View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Hologram is a leader in enabling large-scale connectivity of internet of things (IoT) devices, across the globe with 400+ wireless carriers, all through a robust but easy-to-use API. We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M

Chicago 156

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 156

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital doesn’t publish frequently, but his essays on market trends and Benchmark portfolio companies are a window into how VCs view the world and the kinds of business models that they find most interesting.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Technical Review Silicon Valley Cofounder 60

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Hologram is a leader in enabling large-scale connectivity of internet of things (IoT) devices, across the globe with 400+ wireless carriers, all through a robust but easy-to-use API. We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M

Chicago 136

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

The funny part is that I didn’t realize Eventbrite had male cofounders since Women 2.0 always spotlighted Julie Hartz, cofounder and wife of Kevin. Kevin’s bio on EventBrite.com: Kevin Hartz is Co-Founder & CEO of Eventbrite, a company changing the way events come together online, and happen offline.

Cofounder 49

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley San Francisco 49

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

Portfolio 150

Portfolio PR Partner Early Stage 150

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Another advantage of the early stages is that most dont have to juggle too many competing priorities. Managers in this area have to take a portfolio approach, promoting ideas that work and might make good candidates for further investment. Talking to potential customers and competitors customers.

San Francisco 88

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 88

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

Additionally, all of them were younger than me (mid-20s to early 30s). In other words, some of the best marketers in modern consumer internet startups are exactly the type of people that Boston has in spades. What Actually Makes a Great Consumer Internet Marketer? So I wanted to understand this more deeply. A belief in the new.

Boston 120

Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

Rob Go

JANUARY 9, 2012

A year ago, I wrote a post detailing some tidbits about our portfolio. I believe that the best way to understand an investor is to meet the founders that they work with. Second best is to understand their portfolio. So here is an unscientific cut of our portfolio and some commentary below. Introduced by co-investor: 3.

Portfolio 46

Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 46

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

with strong tailwinds behind it: a) Christmas 2003 was the year of the digital camera, b) Pets had quietly been moving from something families had to becoming members of the family c) the Internet nuclear winter was just passing, and a fun, colorful, whimsical site that anyone could use turned out to be quite newsworthy.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 26, 2014

Our model of backing entrepreneurs and then also investing heavily in a team and co-working space to support them is new. We are a bit like an accelerator programme, a bit like an incubator and a bit like a straight early stage fund, yet we are also different to all of these things in crucial ways. I like that about us.

eCommerce 98

eCommerce Partner Incubator Early Stage 98

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

How to build a portfolio of startup investments. How to add value to a portfolio company. What to do when your portfolio startup pivots. Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. How to source great deals. 6:30 Registration.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

As a founder, it feels like a long time, but it’s really a blip on the radar in the scheme of things. We don’t have such a section on our website (yet) and in some ways, the seed/early stage is more amorphous. So, here is our annual quantitative summary of our portfolio. A Stroll Through Our Portfolio.

Portfolio 49

Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49

View from Seed

AUGUST 6, 2019

Notable brands which their team has helped create include Sweetgreen , Harry’s , and NextView portfolio company’s Dia & Co. With this relaunch, Pattern is uniquely an early stage startup again, even after a ten years of creation. It’s unmistakable that their team’s body of work is truly phenomenal.

Cofounder 45

Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio Framework 45

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. Deviant Art, led by Angelo Sotira, which is one of the largest online communities on the Internet [Hollywood]. A quick survey of their portfolio tells you just how many high-profile startups have included them in their rounds.

Community 304

Community Los Angeles Startup Silicon Valley 304

Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

billion fund (CRV XI), though the firm’s roots were modest (Rick Burnes started CRV back in 1970 with a $4M first fund) and until then CRV had mostly stuck to its knitting of early-stage investing with small-mid sized funds. Like many leading firms CRV used this opportunity to raise a huge $1.2

Cofounder 193

Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The Institute includes a co-working space and accelerator (the Blackstone LaunchPad at UT Dallas), an incubator, a training group, a seed fund, and much more — all working together under the unifying, umbrella theme of entrepreneurship. In the early days of the current internet age, the center of Dallas venture capital was the Galleria area.

Dallas 60

Dallas Austin Texas Cofounder 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. The Innovation Center at Houston’s TMC (TMCx), co-located with Johnson and Johnson’s J-Labs, and the Center for Medical Device Innovation, drive medical innovation. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 107

San Francisco Romania Cleveland South Africa 107

Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

A few things have happened recently to cause me to look a little closer at NY for the next amazing companies in Internet technology. 5) Diversified Portfolio of Industries – The best startups draw from several disparate industries around them to be able to grow and learn and diversify.

Silicon Valley 22

Silicon Valley New York Startup Software Engineering 22

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. Almost every deal I’ve ever funded I’ve gotten to know the founders over time.

Early Stage 360

Early Stage Startup Venture Capital Seed Stage 360

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 15, 2013

It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. Put another way, the ideal financing partner is a financing cofounder. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.

Finance 78

Finance Cofounder Early Stage Networking 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Optimize your advisers and investors. Advisors and mentors are busy people.

Bandwidth 362

Bandwidth Entrepreneur Portfolio Cofounder 362

Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

And Jennifer is now my co-instructor in the Stanford Lean LaunchPad class.). Note that if you’re familiar with the business model canvas, Steps 1-4 below are equivalent to a visual map of the choices a founder makes as they develop a business model canvas. The MVP Tree. Step 5 and 6 leads you to selecting the right MVPs.).

Product 436

Product Viral Channel San Francisco 436

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

Kevin – consumer Internet plays, often times they don’t have a business model. When I met Instagram, Kevin (the founder) had great numbers, but he wasn’t even thinking about revenue. We are working hard on features to help angels screen the founders and check their background. The top 10-15 we manually review.

Developer 103

Developer Silicon Valley Software Review Mexico 103

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their pitch decks.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. and the major New York industries across the X-axis (internet, food, retail, fashion, etc.).

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

For this reason, we’re excited to announce that we have closed on NextView’s $50M third fund, with a mission to champion founders who are redesigning the Everyday Economy. . Internet-connected computing is an innovation wave on par with a few historical developments of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Seed Stage 273

Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B 273

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. Many of you will know Robert as the founder of Soylent, which he started out of his kitchen and then grew into a nationwide phenomenon. Portfolio theory construction, alpha and beta into the science process.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2019

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Optimize your advisers and investors. Advisors and mentors are busy people.

Bandwidth 247

Bandwidth Portfolio Cofounder Angel Investor 247

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

Signing an office lease might not seem like a board-level decision, but with early-stage startups, that lease might very well be a financial liability that significantly exceeds the company’s total cash in the bank. At this stage, you need a true founder who fervently believes they’re going to make the company successful.

Startup 36

Startup Cofounder Advertising Hiring 36

Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

FYI – this is tuned towards an individual who is still in the relatively early stages of their career. This requires that you go one or two layers deeper than someone who is smart and has done a few hours of internet research. I have a somewhat standard response, but realized that I never put it into a blog post.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Due Diligence Deal Flow Early Stage 28

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Hopefully each lead or co-lead their round so there is more harmony in the configuration. You are then a “stranded&# portfolio company. I know that a lot of VCs had roadkill in the Internet Video 1.0 If you select a lead VC make sure they’re stage appropriate. That’s a different story.

Dilution 314

Dilution Cap Table Due Diligence Option Pool 314