Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. We three partners are working hard. We have a long way to go baby!

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

What is it, and how should founders think about it? Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. If they can’t, then we want to know more about the existing investor syndicate, so we’re not the only ones at the table. first and foremost.

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Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

Agile VC

JULY 16, 2014

We’re thrilled for the company to have a great investment partner joining the syndicate and one with deep payments expertise having backed companies like Square, Stripe, Fundbox, and others. Some lament the relocation of Plastiq and other companies who start in Boston but end up moving to Silicon Valley or other startup hubs.

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Boston Silicon Valley San Francisco Cofounder 208

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Led by General Catalyst with participation by co-founders Steve Hafner & Paul English.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In our prior lives, the Bolster founders worked together to scale up a business called Return Path and also. worked as advisors and mentors to numerous early stage founders and startups. The one our team was particularly excited about was a concept we were calling at the time “Venture Acceleration Partners.”

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? How best can European startups land VC funding in the US / Sillicon Valley? It doesn’t come naturally to many European founders. Read Venture Hacks ( [link] ). And then read it again.

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Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. a lot of them are moving here from Silicon Valley! and around the world.

Texas 50

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. The third wave of podcasting.

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Audio Silicon Valley Curation Cofounder 109

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

The expanding universe of potential buyers is a great thing for founders. We’ll see how long they remain exciting, innovative places to work but at least for now I think most founders who contemplate an acquisition would be open to having their company and team be part of a Facebook, LinkedIn, or Zynga. Pingback: this.

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Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Agile VC

AUGUST 2, 2011

Or as my friend and mentor Reid Hoffman says being a founder is like throwing yourself off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. What person in their right mind does that? It is his idea.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 113

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Agile VC

JANUARY 18, 2012

Being a startup founder isn’t for everyone ultimately, in fact it probably isn’t for most people. Not everyone has the skillset and experience to be a founder, and many of those that do may not have the risk tolerance. Seven Reasons to Become a Founding Entrepreneur. January 18, 2012.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Silicon Valley Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Objective Logistics co-founders Philip Beauregard and Matt Grace sent out this illustration immediately after the round was announced which I think keeps this in perspective nicely. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Author howerl.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

It is the story of the founding of the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley and features many of the iconic companies created including Apple, Intel, Genentech and Cisco. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

If you and all the people around your startup (co-founders, advisors, existing investors) feel strongly that the company A) could benefit from additional equity capital at this time and B) you’ve accomplished value accretive milestones since your last round of funding, then it might make sense to talk with potential new investors.

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Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

IMO Bessemer is perhaps the most emblematic firm of thematic investing… all the investment professionals in the firm from senior partners to more junior staff team up in small groups to construct “ roadmaps ” of the themes in which they intend to pursue investments, which are then articulated more broadly within the firm.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

First, if the VC does 15-20 of these under one partner then it is certain he can’t spend any time with these investments. You were a VP at a company that sold for $200 million making the founder very wealthy. That founder wasn’t one of your angels. True was my top pick in Silicon Valley. is now a VC.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. The third wave of podcasting.

Audio 60

Audio Curation Silicon Valley Media 60

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. The panel was a typical Silicon Valley shmoozefest hosted at a law firm with about 75+ attendees. ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 17, 2008. Touched by an Angel. for a total of $10.5M

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

We’ll be bringing other entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and corporate partners with us. We’re fortunate to work with partners such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Daimler, Google, Merck, Walmart and The U.S. Entrepreneurs in San Antonio will drive up to Austin for a day of office hours with guest mentors visiting from Silicon Valley.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 97

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.). They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.). They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Babbling VC

JANUARY 7, 2011

I've read and written about it many times but I think there is one thing which is never loudly spoken about when comparing the EU to Silicon Valley (or the US in general). Conversely you could blame the LP's (limited partners: the investors in venture funds) and say they are the one's not risking it enough.

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Finance LP Europe Valuation 76

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Also all the big anchor companies that a startup might want to partner with at that time (eBay, Google, Oracle, Yahoo!, April 13, 2012. I was back in the SF Bay Area last week for a bit of work and a bit of fun.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. I might talk openly about how Hulu is my partner, while simultaneously launching an iPad player before hulu does (as ABC did) – even when I’m a shareholder.

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Video Technical Review Advertising Distribution 292

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

Is it Silicon Valley, home to accelerators Y Combinator and 500 Startups and to tech giants Google and Facebook? As of now, the City of Austin’s startup density is greater than that of the Silicon Valley! But, what exactly does that mean for both founders and investors? versus $10M+).

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Silicon Valley New York City San Jose Texas 48

Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

I first met Matija Kopic, Farmeron’s co-founder & CEO, a few months ago. So it took me a minute to describe to my partners why SaaS for cows is incredibly exciting… Farmeron is a SaaS company focused on the data management challenges facing the agriculture sector. Filed under Uncategorized. link] aweissman.

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Silicon Valley Cofounder Seed Stage Syndicate 223

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

The company has been in stealth mode for the last couple months but I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about NextView’s investment in the company and our enthusiasm to be working with co-founders Dan Foody and Alex Cote. I first met co-founder/CEO Dan Foody a little over six months ago. Overall, great find! Read More ».

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Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 Have an account? And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

The above was the opening salvo of a controversial tweetstorm yesterday by my former student and 500 Startups founding partner, Dave McClure (full venom below). It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked.

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Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley Common Stock 28

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Both are building on top of the existing credit card infrastructure because as Swipely Founder/CEO Angus Davis points out, millions of people are walking around with a mobile payment device in their pocket… it’s called a credit card. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250