Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. You’ve seen this with companies like StackOverflow and Github in software engineering or Behance in visual design. million times.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

So far most of the top funded AngelList Syndicates look, well, not surprising. Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. September 15, 2011. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. However, our overall goal is to invest in the full spectrum of seed. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

NVV: Let’s talk about the seed stage specifically. With venture debt as a source of low-cost capital to fuel growth or buy time during later stages, should a founder approach their fundraising from VCs any differently today ? NVV: Walk me through the typical process once a startup approaches you.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak Software Corporation. 3) ITA Relationship: Much has been made of the fact that Kayak along with OTAs (online travel agents) license data from ITA Software which is now part of Google. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Founding Date: 2004. Author howerl. Read More ».

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the next post, I’ll talk about how we think about pre-seeds at NextView. It’s become increasingly common for startups to raise several seed rounds, and this has led to a bifurcation in the seed stage between what are known as “pre-seed” (or “genesis”) and institutional seed rounds.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

Something has clearly changed within the last 5-6 years in terms of the speed with which monster startups are created in the software and internet space. What if the new paradigm is simply that software and internet startups accelerate much faster than before, but terminal velocity so to speak remains the same? Read More ».

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Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

Oracle and IBM have made some acquisitions of SaaS businesses though many of their deals are more old school enterprise software businesses that have matured. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. The expanding universe of potential buyers is a great thing for founders. Pingback: this.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

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. The post Hardware, IoT, and the Long Arc of the Internet appeared first on AGILEVC.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

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. The post Hardware, IoT, and the Long Arc of the Internet appeared first on AGILEVC.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

But the reality is that most software-based startups aren’t really platforms. A software platform is truly a foundation on which entire businesses can be built. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Simply having an API doesn’t make your company a platform.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund. We make initial investments of $250-500K in the seed rounds of software and internet startups and reserve capital for follow-on rounds. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Best of luck. PMarchetti.

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Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

At NextView we’ve intentionally taken an approach which combines both thematic and opportunistic investing for a couple reasons: 1) Our Overall Strategy is Highly Focused - We’re a dedicated seed VC fund, so we invest in startups exclusively at the seed stage. Pingback: watch inception online. Pingback: [link].

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The bulk of spending on PC-related computing (desktop computers, software, networking gear, etc) in the ’80s and ’90s was made by businesses large and small. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. To Steve Jobs and the other innovators, we can only say thanks. Author howerl.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Part lives in the cloud and part is embedded in point of sale (POS) software systems. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. We’re psyched to help in whatever small ways we can. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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View from Seed

JUNE 30, 2015

For a SaaS software company, you better have several hundred thousand in MRR and 9 months or more of good cohort data to get a great round done. I’d encourage founders not to be too discouraged by this but also to be really smart about how they use their capital at this stage.

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Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

The internet has already had meaningful impact on industries ranging from commerce to media to software. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. It means that for quite a while (e.g. “We capitalize “Internet” a lot less these days” wonderful phrase, thank you. link] leehower.

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Rob Go

AUGUST 26, 2013

There were only a handful of funds doing seeds for a living, and thus, cobbling together enough angels to invest $1.5M Most seed rounds tended to look like “genesis rounds” This market gap, coupled with the capital efficiency of software brought on the rise of seed funds.

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

The secondary wave of VC-backed IPOs has also come to fruition… both consumer facing (Yelp, Demand Media, Pandora, Carbonite, HomeAway, Angie’s List, et al) and B2B (Jive Software, Brightcove, Imperva, Responsys, etc). I remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

On the IT side of VC investing, we’ve seen countless waves crest and fall… mainframes to minicomputer/workstation, workstation to PC, copper to optical networking, client/server software to cloud, the fabless semiconductor model, magnetic tape to hard drive, etc. Can’t wait for the next part. Read More ».

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Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

I was in a board meeting for a seed stage company recently and a successful GP at a larger fund said “you know it when you see it” which is true. And there are some common precepts seed stage companies can follow. But these five tenets can help internet / software entrepreneurs increase their prospects.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. So seed investors usually care lessabout the idea than the people. This is true of all venture funding,but especially so in the seed stage. Like VCs, one of the advantages of seed firms is the advice theyoffer. Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

We’ve invested in quite a few SaaS businesses though I have to admit this is the first time we’ve invested in one that’s not priced by software seats or flat annual subscription but rather $/animal/month. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. feedstocks). Read More ».

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Here in Boston the same dynamic as Silicon Valley has been afoot… at least in the software/internet sphere, the majority of startups have migrated from the suburban loop of Rt 128 back into the urban core of Boston & Cambridge. So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? Read More ».

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. CRM) but it’s rarely easy to browse or search all of this contact information from a single interface. Read More ».

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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. Global Syndication Partners. Jobs Awards Welcome to Mashable! Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. You can follow Joshua on Twitter @joshuabaer. pop culture.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. And that still doesn’t guarantee they’re going to fund your vision.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 2, 2011

While both Amazon and Apple are rather profitable given the industries that they’re in (e-commerce, hardware), to be clear neither has software like profit margins of 80%+. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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