article thumbnail

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

View from Seed

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. Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund.

article thumbnail

Angels Rush in Where VC Fear to Tread

Up and Running

He says, summarizing the Giga Om post: Unlike traditional VCs, super angels actively invest in seed stage companies. The article suggests – and we agree – that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases. They also invest lower amounts of money than traditional VCs, between $25k-$250k.

article thumbnail

Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

Agile VC

It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. But nearly everyone has wrongly placed emphasis on the mobile technology part and not on the payments aspect. Chris Chaten. Any thoughts on Isis?

Mobile 250