Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

I find myself having similar conversations and really appreciate that you’ve written and shared this. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. [link] Dave Sandrowitz. Really insightful stuff. Read More ».

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

At the end of the day Kayak’s playing a key role in the online travel process, but it appears more of the revenue comes from filling top of the conversion funnel rather than the middle or bottom of it. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Author howerl. Read More ».

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place.

Angel Investor 128

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 128

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

Even the best entrepreneurs often hear “no” from potential investors. Occasionally though, a “not yet” response simply stems from the inevitable staging of conversations that happens in any startup’s fundraising process. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 11, 2014

What set these entrepreneurs apart from the ones where I just hit ‘archive?’ Funds 123, 456, and 789 all seem to invest in seed stage social gaming startups. It’s never been easier to get a sense of what industries and stages are preferred by various investor segments. ’ A lot.

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Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 125

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. AngelList is brilliantly designed to make it easy for investors to write checks to entrepreneurs. I would focus on comments from investors, not necessarily other entrepreneurs.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 11, 2015

We also felt really good about the conversations with founders – “dealflow” = life blood of any investor. We believe in strong syndicates for seed stage companies – getting a good coalition of investors around the table matters. That’s what being a ‘partner of conviction’ means.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Hosting 48

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Startups in NextView’s portfolio frequently receive inbound interest from other VC investors who are intrigued about what they’re doing, and I often talk with other early-stage entrepreneurs how to approach similar situations. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Read More ».

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

NextView Ventures II is $40M, twice the size of our first fund, and we continue to be exclusively focused on seed-stage companies pursuing internet-enabled innovation. As former operators and product-oriented entrepreneurs, Dave, Lee, and I tend to think of our firm as a startup company and our approach to investing as our product.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. All Rights Reserved.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Rob Go

OCTOBER 21, 2013

I’ve been hearing a similar lament recently from founders of seed stage companies. It goes something like this: “I thought seed funds would be faster at getting to a decision than large funds. I’ve often heard entrepreneurs remark positively about the speed of great funds.

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Seed Stage Due Diligence Early Stage Syndicate 53

Rob Go

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In almost all of these cases, these smaller investors were included into a syndicate because they “added value” either through domain or functional expertise or through their network. I find that almost all seed stage companies start out sending updates to investors. Second, send updates.

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Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage 28