View from Seed
JULY 31, 2014
And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. The “Internet of Things”. Network Effect B2B. Empowering Content Creators.
Genuine VC
JULY 19, 2010
It’s clear that despite the varied terminology (Super Angel, Micro VC, Seed Stage VC, Seed Firms, etc.), The firm is solely focused on capital efficient business sectors, most frequently but certainly not always internet-enabled companies. Yes, “seed-stage venture firms” have always been around.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
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 On the surface the narratives have been. Where are we today? The iPhone was released.
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). link] leehower.
Agile VC
MARCH 13, 2012
In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Mail, Sports, etc.
Steve Blank
APRIL 13, 2013
But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 Out of that total, they funded 268 Internet deals with $3.2 To compare the two, in 2011 U.S.
Steve Blank
JUNE 15, 2011
In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. 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. billion at the end of the first day (on $58.9
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