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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

More Things became Internetted of. Last year, NextView co-founder and partner David Beisel asked our portfolio startups which service providers they use to make up the nuts and bolts of their businesses, which he published as the first edition of a potentially recurring resource. And, apparently, more Lyfts were Ubered.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

Pros of taking their angel money include the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. Cons of an investment from a Super Angel include potential lack of “value-add” because his or her time is spread so thin amongst many portfolio companies.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Increasingly, we find that consumers are taking their health outcomes into their own hands, armed with the multitude of information on the internet and an increasing awareness that 95% of what influences healthy living happens outside of the doctor’s office. 3) Health Data Applications.

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MARCH 15, 2018

You can look to our portfolio for some examples. For example, NextView-backed managed marketplaces like CarDash and Renoviso provide compelling internet-enabled services to connected customers driven by market opportunity. Markets, though, aren’t always well defined.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

While internet disruption has transformed most facets of everyday living, one of the last to really be redesigned has been the home. It’s interesting to note that Home Depot is a $180B retailer that has not seen significant threat from internet disruption. Source: Google Finance).

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Portfolio companies can contact us to learn more.) So the average entrepreneur’s biggest sell is to get a developer plugged into a different “internet of people” than Google can. Editor’s Note: NextView recently kicked off a Boston-based workshop series on technical interviewing with Google.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

We’ve shared our thoughts on how the internet and associated digital technologies are creating massive shifts in home , apparel , and other categories. Quilt (a NextView portfolio company incubated in our Boston office) recently launched a fully digital life insurance product that approves policies in just 15 minutes.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

Everyone in the NextView partnership has deep operating experience as founders and operators scaling high-growth internet companies (e.g. We’re also including facilitated, hands-on mentorship from experienced advisors, tactical experts, and portfolio founders. Who we are. LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, Blue Apron).

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Hologram is a leader in enabling large-scale connectivity of internet of things (IoT) devices, across the globe with 400+ wireless carriers, all through a robust but easy-to-use API. Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Notable brands which their team has helped create include Sweetgreen , Harry’s , and NextView portfolio company’s Dia & Co. It’s unmistakable that their team’s body of work is truly phenomenal. Now, however, is the time for the company’s shift.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Hologram is a leader in enabling large-scale connectivity of internet of things (IoT) devices, across the globe with 400+ wireless carriers, all through a robust but easy-to-use API. Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global.

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JULY 28, 2015

In other words, some of the best marketers in modern consumer internet startups are exactly the type of people that Boston has in spades. What Actually Makes a Great Consumer Internet Marketer? Additionally, all of them were younger than me (mid-20s to early 30s). Clearly, being analytical isn’t all there is to being a great marketer.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

Internet-connected computing is an innovation wave on par with a few historical developments of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Conventional wisdom has it that the internet is towards the end of this cycle — and many VCs are on the hunt for the next platform, whether it be blockchain, or AI, or synthetic biology, or what have you.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Examples of such companies in our portfolio include WHOOP , which delivers personalized health insights via a wearable device, Devoted Health , which assists seniors in accessing Medicare Advantage, and Mighty Health , which helps individuals find a healthier path through coaching.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

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. Outside of Silicon Valley, you can usually get into pretty good deals writing pretty small checks ($10K or so) if you are relevant to the sector you are investing in.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

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. Outside of Silicon Valley, you can usually get into pretty good deals writing pretty small checks ($10K or so) if you are relevant to the sector you are investing in.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

From expert AMAs tailored to your pre-seed needs to hands-on mentorship from relevant, established entrepreneurs within the NextView portfolio to founder-only sessions that create a safe space for sharing and supporting one another, our programming is created to meet you where you are and propel you forward in the direction we believe you can go. .

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JUNE 11, 2015

So while we’ve seen the stealth approach across sectors, including consumer software/internet, B2B software, and hardware companies, it tends to be more prevalent with the latter two. In the NextView portfolio, we’d currently cite Driftt and their great team led by established entrepreneurs David Cancel and Elias Torres as the example.)

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

B2B on-demand is the perfect combination between two of our existing portfolio strengths: The fact that half of our investments are business-focused startups, and our expertise with consumer on-demand services like Paintzen , TaskRabbit , and Scratch. Sector: Insurance in the Internet Age. Authenticity to NextView.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

B2B on-demand is the perfect combination between two of our existing portfolio strengths: The fact that half of our investments are business-focused startups, and our expertise with consumer on-demand services like Paintzen , TaskRabbit , and Scratch. Sector: Insurance in the Internet Age. Authenticity to NextView.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

We believe that the internet is a super-technology, and are most excited about the second-order effects that this super-technology will have on everyday life for everyday people. Our portfolio company Mealpal is a great example of this because workday meals are habitual and inherently social.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Certain areas of the Everyday Economy , such as home and food , have been largely insulated from the internet and other technological forces. But one aspect of our daily lives has already changed dramatically since the dawn of the internet: How we are entertained. The Next Generation of Media.

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