View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. We are not an AR/VR, blockchain, AI, or ecommerce fund.

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Up and Running

MAY 27, 2020

You’ve got a great eCommerce product idea and you’re ready to get started building a new online business venture. There are some bizarre eCommerce product ideas out there that have turned out to be an incredible success – like CBD infused candies for example. The Basics of Ecommerce Validation: Understanding Your Product.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Dear Brightly (a NextView portfolio company) provides a telemedicine-powered ecommerce experience for prescription-grade retinoids so consumers no longer need to take time off work to go see a dermatologist for 10 minutes just to obtain a prescription for the serum.

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Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Caregivers receive product guidance, curation, and content – as well as human support & empathy – that other ecommerce experiences don’t provide. Because the needs are personal, Carewell’s offering is personal. This personal touch stems from the company’s values rooted in family, service, dependability, and trust.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

This huge value will come from user purchases in virtual goods, eCommerce, digital collectibles/NFTs, etc. From consumer level applications such as blockchain gaming like our portfolio company Rebel Bots , to infrastructure level of 3D content management systems in the cloud like our portfolio company Echo3D.

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Mucker Lab

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Today, Emotive announces their $50M Series B closed just 7 months after to accelerate growth after a transformative year for eCommerce brands. We share their ambitious vision for how eCommerce technology will further expand and deepen the relationship between brands and their customers and look forward to supporting their journey ahead.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Streaming, gaming, ecommerce increased adoption rapidly, advancing 10 years in the space of a few months. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). eCommerce grew 5 years in 3 months – graph taken from Benedict Evans deck. This may also trickle down to Google and Amazon.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2022

eCommerce platforms. One can create RFQs, respond to customers for offers, develop their product portfolio, and network with each other. Also, people in the chemical sector use several digital products and services developed during the past ten years. Essentially, the scenario is that there are flexible aggregators as.

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Transformify

JUNE 20, 2020

Product portfolio. Wirecard has an impressive product portfolio that has been attracting big merchants having more complex needs including payment acceptance, acquiring, M-POS, prepaid cards, fraud & risk solutions, etc. Its Global eCommerce solutions are preferred by many eCommerce merchants big and small.

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Germany eCommerce Global Operations 99

Up and Running

JULY 24, 2013

. “When my wife and I launched our consulting firm, it was a highly competitive market with projects usually awarded based on feedback and a portfolio—neither of which we had. We did have a lot of time on our hands (having no work), we came up with imaginary businesses and then built fully functional sites based on their requirements.

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Customer eCommerce Portfolio Framework 77

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

It’s been troubling me recently that at first glance the trend towards mobile and the trend within mobile towards apps mitigates against startup ecommerce companies. Ecommerce discovery would then be through the cards of other services.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

When you’ve been playing the game a bit longer or when you have responsibilities at the fund level you start thinking more about “portfolio construction.” So if you truly want to be great at investing you need all the right skills and access AND a diversified portfolio. You’re thinking about one bullet at a time.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 23, 2014

Andy Dunn from Bonobos wrote yesterday about the dominance of Amazon in what he calls ecommerce 1.0 Key to success is building a great brand and that is much easier the product is good enough to talk for itself.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 5, 2013

You will either be building an ecommerce brand that people will love, or supplying software and services into the ecommerce sector. We think about ecommerce in the widest sense, including innovative product companies that sell direct and businesses building new ways to buy things online.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Subscription ecommerce has become quite a hot business model over the past couple of years, perhaps reaching peak hotness 6-12 months ago. Phil Wilkinson, the founder of Kopi, is an old friend and we were discussing characteristics of good ecommerce subscription businesses over lunch yesterday.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Investors usually carry a portfolio of startups. So, it is natural for them to fund companies that are complementary to the startups already in their portfolio. For example, if I have an ecommerce venture in my portfolio, investing in a logistic startup or a payment gateway startup would make a lot of sense as they can be integrated.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

In addition, their portfolios look far more diverse than VC industry norms. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital , reports that “37% of our portfolio companies would be considered ‘impact’ qualified companies. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 6, 2014

We’re really happy to welcome Stylect to our portfolio. These guys know how to build an ecommerce business. The deal closed a couple of weeks back and was announced on Techcrunch last week: “Swiping is the new liking” now applies to shoe shopping.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2018

In addition, Weebly offers SEO functionality, email marketing services, blogging capabilities, and eCommerce services. Squarespace : This website building tool is very popular among creative industries and ecommerce companies. In fact, many of them will do the job just for a portfolio credit. Get Your Content for Cheaper Price.

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Cost Web Development eCommerce Philippines 75

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2020

There are some relevant apps that are easy to use such as virtual text, voice assistants, eCommerce, Price prediction engines, apps for conversion, sound recognition, analysis apps, image editing apps, and so on. Folks could use these products in their daily activities and improve their work much faster. The case studies and references.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2016

If you’re an ecommerce business, you accept payments online. And they can even be about a company’s history or portfolio of clients. And you can add things like a phone number in your homepage meta tag on Google. You Haven’t Bothered With Security Certificates. Many startups sell directly over the internet.

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Social Media Security eCommerce Media 100

ConversionXL

APRIL 30, 2020

I’ve used this same approach at multiple ecommerce companies. They have a large product portfolio and spend a lot of money on marketing. In this hypothetical case, we’ll tackle a common user experience problem on big ecommerce sites—the findability of products. It all starts with something you’re familiar with— segmentation.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 15, 2014

We are ecommerce investors and 17 years after this letter was written personalisation is one of our investment themes. Our portfolio companies Thread , Stylect , and Top10 all aim to win on the basis of larger range, and better personalisation and discovery. Ecommerce'

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

3- E-commerce Photo Credit: Carter Seuthe With the launch of 5G internet, I think eCommerce will boom in 2023. You can help your clients create cover letters and portfolios they’ll be confident to share. To get started, you can offer your services on freelance sites or build a website to showcase your portfolio and services.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 112

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

His investment thesis is that vertical platforms combining content, community and commerce will make great investments over the next period, and he cites existing portfolio companies including Houzz as good examples. Ecommerce' Vertical often means local, which is good news for those of us in startup hubs outside of Silicon Valley.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Customer not present transactions include telephone payments and eCommerce sales. For the banks, it’s all about balance and ensuring their portfolio of customers falls within their risk appetite. The Merchant Account is the bank that authorizes payments and moves funds from customer bank account to the business. .

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 26, 2014

Finally, we are different to early stage funds (and many of them are great early stage funds) because we spend much more money supporting our portfolio. ‘Investor led studio’ or better ‘Ecommerce investment studio’ could be a great way to describe Forward Partners. We definitely don’t do that.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The WSJ has a story on what goes into the price of a shirt that shows why so many of the current batch of hot apparel ecommerce companies (e.g. Lightspeed portfolio companies. apparel Ecommerce' Shoedazzle*, Bonobos*, J Hilburn, Warby Parker, IndoChino etc) are vertically integrated.

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Vertical eCommerce Portfolio Channel 113

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

For example: If you had brick and mortar locations, how much can you pivot to Ecommerce (for basics), so customers can acquire goods without having to leave the house? They may have seen new ideas from other companies in their portfolio so be open to additional suggestions. Can you also offer specialized services?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

6- Stepped up eCommerce. Although our in-person services were put on hold, our eCommerce products, including virtual services tripled in revenue. To beef up our finances during the pandemic, we pivoted from being exclusively focused on the rankings and performance of our own portfolio sites to doing it for others as a service.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 8, 2017

Until now we have focused on marketplaces and next generation ecommerce. That meant lots of consumer and small business focused marketplaces and next generation ecommerce companies. Lost My Name, Appear Here and Thread are three of the better known examples, but overall there are 37 companies in that portfolio.

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Artificial Inteligence eCommerce Early Stage Algorithm 78

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 1, 2015

A Fireside Chat with Bill Gurley of Benchmark: The Future of Ecommerce — September 15, 2015 from Sailthru on Vimeo. If you’ve got the time and you’re interested in ecommerce I highly recommend watching it yourself. Gil Dibner recommended this video with Bill Gurley in a recent post about the five forces of venture capital.

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eCommerce San Francisco Customer Portfolio 60

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2019

This will help you to build your portfolio of work while actually making a bit of passive income. When your portfolio is bigger, branch from online platforms and launch your own writing agency website. Don’t Count Out Online Retail (Ecommerce) Just Yet. The truth is ecommerce, or online retail is estimated to surpass $4.5

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Facebook Login Reduces Ecommerce Sales (Case Study) – crowdspring.co/15aPEmB. Facebook Login Reduces Ecommerce Sales (Case Study) – crowdspring.co/15aPEmB. Facebook Login Reduces Ecommerce Sales (Case Study) – crowdspring.co/15aPEmB. 40 inspiring portfolio pages | Design Reviver – crowdspring.co/1btPnx2.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Early this year Amie Fineberg, who has been my amazing assistant for over 10 years, mentioned that she and several other employees at Benchmark had fallen in love with a new ecommerce service, and that I might want to check it out. Fundamentally, we share the common concern that many of the new “Ecommerce 2.0”

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eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

50 Beautifully Simple Portfolio Websites For Your Inspiration – crowdspring.co/18GaqJP. 50 Beautifully Simple Portfolio Websites For Your Inspiration – crowdspring.co/18GaqJP. Celebrating Ecommerce Design | Webdesigntuts+ crowdspring.co/18Gbptr. Tools for image optimization – crowdspring.co/18Gappa. 18H7DOw.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

A number of factors are combining that enable faster product iteration in hardware. 3D printing is reducing the cost of prototyping. It is still unclear how much capital these businesses will require or what the exit market will be like.

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Open Source Venture Capital Software Review Aggregator 102