Rob Go

JANUARY 9, 2012

A year ago, I wrote a post detailing some tidbits about our portfolio. Second best is to understand their portfolio. So here is an unscientific cut of our portfolio and some commentary below. Sector: Consumer Internet: 7. Syndicate Composition: Angels: 5. We aren’t that dogmatic about syndicate composition.

Portfolio 46

Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 46

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is why I’ve made a habit of profiling our portfolio quantitatively and why we write summaries announcing pretty much all of our new investments. So, here is our annual quantitative summary of our portfolio. This equates to 3-4 investments that are “led” internally by each partner. This isn’t a quota.

Portfolio 49

Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

My partners and I wanted to peel back the curtain slightly for those of you who’ve been following our progress, and also acknowledge the help and support numerous folks have provided as we got this new VC firm off the ground. Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way.

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

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.

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) A significant strength of Texas lies in its diversified portfolio of unique cities.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

NextView Ventures II is $40M, twice the size of our first fund, and we continue to be exclusively focused on seed-stage companies pursuing internet-enabled innovation. 1) How is the portfolio performing? On performance, we are happy with how things are shaping up in our early NextView I portfolio. Zillow ), Hyperpublic ( acq.

Seed Stage 69

Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

It’s been a yearly tradition for me to share a semi-quantitative view into our portfolio at NextView. Three years ago, I published our first “Stroll through the portfolio” and I’ve published updates each year in January. We make 2-4 investments per year per partner. Traction in Ad Tech Portfolio.

Syndicate 45

Syndicate Syndication Portfolio Advertising 45

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. internet. (6). Portfolio. (3).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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.). So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Why Invest?

Technical Review 120

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.). So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Why Invest?

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

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. Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. Would you eat at a restaurant where the chef eats only eats 2% of the time?

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

At NextView, we spend a substantial portion of our time trying to help our portfolio companies prepare for growth as “venture scale” businesses. But these five tenets can help internet / software entrepreneurs increase their prospects. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Author howerl.

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113