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.” Seed stage startups are now graded on a curve.”

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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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View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2015

And since I’m an operator, not investor, I recognize just how valuable all the casual, daily discussions inside a VC’s office can be to fellow operators and entrepreneurs. Something NextView partner Rob Go said the other day really stuck with me: “A little design goes a long way.” But not so fast.

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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. Additionally, exploring competitors and partners on LinkedIn provides avenues to connect with potential candidates.

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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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Finland Europe Estonia Silicon Valley 187

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). Stay active and top of mind. Participate.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed an Atomization of the Seed Stage. Early fundraising is no longer a one-and-done fundraise of a single round of Seed capital subsequently followed by a Series A 12–18 months later. Seed stage startups are now graded on a curve. raise $1.8M

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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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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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View from Seed

MAY 18, 2016

Here at NextView, we are strong proponents of creating a board at the seed stage. At the seed stage, we typically have three-person boards with two founders and one VC — though as companies grow at later stages, five-person boards and ultimately six- or seven-person boards become more common.

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ithacaVC

DECEMBER 22, 2012

I recently engaged in a conversation (over a few days) about the need for a seed stage company to have a board member other than the founder. It is not their operating model. One final thought – what about the VC’s fiduciary duties to its own investors (called limited partners). Happy holidays too!

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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.

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

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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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Our program goes back to basics in the most important, effective, and meaningful ways : weekly one-on-one time with partners, hands-on mentorship from experienced advisors, small and selective cohort sizes, and zero demo days or distracting demo day prep involved. ” – Rob Go, Partner . ~~~. Applications are officially open.

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San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

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. Implications for Founders.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

The NextView Accelerator Doesn’t Operate in Strict Cohorts. . Most accelerators operate in class cohort “batches.” But the emphasis of our program is the direct one-on-one interaction with NextView partners to help push the company forward. These engagements don’t need to be constrained to a strict timetable.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

Let’s start out with the basic functions of a tech company: 1) Engineering 2) Marketing 3) Sales 4) Business development 5) PR 6) Design 7) Product Management 8) HR 9) Operations 10) Finance Ok, that's just overwhelming. Ready to start simplifying? The last two are pretty basic.

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PR Technical Review Seed Stage Design 144

Hunter Walker

MAY 4, 2014

Now that our seed fund Homebrew has past its first anniversary , people often ask what has surprised me during my year as a VC, or what am I liking/disliking about my new profession. My answers are actually bland, largely because I had a pretty good handle on what the initial 12 months would bring and a great partner in Satya Patel.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

. “Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Southern California Angel Investor 293

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 23, 2016

The exceptions come for a myriad of reasons, common ones include experienced founders are able to raise seed or even Series A size rounds at the pre-seed stage, companies in hot markets or sectors (e.g. Forward Partners invests at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages, with slightly over half of our deals coming at Pre-Seed.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

Beyond location, these firms accepted they need to view their access to talent like Facebook or Google would — for certain entrepreneurial talent, price didn’t matter as much as access does, so they’ll invest earlier (seed) and raise funds later to go big into winners and/or defend their best positions.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Either way, VC funds aren't really built around creating much of an experience for their Limited Partners. The GP-LP relationship shouldn't be so one dimensional around returns, and I would argue that, in the seed stage, it's sub-optimal. Other times, they might not even let individuals participate in future funds at all.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

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. AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. Crunchboard.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Instead, if you’re a seed-stage startup taking that first step in anything (and at the seed stage, you’re going from zero to one in everything), it’d be great to have a place to go for support, inspiration, and practical resources to make the process easier and clearer. – Why raise seed vs jump to Series A?

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable. Lack of confidence?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Xfund, Patrick Chung is a managing general partner in a venture capital firm that supports lateral thinkers. 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. Some companies prefer to skip the seed round. Management Company.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Satya and I take a concentrated approach to seed stage investing – playing a leadership role in financings and committing 50%+ of our time ongoing to working with current investments. If it’s not, you’re eventually going to create problems for your founders, your investors, your partners and yourself.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo! First, Leader is an “operating business”, not an “IP holding company. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. link] Harry. Read More ». Previous Entries.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

As founding CEO, I remember being quite excited to meet our financial backers and talk about how we could partner to build a great company. That excitement took a sharp downhill turn when one of the top partners said to me, in front of my co-founders, “When are you going to get a real CEO?”. That question tortured me for months.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

At Forward Partners we don’t go that far. Breaking that down a little further, what we’ve learned over the three and a half years we’ve been operating is that our pre-seed investments work best when the ‘great idea’ includes a clear plan for value progression in the first six months.

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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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View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. So, when should they — or any seed-stage startup — think about drumming up some PR and making noise around funding?

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 22, 2014

My partner Rob wrote bit more on his blog about our motivations for adding our first new team member at NextView Ventures — a Director of Platform and Community. Strategize new project initiatives based on top-level firm goals, set priorities, and manage towards operational completion. Exceptionally high attention to detail.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

The International segment appears to have similar profitability as the North America business though as it accounted for roughly the same proportion of adjusted operating income. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

As many of you may know, we have a section on the NextView website called “Ethos” where we describe five key principles to how we operate. My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124