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JANUARY 27, 2021

You will also spearhead internal initiatives to help support the success of our 100+ exciting existing portfolio companies. We are proud seed investors of over 100 portfolio companies over the last decade, including TripleLift, Grove Collaborative, Skillz, Attentive, Whoop, Dia&Co, MealPal, Parsec, and Code Climate. .

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APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. We will work together to leverage the firm’s platform to help you thrive.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Dear Brightly (a NextView portfolio company) provides a telemedicine-powered ecommerce experience for prescription-grade retinoids so consumers no longer need to take time off work to go see a dermatologist for 10 minutes just to obtain a prescription for the serum.

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MAY 24, 2021

You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. You will be based in the NYC office. About NextView.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

When Rob, David, and I started NextView nearly five years ago we thought it was important to enlist a small group of talented entrepreneurs as we built and helped our portfolio over time. So if they’re not just names on a page, how are these entrepreneur advisors involved with us at NextView and our portfolio companies? Portfolio'

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JULY 31, 2014

More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. The above outline opens a window into the ideas crossing multiple investments within our recent portfolio, as well as where some of the next additions will likely originate. Recent Investment Themes. What’s on the Horizon?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Although Ginny is new to the team, she has many connections to the NextView family, as she started her career at our portfolio company Shareaholic , and worked closely with both Jay Acunzo (our first head of platform) and Joe Chernov (the VP of Marketing at our portfolio company Insight Squared ).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Although Ginny is new to the team, she has many connections to the NextView family, as she started her career at our portfolio company Shareaholic , and worked closely with both Jay Acunzo (our first head of platform) and Joe Chernov (the VP of Marketing at our portfolio company Insight Squared ).

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AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is the implied rate of return of a fund based on the value (mostly unrealized) of a portfolio. Part of the reason to do this was just to reconnect after a long time apart.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is the implied rate of return of a fund based on the value (mostly unrealized) of a portfolio. Part of the reason to do this was just to reconnect after a long time apart.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. This is the implied rate of return of a fund based on the value (mostly unrealized) of a portfolio. Part of the reason to do this was just to reconnect after a long time apart.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Read materials ahead of a meeting, particularly with portfolio companies. It’s just the kind of things that it seems pros tend to do: Pro Investors: Show up on time and at least admit fault if they are late. Are present with founders. Not distracted or unfocused or on their phones. Follow-through on promises and commitments.

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JUNE 24, 2020

After operating quietly for the past year, our portfolio company Jumbo made a couple big announcements yesterday, including the launch of Jumbo 2 as well as their $8M series A financing led by Balderton Capital.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

It showcases our personality, while simultaneously showcasing the accomplishments of our portfolio. It’s easy to focus on the accolades and accomplishments of today, but what did the NextView portfolio companies look like when they first started their journeys with us? The new website is colorful, it’s exuberant.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Given the heritage of our firm, fintech has been part of our investment portfolio from the beginning, from our investments in Upserve and Plastiq as well as our more recent investments in companies like Lula and Carefull.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

It showcases our personality, while simultaneously showcasing the accomplishments of our portfolio. It’s easy to focus on the accolades and accomplishments of today, but what did the NextView portfolio companies look like when they first started their journeys with us? The new website is colorful, it’s exuberant.

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MARCH 11, 2020

This includes things like: Making intros to portfolio companies that are potential customers. Only at this point do they start to do things that should incur real cost to the company. They are still less than 50% likely to actually make an investment, and are probably closer to 20-25%.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Given the heritage of our firm, fintech has been part of our investment portfolio from the beginning, from our investments in Upserve and Plastiq as well as our more recent investments in companies like Lula and Carefull.

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APRIL 2, 2024

VC’s across the board have generally upped their game and are much more involved in the startup ecosystem and with their portfolios. A lot of offerings that were innovative at one time are table stakes today. Standing out with things like content, terms, speed, events, etc is harder and harder, even amid the most recent market correction.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Not only will she assist portfolio companies in 1:1 consulting sessions , but she will also be leading our first-ever Hiring Bootcamp. The full-day bootcamp will give portfolio founders, senior execs, and hiring managers real tactics and hands-on practice building out recruiting machines at their organizations.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Last year, NextView co-founder and partner David Beisel asked our portfolio startups which service providers they use to make up the nuts and bolts of their businesses, which he published as the first edition of a potentially recurring resource. This resource represents the responses submitted to NextView in a poll of our portfolio.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Correlated Co-Founder and CEO Tim Geisenheimer was on the Founding Team of TapCommerce , an early NextView portfolio company which was subsequently sold to Twitter for a reported $100M. Our investment in Correlated , which was announced today in conjunction with the company’s official product launch falls into the latter category.

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JULY 14, 2020

Today, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Opus , announced its rebrand as well as their $2M seed round. At NextView, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about various personas of the Everyday Worker, and we have always felt that there is an opportunity to leverage technology to broaden access for mass market workers.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Nicole is not new to the NextView family… previously she had worked for a NextView portfolio company that for a while was even working out of our Boston offices! We want to help founders both inside and outside of our portfolio with the things which we think matter most: 1. So we’re glad to have her (back) on board. raising capital).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Given the heritage of our firm, fintech has been part of our investment portfolio from the beginning, from our investments in Upserve and Plastiq as well as our more recent investments in companies like Lula and Carefull.

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JULY 17, 2019

Another founder in our portfolio recently remarked at how her business is one that investors initially don’t immediately “get”, but tend to appreciate over time as they talk to more and more people about this market problem. But this typically takes a fair bit of time to marinate. I know this all sounds like a lot of work, and it is.

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JULY 21, 2022

For creatives, we’re a premium, value-aligned partner to help grow their networks and portfolios, and monetize their passions. We call this the Creative Gig Economy and it is made up of creative service providers who need tools to hone their craft, book jobs, and build their portfolios. And your least?

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JUNE 5, 2018

Last week, we hosted our very first portfolio-only Hiring Bootcamp in NYC, led by NextView’s talent advisor Kristen Caldwell. The Hiring Bootcamp is something we plan to continue offering as part of our Platform resources for portfolio companies. Intense discussion on what are the right metrics to track around recruiting.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Correlated Co-Founder and CEO Tim Geisenheimer was on the Founding Team of TapCommerce , an early NextView portfolio company which was subsequently sold to Twitter for a reported $100M. Our investment in Correlated , which was announced today in conjunction with the company’s official product launch falls into the latter category.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

One of our portfolio companies Scratch first tested their buying concierge concept by replicating the service strictly through email and humans on the back-end. As a firm, we build a portfolio of companies, so we can tolerate a handful of companies that require more time and capital to get to market.

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JULY 19, 2019

has become a mantra here at NextView over the past few years after we were introduced to the concept by one of our portfolio CEOs. The startup doesn’t just offer a product that people truly want and can’t get elsewhere, but that the business model itself provides an undisputable reason why the company can and will win. Asking “Is it JDCC?”

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

One of the top 3 positions in our portfolio was a company that many dozens of investors passed on early on. As I said in a recent post, once a strong lead exists, every round ends up being massively oversubscribed. There are so many followers in this market. This is the case for so many unicorns out there.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Recently, we looked at our own portfolio at NextView Ventures to dig a little deeper on how startups actually raise that next round of financing. in our portfolio. Using the above four approaches, I classified the set of companies in our portfolio which successfully raised Series A by their implicit (or sometimes explicit) strategy.

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DECEMBER 19, 2014

Portfolio' For an overview of our year, packed in a unique theme, check out this SlideShare: Have a great 2015! The post NextView’s 2014 Year in Review: New Additions, Big Launches & More appeared first on The View From Seed.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Last week, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Ten Little , came out of stealth and announced its public launch. . Ten Little was started by Fatma Collins and Julie Rogers , a platform that aims to make finding the perfect fit for your child easy, starting with shoes.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

Pros of taking their angel money include the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. Cons of an investment from a Super Angel include potential lack of “value-add” because his or her time is spread so thin amongst many portfolio companies.

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