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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

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? The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

And they should be; the feeding frenzy in the innovation economy is in some cases because startups are eating the lunch of more established companies. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Mari Holds a B.A. New York Times’ timeSpace is a good example.