Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004).

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

What is it, and how should founders think about it? Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. Use good judgment, talk to your co-founders/investors/lawyers, and partner with a bank that values transparency and relationships such as SVB.].

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion ” that the best performing VC funds are based in the major venture centers (Silicon Valley, Boston, and the New York area), but their best investments are outside of those geographies. Our job is to invest in the growth areas of 2018.

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OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In our prior lives, the Bolster founders worked together to scale up a business called Return Path and also. worked as advisors and mentors to numerous early stage founders and startups. The middle” consists of venture-backed companies that are neither early stage nor mature. What about the middle?

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Hunter Walker

JULY 19, 2017

[Stefon voice] “The hottest club in Silicon Valley is ‘Scouts.'” As Tomio Geron wrote in this week’s WSJ , At Homebrew , we don’t currently use Scouts, but generally welcome any investors into syndicates who can provide value to the founders. The ties in Silicon Valley are complex!

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

It’s taken me a couple of years to grapple with this but let’s just put this out there: fundraising in the Silicon Valley is very much a game of pedigree. You have to believe that the founders are willing to eat glass for breakfast every day – 100x more than a team that can easily get VC investment.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

It’s taken me a couple of years to grapple with this but let’s just put this out there: fundraising in the Silicon Valley is very much a game of pedigree. You have to believe that the founders are willing to eat glass for breakfast every day – 100x more than a team that can easily get VC investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. million in venture financing. startupcto

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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 second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Who’s next?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

So if a VC wants to work with really talented early-stage entrepreneurs there are times where they have to be willing to seed fund them in order to be in the deal. A very well known early stage fund used to have a rule that they didn’t do follow ons. That founder wasn’t one of your angels. is now a VC.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. a lot of them are moving here from Silicon Valley! Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2013. Who should come on the bus? and around the world. Big thanks!

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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.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. It had a good mix of viewpoints with east ( James Geshwiler, Common Angels ) and west coast (yours truly) angels, early stage venture capitalist ( Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group ), and a couple of attorneys ( Dan Hansen and Mario Rosati ). ProfessorVC. Thursday, April 1, 2010.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2017

While I work with a few companies in Silicon Valley, the vast majority of my clients are either in Austin or ecosystems that look much more like Austin than SV; “second tier” tech communities. The result of the binary philosophy is, in fact, truly binary outcomes for founders.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. The panel was a typical Silicon Valley shmoozefest hosted at a law firm with about 75+ attendees. ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 17, 2008. Touched by an Angel. for a total of $10.5M

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Mechanics Angel investors often syndicate deals, which means they join togetherto invest on the same terms. In a syndicate there is usually a"lead" investor who negotiates the terms with the startup. Dont feel like you have to join a syndicate, though. Its not thathard to do it yourself. How much does an angel invest?

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. ProfessorVC. Monday, June 20, 2011. How much is enough? Financing, that is.I

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