seed capital for health care services and software-driven health-tech companies. 3) Health Data Applications.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
194 
Let's personalize your content