Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. And we’ve designed the economic incentives so that Greg is aligned with the overall performance of GRP in addition to his investments so I’m excited to get him involved across all of our portfolio companies helping provide fresh perspectives on the important topic of growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

Another great strategy is to ask to meet with some of their portfolio companies if you think your tech would be relevant to them as potential customers. That way your VC meeting becomes a sales lead AND the VC can get input from a trusted source (a portfolio company) without having to immediately commit more time. Don’t send these?—?go

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. Like the U.S.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 12, 2020

Others require formal registration, such as patents, designs and trade marks. Intellectual property can create trouble for startups in their early stages, and getting it right is a crucial aspect to running a successful business. i) Assuming your intellectual property is not important.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Recently, I’ve been working with a few of our portfolio companies to help them think about how to recruit and interview their first analytics hire. Analytics is about designing, reporting, and leveraging operating metrics to aid strategic and functional decision-making.

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Analytics Hiring SQL Forecast 149

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. It sounds simple; however, very few asset managers actually do it.”

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

Today, I’m thrilled to publicly announce NextView’s Talent Exchange, a program helping both top talent and NextView-backed startups connect with each other more easily, beginning with Boston companies (which make up just over half our portfolio). Below, I’ll quickly explain the genesis of this initiative and share a few more key details.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

It was a conscious decision to maintain the fund size at the same level, despite both market pressure (larger rounds at earlier stages) and demand pressure (lots of LP money entering the stage) to raise a larger fund. K9 Ventures II began investing in 2012 and was designed to have an investment period of 5 years.

Technology 96

Technology LP San Francisco Portfolio 96

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. Like the U.S.

Venture Capital 163

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 163

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. A quick survey of their portfolio tells you just how many high-profile startups have included them in their rounds.

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Community Los Angeles Startup Silicon Valley 304

View from Seed

APRIL 7, 2015

Dirty Secret #1: An early-stage startup’s design actually does matter. It probably shouldn’t be the case, but the look and feel and polish of your materials makes a big difference for early-stage investors. Even later stage VCs will push to meet founders much earlier than seems appropriate for their sweet spot.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. Of Indie.VC’s portfolio, 60% of investments are not in NY, CA, or MA. The INTRO tool is available to non-portfolio companies as well. We plan to raise $2.5m

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

Two-and-a-half months ago Einar Vollset and I announced TinySeed , the first startup accelerator designed for bootstrappers. Hundreds and hundreds of tweets, re-tweets, likes, Hacker News upvotes, email responses…it was immediately obvious that there is pent up demand for this kind of alternative early-stage startup funding.

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Early Stage Valuation Seed Capital Revenue 46

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

local/state QSBS) to encourage high-risk, early-stage investing. Later-stage capital of course ultimately matters, but that capital can be “borrowed” from players in other states at the right time (and even countries; capital is global after all). Federal government The U.S. annual GDP growth — may end in failure.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These conventions werent designed to drag out the funding process,but thats why theyre allowed to persist. It seems probable that investors have till nowon average been overcontrolling their portfolio companies. Weve found thisprinciple very useful, and we think as it spreads outward it willhelp later stage investors as well.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

From software and hardware design to advanced manufacturing, Texas is fertile ground for innovation, investment, business starts and smart job growth. A significant strength of Texas lies in its diversified portfolio of unique cities. Each offers a different culture, resources and economic base. So where is investing headed in Texas?

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We have invested in building a platform to benefit our portfolio even though we are smaller and younger than many other venture funds. We take board seats and want to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with founders at the seed stage to try to make the biggest possible impact. . – We are hands-on. – We are seed investors.

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David Teten

JULY 11, 2019

2) Raise a single, larger fund with flexibility to invest at later stages. These are designed to allow an institutional investor to invest followon rounds in existing portfolio companies. These are designed to allow an institutional investor to invest followon rounds in existing portfolio companies.

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A Crowded Space

AUGUST 4, 2011

Then about a year and half ago, I moved on from oDesk, really just because it was becoming a later stage company and I personally prefer the earlier stage challenges. I also really think startups are changing and they’re becoming more and more design focused. So those are some of the big trends.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We have invested in building a platform to benefit our portfolio even though we are smaller and younger than many other venture funds. We take board seats and want to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with founders at the seed stage to try to make the biggest possible impact. . – We are hands-on. – We are seed investors.

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Seed Stage Portfolio Institutional Investors Later Stage 28

Rob Go

AUGUST 1, 2013

Within our own portfolio, we have 4 companies within a stone’s throw of our office, and probably another 4 or 5 also within walking distance. More than once, I’ve crashed at a portfolio company’s offices because I forgot my keys, or was just too lazy to walk the extra couple blocks to NextView.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Doing 10 investments at $1M each would mean that the partner would now have a gigantic portfolio to manage and there just isn’t enough time in the day, or week, or year to manage that many investments, serve on boards and help companies grow while still continuing to look for new investments. The money side is flexible.

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