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Why Most VCs Won’t Intro You To Other VCs (Unless You Follow These Steps)

Hunter Walker

” There’s a reason why I won’t – because it means putting my reputation on the line for a founderI don’t really know. And in this business, reputation is very important. Funds 123, 456, and 789 all seem to invest in seed stage social gaming startups. I checked AngelList and Crunchbase.

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Hardware, IoT, and the Long Arc of the Internet

Agile VC

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. You can probably think of household names in each of those categories.

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Hardware, IoT, and the Long Arc of the Internet

Agile VC

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. You can probably think of household names in each of those categories.

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Announcing NextView Ventures II

Rob Go

NextView Ventures II is $40M, twice the size of our first fund, and we continue to be exclusively focused on seed-stage companies pursuing internet-enabled innovation. For a seed stage venture capital firm, product/market fit comes down to two questions. 1) How is the portfolio performing?

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect. A big-name VC firm will not screwyou too outrageously, because other founders would avoid them ifword got out.