Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

While my portfolio is primarily centered around consumer internet as well as enterprise SaaS startups, I typically talk to two to three hardware startups each week. It feels like we are still in the early stage of the hardware revolution. The making of a hardware revolution.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. This can set up a perfect storm if early-stage companies don’t manage their expectations and reality properly. Mattermark (a portfolio company) looked at the matriculation rates for a class of startups.

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Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio Valuation 60

Hippoland

AUGUST 17, 2016

A reader named Turner Dean recently asked me whether it’s better to raise seed money on convertible notes or straight-up equity. I think my total legal bill for getting my seed round done for LaunchBit was something like < $3000. So early stage investors tend to be more wary of convertible notes / convertible securities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 Seeded companies will take longer to raise a next round. Stay alert.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

Everyone is so focused on search that they’re going to miss the bigger opportunity, which I think is making meaning out of the massive amount of information on the internet, not just searching it. There is a common complaint heard from local entrepreneurs that AV doesn’t invest in early stage companies anymore.

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Intellectual Property Austin Early Stage Agile 79

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

The only thing I wouldn’t do is to post it on the internet. Great points, though your bio does read “Personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including … a handful of other startups that are still in stealth mode!” link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

There is still abundant money available for early stage investment, but many of the rules have changed, as well as the processes for accessing these resources. The great majority of investors who did invest in “idea stage” businesses, lost fortunes when the Internet “bubble” burst at the beginning of the last decade.

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