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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

The market was down considerably with public valuations down 53–79% across the four sectors we were reviewing (it is since down even further). ==> Aside, we also have a NEW LA-based partner I’m thrilled to announce: Nick Kim. We have a team of 7 in San Francisco (a counter bet on our belief that the Bay Area is an amazing place.)

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. So mostly we just had to listen to customer feedback from founders, VCs and LPs.

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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. This is not meant to be a negative post, but rather a temperature check of today’s market environment and the levers founders can pull on to survive this period. What is a founder to do? Israeli tech review Q3 2022, IVC Online and Bank Leumi.

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Q1 2024 Portfolio in Review

Version One Ventures

Gencove has partnered with Ferris Genomics to offer end-to-end genomics sequencing services. with participation from Figma Ventures and founders of leading engineering-driven companies. Upcoming Events PLGTM 2024 (hosted by Inflection.io ) is happening in San Francisco on April 16th and 17th. Jam announced their $8.9M

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I would see Marc Benioff in the line for Starbucks at One Market in San Francisco and probably few could pick him out of a line up then. I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider.

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The Next Chapter for NextView

View from Seed

The first is that we are welcoming Stephanie Palmeri as the newest Partner at the firm. Through all of this, what has been obvious is her hunger to serve founders and desire to work with entrepreneurs to bring about the kind of world changing impact we seek to be a part of at NextView.

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Since then, in about 3 months, we’ve fed over 170,000 people and injected over $1mm into the local economy in San Francisco and Detroit. How HelpKitchen began The idea for HelpKitchen began with a conversation between Eric Ries and Jeff (founder and CEO of Twilio) and Erica Lawson.

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