Agile VC

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In addition, investing in startup tech companies turns out to provide only a modest level of diversification… angel investments tend to form a high beta portfolio, with reasonably close correlations to public equity markets. ” But as an angel one can overweight this factor. totally passive strategy won’t teach you much).

Angel Investor 265

Angel Investor Early Stage Syndicate Syndication 265

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

The majority of the companies in NextView’s portfolio are fundamentally software-based, rather than being hardware related. But we will undoubtedly continue to add more hardware related businesses to our portfolio. I promised to return to how hardware fits into the long arc of the internet.

Internet 100

Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

The majority of the companies in NextView’s portfolio are fundamentally software-based, rather than being hardware related. But we will undoubtedly continue to add more hardware related businesses to our portfolio. I promised to return to how hardware fits into the long arc of the internet.

Internet 100

Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

We see co-working spaces where the ratio of work to non-work (ping pong, beer, startup talks, etc) is pretty low, while elsewhere founders enamored with the lifestyle or perception of being an entrepreneur, believing they’ve made it once their company raises a Series B. So why should I or we collectively care?

Startup 188

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 188

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Some VC firms have eschewed taking direct investments from public pension funds, as state laws now sometimes require these pension funds to publicly disclose information about their investments that VCs consider sensitive, confidential info, like fund-level returns or individual companies in the portfolio. Endowments. new buildings, etc).

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

We try hard to bring our own blank canvas into these meetings so that we can better conceive and appreciate the vision of founders we meet with. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

We see co-working spaces where the ratio of work to non-work (ping pong, beer, startup talks, etc) is pretty low, while elsewhere founders enamored with the lifestyle or perception of being an entrepreneur, believing they’ve made it once their company raises a Series B. So why should I or we collectively care?

Startup 100

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 100

Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

For example FRC launched a founders equity exchange fund and various programmatic forms of knowledge sharing like list serves, CEO summits, conferences, etc. Though they only started in 2006, Foundry’s obviously off to a great start with investments in Zynga and AdMeld and a promising portfolio of others.

Cofounder 193

Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Startups in NextView’s portfolio frequently receive inbound interest from other VC investors who are intrigued about what they’re doing, and I often talk with other early-stage entrepreneurs how to approach similar situations. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. February 28, 2012.

Early Stage 100

Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

And we invest in US-based startups, primarily on the US east coast though we’ll consider other parts of country on a selective basis (roughly 15-20% of our portfolio is in the SF Bay area). We also invest only in software & internet enabled businesses.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124