View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

The NextView Accelerator Doesn’t Operate in Strict Cohorts. . Most accelerators operate in class cohort “batches.” The dynamics for participation in the next round’s fundraise syndicate is complex, and many accelerators (and VCs) obfuscate their intentions for self-serving interests.

Cofounder 177

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Alabama 177

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place.

Angel Investor 257

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 257

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar. We also have data points for VC investments in seed/startup companies (but not necessarily pre-revenue companies). In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the next post, I’ll talk about how we think about pre-seeds at NextView. It’s become increasingly common for startups to raise several seed rounds, and this has led to a bifurcation in the seed stage between what are known as “pre-seed” (or “genesis”) and institutional seed rounds.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

If you are in the very early stages with your company and there are no major reasons (e.g. Jeff Clavier, Seed stage investor in 90+ consumer internet startups, said: We all have a different approach to non Silicon Valley opportunities. R&D in your home country, HQ in US with the CEO moving over).

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place.

Angel Investor 128

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 128

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

NextView Ventures II is $40M, twice the size of our first fund, and we continue to be exclusively focused on seed-stage companies pursuing internet-enabled innovation. As former operators and product-oriented entrepreneurs, Dave, Lee, and I tend to think of our firm as a startup company and our approach to investing as our product.

Seed Stage 69

Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

There are more similarities with early-stage VC than public investing, but in these asset classes you still see somewhat more uniform access to investment opportunities and less information asymmetry. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. How do you win? Author howerl.

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Framework Silicon Valley Early Stage 100

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 21, 2014

17 core investments have been made, I’d say our investment model was, and continues to be, consistent with the type of firm we want to build but if you’re not constantly evaluating how to get better and serve entrepreneurs, you won’t last very long in the early stage venture business. No more, no less.

Cofounder 102

Cofounder Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 102

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

What are the implications for other late-stage private companies thinking of making the transition to public markets in the near to midterm future? What’s the impact for early-stage startups? I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Author howerl. Read More ».

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Most startups operate close to themargin of failure, and the distraction of having to deal with clientscould be enough to put you over the edge. So if youre going to sell cheap stockto eminent angels, do it early, when its natural for the companyto have a low valuation. Some angel investors join together in syndicates.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76