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Updating Your Seed Investors ā€“ Board Deck & Update Email Templates

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Today Iā€™m excited to announce the relaunch of our most popular resource ever: board meeting deck templates for seed-stage startups, now in conjunction with an investor update email template. Yet the landscape for the seed stage has evolved over that period. Download Board Deck Template . Download Board Deck Template.

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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

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Term-driving investor approach ā€“ An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). There is some correlation here, but not complete alignment, to check size (i.e.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

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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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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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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Ethos: What Golazo Means to NextView ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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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The Difference Between ?No? and ?Not Yet? ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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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Opportunistic & Thematic Investing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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].