Hunter Walker

JULY 22, 2014

Important to make sure your forecast and your operating plan match up! In most cases we try to shift focus to a Top Down Forecasting model as it’s more milestone-based, which we think is appropriate for early stage startups. , what sort of budget will be required to support the ongoing acquisition? Top Down Forecasting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

The confidence, energy, passion and humor that are hallmarks of Jonathan became muted in the pressures of needing to show financial successes to match one’s enormous product vision and ambitions. I have a very public seed stage investment policy and awe.sm I saw this first hand. I saw it first hand.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Almost two years ago, in a private/closed meeting with K9 Ventures’ LPs only, I claimed that: What was being referred to in the press as the “Series A Crunch” was not because fewer Series A deals were being done, but because there were too many Seed deals being done. Seed stage was super tough. Seed is the New A.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Haystack’s Semil Shah wrote up his POV on what this has all meant for the seed market and one point in particular caught my eye. Semil asserts, Seed-stage valuations have generally been left-unchanged, and I could argue even they’ve gone up since the beginning of 2022.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

*This post is part of our “pitch deck” series where we dissect the seed stage pitch deck and discuss the ideal flow for a pitch. Secondarily, how do your business tactics (especially your go to market) match some of the unique elements of the market today? You can read the rest of the posts in the series by clicking here *.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

B2B software can no longer just get away with crappy UI… it has to at least match the ease of use and aesthetics of all the consumer web products users love. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: silver philharmonic. Pingback: swtor swtor sith warrior abilities.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Takeaway 3: Identify your team’s current learning style (especially among any existing tech talent or leaders, but also more generally across your early-stage team). Seek to match new hires to that. How do you position yourself as the latter if you’re a seed-stage startup founder?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The top seed-stage tech and consumer startups in Texas. Join the networking area and get matched with another participant for a 5-minute video chat. Who should attend the roadshow? Investors from around the country who have their eye on Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Why are we doing this? Limited availability.

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View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

He’s dubbed the approach “ pretotyping ,” and it shares many of the same principles as both its similar-sounding (if later-stage) cousin, prototyping, as well as the more well-known lean startup movement. NextView Ventures: For those who might be unfamiliar, what is this concept of pretotyping? What would he use it for?

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Product Technical Review Marketing Lean 120

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In the spirit of clearing out some half-formed thoughts, I wanted to share my response to venture LPs who ask about the effect of “so much money” flowing into the seed space and how we think about its competitive impact upon our fund Homebrew.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Pre-money valuation was initially set higher but was adjusted to match the Ser B valuation. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. . $1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. General Catalyst & Sequoia participated. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend. Series B Preferred.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Pre-Seed Investments. Investing in a startup at the pre-seed stage is a great way to get in early on to the next big thing. Typically, venture capital firms will invest in companies that match their business profile and have the potential to generate profits. Management Company.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 4, 2014

.” Now some folks might roll their eyes and say, “sure, they’ll trust you until you f**k up and then it’s all ‘why did you do this or that’” but we were very focused in our fundraising to find LPs that matched our longterm goals. The second counterbalance was our own partnership dynamics.

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Software Review Vertical Seed Stage Portfolio 100

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 9, 2023

Monitor Requests: Regularly check for queries from journalists that match your niche. If you are the founder of a seed-stage company interested in learning more about Mucker funding, apply to MuckerLab and/or contact us. How to Utilize HARO Sign Up: Register with HARO and choose the categories that align with your expertise.

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Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

In both cases, the amount of time spent is generally inversely proportional to the number of new seed investments the firm does a whole each year. Board seat requirements – Partner involvement post seed financing can, but doesn’t always, require codification with a board seat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Does their “sweet spot” match your type of business? Consider your startup stage. If you’re in seed-stage with young, first-time founders, and think you’re ready to raise some capital, your odds of funding success are so low that I would skip the fee alternatives.

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Due Diligence Seed Stage 237

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Golazo is a slang word in Spanish used to describe truly special goals scored in a soccer match. The potential for outsized investment return only comes with taking significant risk, especially when investing at the seed stage, so many of the companies we invest in will ultimately be unsuccessful. Filed under Uncategorized.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. This is just the next phase of AngelList’s evolution into a one-stop shop for seed-stage companies and their backers.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Does their “sweet spot” match your type of business? Consider your startup stage. If you’re in seed-stage with young, first-time founders, and think you’re ready to raise some capital, your odds of funding success are so low that I would skip the fee alternatives.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2015

Allows us to evaluate fit with our investment strategy – we are laser focused on idea and seed stage businesses in ecommerce, marketplace and related software, and have a number of other criteria too. And this One Match Ventures guide to writing a good deck is amongst the best I’ve seen.

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 23, 2012

And along the way we’ve met with or observed a larger number of seed-stage startups attempting to start them. In either case, there’s continually a challenge in matching the right levels on both sides so that there is a stable enough balance for a service to grow.

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Engineer Vertical Portfolio Seed Stage 201

Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2010

During the seed stage where Micro VCs invest, there are three primary diligence factors: Team and individuals – The information discovery here involves conversations with former coworkers, cofounders, partners, investors, and customers. Quicker diligence is not lesser diligence at the seed stage for Micro VCs. ?

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Seed Stage Cofounder Metrics Forecast 123

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

At NextView we’ve intentionally taken an approach which combines both thematic and opportunistic investing for a couple reasons: 1) Our Overall Strategy is Highly Focused - We’re a dedicated seed VC fund, so we invest in startups exclusively at the seed stage. Pingback: watch inception online. Pingback: [link].

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Genuine VC

JUNE 22, 2011

I think that the key is that the environment in which start-up employees work should match that of the company’s story and culture.” Quite the contrary. Just as all startups are different, their offices should be different as well. ” I think all of the above is just as true for venture capitalists' offices as well.

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Seed Stage Boston Incubator Portfolio 123

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

At NextView Ventures, we’re hyper-focused on the seed stage, and since starting the firm, we’ve heard repeatedly and consistently from founders that a primary challenge they face during that stage is hiring. And their feedback isn’t about hiring in general, nor is about hiring senior executives. We could be doing more.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

We spend tremendous energy recruiting between 100 and 200 angels and seed-stage investors who may invest in your business. Have we built a SOLUTION that matches that problem? Unfortunately, space is limited, and even the air conditioners tend to get overloaded, so we can’t open our doors to everyone. They have first priority.

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Asia Singapore Cofounder Incubator 184

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 19, 2011

The latter seems like a silly thing for an early/seed stage entrepreneur to be trying to maximize over other factors. You can shoot yourself in the face in all sorts of ways by not matching your cash needs and milestones to how much money you raise—way more than using the “wrong” security.

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Paraguay Dilution Valuation Seed Stage 110

Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2012

From Aberman : By taking away from the equation the coupling of a business model from acceptance to accelerator program, Y Combinator is taking away one of the pillars that seed stage investors use to evaluate an entrepreneurial team. The risk of failure must be compensated for appropriately for investors to want to fund the program.

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ithacaVC

APRIL 5, 2011

Additionally, at the seed stage, investors and the company might want to issue the investors convertible debt to avoid the question of valuation. The company is at the pre-seed stage, and the outside investment would qualify the company for an additional grant from a government source (matching funds).

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Pre-seed Round of Funding. In the pre-seed stage, a startup is searching for product/market fit. Funding: Startups typically raise anywhere from $100K to $750,000 in pre-seed. Goal/Time: By the end of the pre-seed stage the company ought to have evidence that it has found product/market fit.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

so that's what I said my exits would be as a seed stage fund. So, if that was the case, and the market was competitive, why wouldn't each VC be bidding up a round up until the point where they could get the return that matches their own cost of capital? The average VC-backed exit is somewhere around $250mm.

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Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IRR Valuation 60

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

5 Surprising Mistakes Found in Seed-Stage Startup Pitch Decks. #1: ” You can make the case that the “what we do” slide is the most important, but in the seed stage, the exact details of the product and even the target customer is a moving target. 1: Founders Often Miss the Most Important Slide.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Headway is using the funding to develop robotic physiotherapy equipment. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

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Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Headway is using the funding to develop robotic physiotherapy equipment. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

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Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Headway is using the funding to develop robotic physiotherapy equipment. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Headway is using the funding to develop robotic physiotherapy equipment. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

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