Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

If you’ve been following my tweets lately, you’ve read some of my quick musings on the state of the seed market this summer. years of investing in the seed stage, I have never seen activity levels like I’m seeing today. In short, in my 6.5 Granted, 6.5 You lose way more than you win.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

As a seed stage VC, I have a unique privilege of confidentially spending time with a number of entrepreneurs throughout their company formation and initial product development process. Rather than just a harmless, misplaced attitude, this copycat fallacy can be a detriment to seed stage founders for two reasons.

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

How to Sell Your Startup’s “Secret” Master Plan at the Seed Stage “Articulating and selling your long run vision is important, but trying to convince those that are deeply skeptical about it is simply a mutual waste of time.” Magic Graph: How Much Seed Capital Should You Raise? ” (Rob Go).

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Reasons for funding. ? Scale up your operations. One of the most prominent reasons for funding is to scale up your operations, for expansion and achieve economies of scale. Now you may want to scale up your operations or expand your presence. The third reason is to fund your short term operational expenses or working capital.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Let’s face it, the rules for getting a startup funded at the seed stage aren’t very clear. Note: When I say “seed stage startup,” I’m specifically referring to software/app startups that are eitherpre-product or early product. TVR: The traditional way of raising seed funding. The New Way , called Traction.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably. Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. .

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

As the Greylock team has learned after decades of partnering with early-stage founders, the best approach is establishing a core set of fundamental questions that can be tailored to each individual company, rather than looking at a rigid set of metrics. HOW DOES GREYLOCK EVALUATE COMPANIES AT THE SEED-STAGE?

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Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Out of hundreds of applications, we selected six pre-seed stage teams building companies shaping a brighter collective future by combining software and creativity to drive change in the lives of everyday people — their businesses include everything from empowering local main street businesses to making automobile insurance more accessible.

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View from Seed

APRIL 20, 2020

The result is that capital tends to flow towards founders with established VC relationships and away from folks who may be equally talented but are several steps removed from investor networks. market who could benefit from capital and engaged hands-on mentorship from the NextView partnership & extended advisor network.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 23, 2013

There aren’t a tonne of funds focused on seed-stage funding worldwide, but we can add a new one to the list today. SparkLabs , the company behind the accelerator program in Korea , is expanding its scope with its first seed-stage fund that will “help great startups go global.”. Asia Entrepreneur Insider News sparklabs'

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s interesting to note that the majority of these new funds are focused on Seed stage investing (not surprising if you follow the market, although investments at the Seed and Seed + stages have started to decline quite a bit from their peak a few years ago). Work your network.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Whether an entrepreneur is raising a smaller (pre-)seed round entirely from individuals or she has a seed-stage or larger VC firm involved in (leading) the seed syndicate, it’s somewhere between necessary and optimal to have multiple individual angel investors involved. First and foremost, angels can provide capital.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Career Advancement: SDRs may seek roles beyond AE positions, such as in marketing, operations, or enablement. Sourcing SDRs: When sourcing SDRs, leveraging personal and professional networks is essential. Sales reps can recommend top-performing SDRs from their previous collaborations.

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Early Stage Sales Developer Development Team Review 78

ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2023

Europe’s Metaverse Market: Niche Operators and Start-ups While the US and Asia dominate the Metaverse market , Europe has yet to establish a major presence in the industry. This article will explore the current state of the Metaverse in Europe and examine the obstacles it needs to overcome to achieve its potential.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jesse recently sat down with NextView (I assume he was sitting anyway — we spoke on the phone) to talk seed-stage company branding, building a startup identity, and some of the most common mistakes founders make when establishing a name for their companies. And try to listen to the people you’re hiring as experts.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

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Rob Go

MAY 5, 2014

Seed stage investing has developed significantly over the past 7 years that I’ve been in VC. It’d pretty standard for entrepreneurs to contemplate raising an “institutional seed round” prior to approaching VC’s for series A rounds. Many have said that the institutional seed is the new series A.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

-based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing. Janvest: First, JANVEST is a combination of best practices from leading Angel networks and VC funds. VCs are investing in later stage companies.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The elite top-tier firms have a sustainable competitive advantage with both entrepreneurs (and LPs alike) given brand, a vast network, and self-reinforcing success. These firms aim broadly – diverse along sector, geography, and stage lines. These firms aim broadly – diverse along sector, geography, and stage lines.

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Seed Stage Belgium Differentiation LP 191

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 3, 2015

Folks who aren’t in the trenches of early stage investing often assume that this sheer volume makes “competition” my #1 worry. Most have different strategies, focus areas and networks. Some also have operating experience (since Satya and I believe that’s an important part of our value proposition).

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

There’s not one ultimate way of operating, but you should know you team and ask them direct questions about how they learn and how they handle these types of things. How do you position yourself as the latter if you’re a seed-stage startup founder? In any production-oriented job (writing, design, development, etc.),

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Technical Review Engineer Software Review Founder 120

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably. Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. .

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. They chose the name First Round Capital because they thought capital would be deployed most efficiently at smaller seed stage rounds considering the cost to build an internet business had come down drastically. Investing Strategy.

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View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Many of us in the seed stage ecosystem have noticed a shift in the way seed rounds are coming together. Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. It is actually no surprised that the syndication-friendly nature of seed investing is changing. Repercussions for Investors.

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week. Let’s do this! . Who We Are.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

It’s likely that the investors don’t know you, so try and find warm intros from people in your network. Jeff Clavier, Seed stage investor in 90+ consumer internet startups, said: We all have a different approach to non Silicon Valley opportunities. Network and talk to people. Warm intros are a must.

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Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

USV invests in companies that increase “ access to knowledge, capital, and well-being by leveraging networks, platforms, and protocols ”. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. Data from OpenVC shows that VCs typically focus on 2 technology classes.

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

In that same original blog post, we also outlined the unfortunate phenomenon that occurs when the market collapses: capital tends to flow towards founders with established VC relationships and away from folks who may be equally talented but are several steps removed from investor networks. Applications are officially open. Who you are.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Here’s some common ways you can provide value to startups you invest in: Leverage Your Network. This also means you are likely to have a network of other successful people around you. The longer you have been in the startup game, the larger your network is likely to be, within the tech ecosystem itself. Operational Expertise.

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Pre-Money Valuation Seed Stage IP Deal Flow 187

Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.    Like VCs, one of the advantages of seed firms is the advice they offer.    But because seed firms operate in an earlier phase, they need to offer different kinds of advice. 

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View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

We at NextView Ventures invest exclusively in a startup’s seed-stage round , meaning that many if not most of our deals are made alongside individual angel investors. Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example.

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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. Regarding social networking, Yahoo!

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Celeno Communications , an Israel-based provider of semiconductors for multimedia WiFi home networking applications, this morning announced that it has secured a $12 million funding round, which included a strategic investment by international cable operator Liberty Global. venturebeat ]. Calcalist Hebrew ].

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Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Celeno Communications , an Israel-based provider of semiconductors for multimedia WiFi home networking applications, this morning announced that it has secured a $12 million funding round, which included a strategic investment by international cable operator Liberty Global. venturebeat ]. Calcalist Hebrew ].

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Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Celeno Communications , an Israel-based provider of semiconductors for multimedia WiFi home networking applications, this morning announced that it has secured a $12 million funding round, which included a strategic investment by international cable operator Liberty Global. venturebeat ]. Calcalist Hebrew ].

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Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Celeno Communications , an Israel-based provider of semiconductors for multimedia WiFi home networking applications, this morning announced that it has secured a $12 million funding round, which included a strategic investment by international cable operator Liberty Global. venturebeat ]. Calcalist Hebrew ].

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Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). Here’s a concrete example of what I mean: when I was pitching LaunchBit, we started out as an ad network for email. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong.

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