View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund. And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? We opportunistically invest in other geographies across the country as well.

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Seed Stage B2C Disintermediation Technical Review 272

Agile VC

JULY 16, 2014

One of our portfolio companies, Plastiq , announced yesterday that they raised a $10M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and are planning to move their headquarters from Boston to San Francisco. Some lament the relocation of Plastiq and other companies who start in Boston but end up moving to Silicon Valley or other startup hubs.

Boston 208

Boston Silicon Valley San Francisco Cofounder 208

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. Let’s start with the fund.

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Los Angeles Las Vegas San Francisco Baltimore 343

View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

On Tuesday, July 21, we hosted the first-ever Boston Consumer Tech Summit. We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. Here is some of the best commentary from the community… For starters, why does Boston get a bad consumer rap anyway?

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Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

View from Seed

JANUARY 7, 2020

About a year ago, my partner David Beisel talked about how seed fundraising is no longer a local game , and that the best entrepreneurs seek out the best investors for them outside of their home market. SF/Bay Area, New York, Boston, and LA. There are a good number of seed firms (e.g.

New York 207

New York Boston Marketing Aggregator 207

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

That said, we tend to be very flexible on syndication to bring on great partners, and have collaborated with terrific partners like our most frequent co-investors Founder Collective, Accomplice, LHV, Softech, and others.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

David Teten

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

FinTech New York Accelerator. Rise New York (good mailing list) – includes the Barclays Accelerator , in partnership with Techstars , and a coworking space for fintech startups. Startupbootcamp Fintech New York. Aquiline Capital Partners. Motive Partners. NYCA Partners. Broadhaven.

New York 60

New York Community DC Boston 60

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

When people ask me how they can become a VC, I point them to my partner Seth Levine’s excellent blog posts How to become a venture capitalist and How to get a job in venture capital (revisited). ” One of the VCs I overlapped with while in Boston was Charley Lax.

San Francisco 159

San Francisco Boston Venture Capital Angel Investor 159

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 9, 2011

As I was catching up on email from last week (not quite done yet) I was reflecting on the awesome week I had in New York. And the winner is – New York – by seven days. Since I track where I sleep every night (and have since 1/1/09), I was able to quickly answer this question going back 29 months.

New York 125

New York San Francisco Seattle Boston 125

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

He was wrapping up GrabCAD’s participation in the Seedcamp accelerator program, and the Seedcamp startups were in the US to visit potential advisors and investors in Boston, New York, and SF. My partner Rob had also been introduced to Hardi separately by an experienced CAD exec (Mike Volpe – now Hubspot’s CMO).

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Boston Acquisition Estonia Viral 154

ReadWriteStart

MAY 2, 2022

Companies right now are looking for one partner to handle all of their in-office food, snacking, and beverage needs, and now more than ever, HUNGRY is that complete partner for them.”. and has rapidly growing operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Employee 152

Employee Los Angeles San Francisco New York City 152

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups. There’s a much higher probability this kid will stay in Boston now. The key is to be able to keep the best ones local.

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Community San Diego Silicon Valley Los Angeles 378

David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

I served on the board of directors until the IPO, and during that time we were able to recruit great firms like Foundry Group, SoftTech VC (now Uncork Capital), Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures. DigitalOcean is based in New York City. #9: The company later settled in Boston. 2: Uber (2009).

San Antonio 171

San Antonio New York City Seattle Los Angeles 171

Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Many other communities are entrepreneur-friendly and, by any measure, have the tools in place to spawn new high growth companies. Boston, New York City, Seattle and Southern California spawn many exciting startups…but do not exceed the Valley in any measure of entrepreneurial achievement.

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Silicon Valley Southern California Tucson Seattle 107

David Cohen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The separately funded partner accelerator programs which operate in more than 30 locations worldwide are unchanged. By expanding our presence in these top markets (SF, NY, Boston, LA), we can better support all of our portfolio companies for the coming decades. Most of our executive team and more than 50 employees are in that region.

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Denver Seattle Colorado Community 163

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. Media and event company Women 2.0

San Francisco 166

San Francisco San Diego Partner Founder 166

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. We just announced the expansion of our fund and I wanted to share with you the good news! New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1 comment: Mike.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

David Teten

JANUARY 2, 2013

I’m traveling to Atlanta and Boston this month, so starting to plan my logistics. I don’t mind too much paying them a premium when I’m traveling in a strange city, but I feel silly doing so when in my home city, New York. My core mistake here was choosing a car service based on the one that had the best website.

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Partner Atlanta Due Diligence New York 114

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. I also made several trips to New York & Boston.

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China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 333

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Our program goes back to basics in the most important, effective, and meaningful ways : weekly one-on-one time with partners, hands-on mentorship from experienced advisors, small and selective cohort sizes, and zero demo days or distracting demo day prep involved. Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . ShelfLife: New York, New York.

San Diego 156

San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. I also made several trips to New York & Boston.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

View from Seed

JULY 19, 2019

And additionally, my partners and I use other, more differentiated, lenses like asking if a startup has an “ unfair distribution advantage.” My partner Rob wrote a more extensive blog post on the topic about 18 months ago, and even since then the phrase has been become even more embedded into who we are. Go (re)read that post.

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Boston Early Stage B2B Portfolio 149

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Our Cities ▾ Boston ›. View More in Boston ›. New York ›. View More in New York › ›. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. Our Events ▾ 6/14/12 · Boston. Boston Events ›. New York Events ›. Xconomy San Diego. Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Paul, Adam, and Ian quickly started talking about teaming up and used the last four weeks of the program to “pretend&# they were partners. Fortunately, by mid-summer I did, and began encouraging one of their other mentors, Paul Berberian , to engage more deeply with them.

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Seattle Software Engineering Boston New York 121

Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2011

But, then so do the Bay Area, New York City, the Boston 128 corridor, and for that matter Houston and Dallas. As Kleiner partner Mary Meeker so nicely summed up recently , mobile is the “it&# Internet trend of the moment. As we’ve discussed in this column before, Austin has a very robust mobile scene.

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Mobile Differentiation Technical Review New York City 75

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 11, 2021

Investors are seeking both financial returns and environmental impact and looking for opportunities to partner with ventures that are working to tackle our world’s biggest energy and environmental challenges. It is working to increase the diversity of startups, mentors, and partners engaged with the program.

Alabama 128

Alabama Affiliate Equity Incubator 128

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

After Jim’s company was acquired, Len asked him who else he should talk to in the Boston area. Jim introduced us, and that led to lunch near our office in downtown Boston. It took a while for me and my partner Dave Jilk to decide to do it, but we closed the sale in November 1993. Len – I love you.

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SEC Cofounder Boston New York 164

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2019

We’re bringing a select group of Texas startups to the East Coast for curated, 1-on-1 investor meetings in Atlanta, Boston and New York. A committee of representatives from Capital Factory and our partners will select the participants. Are you a venture investor in Atlanta, Boston or New York?

Texas 56

Texas Atlanta Boston New York 56

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. This is expressed by people outside of Boston, but it often comes from those within our community too.

Boston 120

Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2013

Just back from 2 solid weeks on the road in Boston, New York & Philly. My observation is that many entrepreneurs have a strong relationship with the partner at the VC who invested in his or her company. Don’t just assume that if you keep you lead partner updated that everything will be good.

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Management Venture Capital Partner Boston 309

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

That said, we tend to be very flexible on syndication to bring on great partners, and have collaborated with terrific partners like our most frequent co-investors Founder Collective, Accomplice, LHV, Softech, and others.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Ive been talking to the folks at [a very good VC firm] about helping them with a new venture. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

Customer Development 131

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. He was my role model at Convergent, mentor at Ardent and partner at E.piphany.

North Carolina 125

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 125

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

There is a lot happening in the Boston restaurant landscape. Some say it’s the ridiculous and ever-escalating Boston rents, some say Millennials are to blame, but in either case – complaining never pays the bills. In Europe and New York, it is not uncommon for the best-paid member of staff to be the Maitre’d.

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Boston New York Hosting Cost 120

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Dont keep banging your head against the wall - if you cant convince your potential partners that your startup is printing money, try to figure out why. Experiment with different narratives. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Boston, MA – May 31, 2018. New Orleans, LA – September 27, 2018. Locations and Dates: New York, NY – May 18-19, 2018. Bonnie’s partner is Vickie Sokol Evans, a globally recognized expert on practical real-world tech skills. Location: New York, NY. Behind Every Leader.

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Silicon Valley Las Vegas South Africa Leadership 240

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time). Come to TS in Boston!

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68