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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

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. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. . Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype. Are you politically active?

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. Their late stage deals outside of the venture centers outperform by ~5% vs. those in the venture centers; early stage deals outperformed by ~4%. Just do a search online and the VC’s job is done! Angel groups using Gust.

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Our Investing Manifesto at NextView

Rob Go

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. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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CO Impact Days: Unicorns, Zebras, Ponies, and Donkeys

Feld Thoughts

If you are interested in impact investing, I encourage you to join the Impact Finance Center (IFC) and presenting funders The Anschutz Foundation, Zoma Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation , Colorado Health Foundation , and Gary Community Investments at CO Impact Days 2017 , Nov 15-17, in Denver, Colorado.

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

Specifically, K9 only invests in startups where the entire team is located in the SF Bay Area. I must admit that I do also have some exceptions to this rule – LucidChart is based in Provo, UT, and Occipital is presently in Boulder, CO. So why then do I still insist on having the startups being located here?

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

Specifically, K9 only invests in startups where the entire team is located in the SF Bay Area. I must admit that I do also have some exceptions to this rule – LucidChart is based in Provo, UT, and Occipital is presently in Boulder, CO. So why then do I still insist on having the startups being located here?