Cofounder, Distribution, Revenue and Syndicate

Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

At the pre-seed stage, when the creator has a concept, the founder’s background, educational qualifications, domain experience, previous ventures, market size, and the complimentary talents brought by the cofounders are some of the most critical variables to consider before investing in a startup.

Seed Stage

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence

The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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. .

North America

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor

Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share.

Cofounder

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend

This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers.

Partner

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate

Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

Pre-Money Valuation

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock

Our Investing Manifesto at NextView

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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. .

North America

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor

Mass Relevance Launches with Funding

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

“I have been very surprised at Austin’s strength in “IT consumerization&# – ideas that combine business software value with consumer internet distribution ideas,&# he said. Q: Your co-founders have been working on some technology in their spare time. We asked Mike Maples about his investments in Austin.

Curation

Curation Austin Cofounder Ruby

Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers. To be specific, AdWords is currently 16 years old, and last year alone it generated well over $50B in revenue. The title is not important; the work they do is.

Product

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer

Demand Generation: Turn Ideal Buyers Into Superheroes

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

It aims to fuel your sales pipeline , shorten the sales cycle, and generate revenue. In other words, it boosts revenue by delivering the right information to the right people at the right time so that they can make confident decisions. ROI on marketing-sourced revenue. Deciding between LBM and ABM. With content marketing.

Demand

Demand Lead Generation PPC Leadership

VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.

Technical Review

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity

Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. million.

Valuation

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review

ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans).

San Jose

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital

The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Some businesses can service all four cities with a single distribution hub in one of the cities, making it a unique market for launching new businesses. More connections means more business, more investors, more revenue, and more growth. We truly are an accelerator of the Austin startup ecosystem. You can start by selling in the U.S.

Texas

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas

How to Supercharge your Content Marketing with Paid Advertising

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

The content is ready and now post-publishing you’re on to emailing your list, reaching out to influencers, and distributing on your social channels. Sometimes, paid advertising tools and platforms can be a great supplement to these more traditional means of distribution. Outbrain. . . Content.ad.

Advertising

Advertising Distribution Marketing New York City

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