Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

A couple years ago, my partner Lee penned a blog post about the milestone benchmarks for startups raising a Series A round of financing. Generate Real Revenue. For B2B startups especially, revenue is the best signal of product-market fit.

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Seed Capital Metrics Cofounder Revenue 212

Genuine VC

MAY 29, 2014

Some are pre-product, while all the way on the other side of the spectrum, some have meaningful revenue and clear up-and-to-the-right metrics. The other is valuation of the next round of Series A financing. The risk associated with raising a subsequent round of capital are different for different profile startups.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Valuation 166

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Much of the VC blogosphere commentary about startups covers venture and angel financing with advice focused on company founders. The biggest mistake I see is people going to Series A or B funded startup because they perceive it as “safe” with VC backing, but the only thing *temporarily* derisked is financing.

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Startup Later Stage Angel Financing Seed Stage 241

Genuine VC

JUNE 10, 2013

Our latest investment at NextView Ventures , tapCommerce, is dedicated to helping mobile brands to deliver customers, revenue, and ROI across mobile devices. round of seed financing , which included NextView among our co-investors RRE Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, and Metamorphic Ventures. Today tapCommerce announced its $1.2M

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Cofounder Mobile Web Finance 103

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 103

Genuine VC

APRIL 30, 2008

After the crash at the end of the last decade, web startups clamped down to focus on their core value proposition and were forced out of necessity for survival to hone their revenue models. The stories of tremendous growth in adoption with the promise of revenue later on has been enough to excite both entrepreneurs alike.

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Distribution Widget Viral Social Media 100

Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

Given the ability to plug into (often self-service) monetization platforms and/or employ freemium models which weren’t available or de rigueur five years ago, seed stage companies are able to transform into seed stage businesses (with real revenue!) to become not just ramen-profitable, but sustainably profitable.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Audience New York 166