Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

We love meeting entrepreneurs who take this blank canvas approach when thinking about disrupting markets. This is how new markets get created. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ». What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. If you want to launch a new business, this is a great market to launch from because you can easily reach all of the major Texas cities with one office. A significant strength of Texas lies in its diversified portfolio of unique cities.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Startups in NextView’s portfolio frequently receive inbound interest from other VC investors who are intrigued about what they’re doing, and I often talk with other early-stage entrepreneurs how to approach similar situations. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. February 28, 2012.

Early Stage 100

Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Thematic investing is where VCs research a macro trend or specific market, form a thesis around why this trend/market will serve as a good basis for building great startups, and then pursue as many exceptional investments in this theme as appropriate for the VC’s strategy. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

It is the story of the founding of the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley and features many of the iconic companies created including Apple, Intel, Genentech and Cisco. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now.

Term Sheet 46

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

Their entrepreneurs are evangelical about how great it is to be part of True’s portfolio. True was my top pick in Silicon Valley. Because angels will have their money in real estate, the stock market, etc. In my third seed deal we co-invested with a seed fund and then syndicated the rest to strategic angels.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Maybe you’ll do better as an angel since you are investing smaller dollars which is easier to deploy in this segment of the market, but maybe not. 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. Preferably both.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Maybe you’ll do better as an angel since you are investing smaller dollars which is easier to deploy in this segment of the market, but maybe not. 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. Preferably both.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Out of 5,923 investment professionals in our dataset, 916 (15.5%) were focused primarily on origination and marketing. Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010. By analogy, look at a middle market private equity firms such as the Riverside Company.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TL;DR: In a market that has historically idolized huge, splashy financings and exits, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are realizing that everyone else’s definition of success — particularly among certain large VCs — isn’t necessarily aligned with their own. Understand the tension between “Portfolio” v. One Shot” incentives.

Liquidation Preference 48

Liquidation Preference Common Stock Valuation Silicon Valley 48

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. 2) Demonstrable market size – Sometimes it’s obvious to potential investors your startup is pursuing a large market oppty (TAM measured in billions).

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In the modern age public market investors, whether they be focused on equities (stocks), fixed income (bonds), currencies, commodities, or derivatives of these, all have access to essentially the same investment choices and the same body of information. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Framework Silicon Valley Early Stage 100