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). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., Thanks Lee.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

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. So Groupon obviously filed their S-1 the other day to formally being the IPO process. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

All of us at NextView extend our congratulations to founder Hardi Meybaum and the rest of the GrabCAD team. He was wrapping up GrabCAD’s participation in the Seedcamp accelerator program, and the Seedcamp startups were in the US to visit potential advisors and investors in Boston, New York, and SF.

Boston 154

Boston Acquisition Estonia Viral 154

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. Rightly or wrongly, Sequoia has received a lot of flak about their “scout” program recently.

Cofounder 193

Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

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.

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Swipely is focused on payment marketing, namely unifying loyalty programs and payments for main street merchants. Like anyone else, they are looking to own the customer data and offer smart loyalty programs. But at least the loyalty programs it offers are really cool and easy to implement for the merchants. Is that it?

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Today most corporations have 401(k) style defined contribution programs where employees pay a fixed amount and the performance of their investments determine the amount they have upon retirement. First I read Semil Shah’s post reflecting on a recent GP/LP summit he attended.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279