View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

They probably wouldn’t have to do this to the same degree if they were based in San Francisco. And later in August, I’m hosting a dinner in Boston around this topic, so if you are a seed stage funded company in this area and want to attend, drop me a line and I’ll see if there is an open slot.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

– a seed-stage fund. is a $6.25M fund that is designed to do concept and seed-stage investments in technology companies. Capital Efficient : Companies that need a Seed round, probably a Series A, but potentially may not need a Series B or Series C. K9 Ventures, L.P. No retail, no cleantech, no biotech etc.

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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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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2014

Once I had a few under my belt, I realized I was a start-up junkie, and founded Five Mill Ventures in San Francisco before I was 30. Not only did we upgrade the San Francisco “coder” uniform, we accelerated to profitability at warp speed to become what we strive for in all our companies: a “best practices brand.”

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Benchmark Labs: San Diego, California. Comet Health: San Francisco, California . Pre-seed & seed-stage startup teams who could benefit from capital and engaged, hands-on mentorship from the NextView partnership & extended advisor network. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington. Who you are.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. Amazon PostRank

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SiliconHills

MARCH 1, 2017

In 2015, Filestack moved to San Antonio from San Francisco. million in seed stage capital from Andreessen Horowitz, Highland Capital and SV Angel. The company grew quickly and […] The post FileStack Releases Redesigned File Picker Product and Finds Success in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 1, 2017

In 2015, Filestack moved to San Antonio from San Francisco. million in seed stage capital from Andreessen Horowitz, Highland Capital and SV Angel. The company grew quickly and […] The post FileStack Releases Redesign File Picker Product and Finds Success in San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 18, 2015

Here is the video recording of the talk I gave at 500 Startups ‘ PreMoney Conference in San Francisco on 12 June. . Seed Is The New A: What The Seed-Stage Explosion Means For Founders, GPs & LPs. And the deck from my talk. Thanks to 500 Startups #PreMoney.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 22, 2012

Keep in mind that I’m talking about Seed and Series A stage businesses. - At the seed stage the modest amount of money you have raised is best spent on product and attracting initial customers than it is on paying yourself. So here goes with some guiding principals and then below that some numbers. Don’t starve.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. K9 Ventures started investing in 2009 with our first fund, K9 Ventures, L.P.,

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K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. K9 Ventures started investing in 2009 with our first fund, K9 Ventures, L.P.,

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

Earlier today, the folks from Afore Capital hosted their inaugural “Pre-Seed Summit” in San Francisco. About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. Some press showed up, too.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Flying back to San Francisco, spending some time in my Pocket since I rarely read anything when it’s actually published. “The List” is different based on your stage and investment strategy but it holds true generally. The Angel’s in the Details – Andy Dunn, Walmart (Bonobos cofounder/CEO).

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 26, 2016

San Francisco playgrounds introduced me to The Crippler. Oh, and something about startups and seed stage investing My daughter has always enjoyed climbing. As a toddler she would scale cabinets, jungle gyms and any other object upon which she could get a foothold.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

About 20 active (at least four investments in the past year) early stage investors (angels and seed stage VCs) attended. The events continue with Open Angel Forum San Francisco on March 4th and Open Angel Forum New York City on April 8th. Six entrepreneurs presented their companies in short seven minute pitches.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 22, 2012

Keep in mind that I’m talking about Seed and Series A stage businesses. At the seed stage the modest amount of money you have raised is best spent on product and attracting initial customers than it is on paying yourself. So here goes with some guiding principals and then below that some numbers.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

At the seed stage, no matter how much you know about an industry or a founder, you’re still taking a real bet. On top of all this, I was settling into San Francisco. In one day, you’ll have to develop a strong opinion about a dozen different industries. In this job, I really learned how to learn… and learn quickly.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

It was a conscious decision to maintain the fund size at the same level, despite both market pressure (larger rounds at earlier stages) and demand pressure (lots of LP money entering the stage) to raise a larger fund. K9’s last fund, K9 Ventures II, L.P., was a $40M fund. And yes, I’m presently 42.

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Rob Go

JULY 18, 2019

They probably wouldn’t have to do this to the same degree if they were based in San Francisco. And later in August, I’m hosting a dinner in Boston around this topic, so if you are a seed stage funded company in this area and want to attend, drop me a line and I’ll see if there is an open slot.

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Hippoland

DECEMBER 18, 2016

So, here are some rough ranges of founder salaries that are fairly common amongst ventured-backed, seed companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. It doesn’t help anyone figure out what actual salary to pick. Raised < $500k : In this range, a lot of startup founders pay themselves < $50k per year.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Supercities, such as the San Francisco Bay Area, have traditionally attracted lots of newcomers into the network because that’s where the jobs, the labor pool, and the prospects for economic growth lie. Simply put, later-stage capital travels easier; seed-stage capital providers are homebodies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

The other argument I made to LPs at the time was that if we combined $650 million or more into a single fund it would mean that writing a $3–4 million would feel too small to each individual investor to be important and yet that’s the amount of capital we believed many seed-stage companies needed.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

More recently, this trend has shifted a bit within the Bay Area, which today’s giants like Uber, Airbnb, and Stripe being built in San Francisco proper while incumbents down south have begun scooping up premium commercial real estate in the city. Over the past two years, however, I’ve felt that something is out of balance.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Note (1): For those not familiar with the geography of the SF Bay Area, the city of San Francisco proper sits at the north end of a peninsula that stretches down to the smaller city of San Jose.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our kickoff day will be hosted in New York and will focus on establishing inter-cohort relationships while commencing our pre-seed tailored programming. Our wrap-up day will be hosted in San Francisco and will focus on exposing our geographically diverse teams to the epicenter of venture capital within Silicon Valley.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We expanded to Houston, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles within months, and we were generally doing all the things and seeing all the things that a startup needed to do and see in order to feel good about VC funding prospects.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Transcript Automated transcription services provided by: Dan Bowen: My name is Dan Bowen, and I’m up in the wine country in Healdsburg, California north of San Francisco, and the company name is SyncBloc, S-Y-N-C-B-L-O-C. So VCs invest in different stages. You have seed stage, A round, B round, C round, D round.

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aweissman.com

MAY 4, 2008

At betaworks were trying to create a different seed stage business model (John wrote about this a little more here ), at least a bit, and though we might be "obscure even among Web insiders," by nature of being located here in New York we tend (and are right now designed) to have more activities here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

That company was founded on filling a need Robert saw while living in San Francisco and working on a radio startup. "I Afterwards, I was living in the Tenderloin in San Francisco, and my company was basically running out of money. I went through YCombinator on this radio company.

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Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

This region is well-known as the home of Silicon Valley, as well as a growing tech hub in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bessemer Venture Partners: From seed stage to growth, Bessemer Venture Partners invests in enterprise, consumers, and healthcare technology startups to turn their ideas into market-leading businesses.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco.

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View from Seed

MARCH 10, 2015

We felt that, without the app, you had all these different news sources but no single places to consume them all, whether you’re a New York sports fan living in San Francisco like me who just wants to keep up with your teams, or you’re a diehard in your hometown who follows every single professional and amateur blogger.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. If you’re in Sacramento, go to the Sacramento Ruby Meetup and go to the San Francisco Ruby Meetup as well. That’s why you need to be looking for seed-stage investors at the same time as technologists.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. The “haves&# possess money, power, influence, or the right friends with those qualities.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. J-Angels “is a community and a VC fund of top American investors (Jewish-American & Israeli-born) in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.”. “software”); 43 invest in 2 types of technology (e.g.,

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