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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

Meanwhile, the bubble for “seed stage&# startups began when Ron Conway’s Silicon Valley Angels and DST guaranteed every startup out of a YCombinator $150,000. Some precursors to the bubble happened when Chinese Internet companies listed on United States stock exchanges. billion at the end of the first day (on $58.9

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Final Close: The Story Behind NextView's Own Fundraise ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

We’re thrilled to have among our limited partners a select group of individuals from the startup ecosystem as well as several large institutional investors (including a university endowment, a corporate pension fund, and a multi-family office). As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund. Best of luck.

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What Is NextView’s Focus? Another Stroll Through Our Portfolio

Rob Go

We focus on investing in seed stage companies. We almost always invest in the first round of institutional capital for these companies, in rounds that range from approximately $500K – $2M. Sectorwise, we focus on internet-driven innovation and believe that we are currently straddling two converging technology waves.

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Smart Bear Live 5: Dan from SyncBloc.com with Mark Suster

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Pin It Listen to this episode if you want to learn what a VC investor thinks about “Internet scale” and how you can usually simplify your idea by charging a fair price for your product. Dan: The question is really directed towards the definition of Internet scale. Jason: So what’s the question?

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How Can Israeli Startups Raise Funding in Silicon Valley?

VC Cafe

Jussi Laakkonen , CEO & founder of Applifie, summarized it well: We recently raised our seed round at Applifier and it was led by a silicon valley seed fund MHS Capital, whose general partner is Mark Sugarman. And what do the investors think? In answer to the question Do Silicon Valley Angels invest in startups overseas?