View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Prequel is shifting the ETL paradigm by imagining a world where software vendors make it seamless for their customers to export data to their data warehouse. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with both of them since our initial investment and seeing the product come to life during the 0-to-1 journey.

Forecast 194

Forecast B2B Global Software 194

View from Seed

JULY 5, 2022

We’re excited to back Caesar, which is creating the software layer that has the potential to become the “system of record” and primary business intelligence application for corporate ESG data.” . “Businesses of all sizes are thinking about sustainability and corporate responsibility more deeply than ever before.

DC 156

DC Software Review Government Boston 156

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. In recent years, cannabis has emerged as a legal industry, and thus, companies operating in this new market have often had to find or build new software stacks in order to operate their businesses.

Cofounder 234

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 234

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Enterprise SaaS/B2B software – account executives (AEs) and sales developement reps (SDRs). .: Product/Design/Engineering headcount – need to bring on a full-time PM and/or designer with X product milestones; rough estimates of engineering headcount by stage.

Part-Time VPE 195

Part-Time VPE Seed Stage CTO Hire Forecast 195

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. In recent years, cannabis has emerged as a legal industry, and thus, companies operating in this new market have often had to find or build new software stacks in order to operate their businesses.

Cofounder 202

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 202

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Their expertise is focused across the range of software and internet sectors that we focus on here at NextView — from SaaS to e-commerce, ad-tech to mobile. At their core all of the folks listed above are builders — they have all founded and run exceptional software and internet companies, in some cases multiple times.

Software Review 120

Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Due Diligence 120

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Forum’s software makes it easier for professional facilitators to host virtual sessions, manage scheduling, and process payments, and the marketplace model enables facilitators and group members to come together from all across the globe.

Cofounder 218

Cofounder Acquisition Hosting Partner 218

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dispense is a B2B software company, focused on transaction software specifically designed for the cannabis industry. In recent years, cannabis has emerged as a legal industry, and thus, companies operating in this new market have often had to find or build new software stacks in order to operate their businesses.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Software 156

View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We are more convinced than ever that the combination of software and entrepreneurial creativity is driving unprecedented change in the everyday lives of everyday people. Thematically, we are doubling down on our focus on the Everyday Economy.

Cofounder 194

Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. But in a world of power-law distributions and the near magical scale enabled by software, the potential upside far outweighs the downside in most cases.

IRR 205

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

Joris Poort , Founder and CEO, Rescale (Software platform and hardware infrastructure to perform scientific and engineering simulations; undisclosed capital raised, per CrunchBase): We spent two and a half years writing custom software to run large-scale simulations on Boeing’s data centers.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. But in a world of power-law distributions and the near magical scale enabled by software, the potential upside far outweighs the downside in most cases.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2021

Benioff has used his platform as founder/CEO of Salesforce in recent years for philanthropy and social activism, and early on he evangelized the software as a service model. I’d point to Marc Benioff or Meg Whitman as prototypical mercenary founders. The Crusader.

Detroit 367

Detroit SEC Founder Affiliate 367

View from Seed

APRIL 2, 2024

My prediction is that we will gradually see more consolidation in venture if a) underlying inflows into the category slow over a longer period of time and if b) more asset value is created by smaller funds that integrate proprietary software or data in their businesses.

Merger 343

Merger Non-Compete Early Stage Venture Capital 343

View from Seed

MAY 11, 2020

Monument takes a medical approach to this problem that is personalized, data-driven, and leverages software best practices to massively reduce the friction of engaging with the service. Rounding out the founding team is Amit Klein who provides tech and software product leadership after various stints at Nexar and Samsung.

Vertical 207

Vertical Programming Software Leadership 207

View from Seed

JULY 26, 2021

YAA utilizes, software, content, and community to help buyers navigate their confusing process and get the most out of this significant purchase. YAA is a service that empowers consumers to have more confidence and success in purchasing and owning an automobile.

Distribution 270

Distribution Community Software Partner 270

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. But in a world of power-law distributions and the near magical scale enabled by software, the potential upside far outweighs the downside in most cases.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

These new companies will also all be digital- and technology-first, meaning that their adoption of software and platforms to operate their business (from marketing and customers acquisition to logistics and supply chain) will be quite different from the behavior of traditional brands and retailers.

Internet 209

Internet eCommerce Bankruptcy Technical Review 209

View from Seed

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Software developers like to spend time with like-minded developers. Beyond (potential) customers, publicly visible analysts, and consultants, consider placing industry leaders who are a “reach” on your list. Affinity by function. Marketing people love to swim with other marketing gurus.

Angel Investor 332

Angel Investor Boston Seed Stage Syndicate 332

View from Seed

JULY 15, 2020

Certain sectors are seeing remarkable tailwinds, such as ecommerce (especially household consumables), digital entertainment, collaboration software, and health and fitness. Some companies are seeing a massive acceleration event because of Covid.

Portfolio 215

Portfolio IRR Dilution Distribution 215

View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

We see software upending the areas where large swaths of the population spend all of their time, money, and attention, and we want to collaborate with founders that are bringing forward a more prosperous, equitable, and exciting future in these areas. .

LP 411

LP Early Stage Seed Stage Venture Capital 411

View from Seed

DECEMBER 8, 2015

For many software products, this can happen relatively quickly. This is true to some degree for hardware products , some types of enterprise-facing software products, and some consumer products as well. The other consideration around PMF is the cost and time that will be required to really show demonstrable PMF.

Product 120

Product Startup Early Stage Seed Capital 120

View from Seed

MAY 14, 2020

Org chart software and setting rules over Slack (like everyone needs to add their real headshot of their face and include their Title/Team and Location) is critical to helping new members get up to speed.

Management 218

Management Hiring Wiki Employee 218

View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

Outside of life-sciences, we’ve noticed something interesting emerging: There is a huge dearth of seed capital for health care services and software-driven health-tech companies. The seed ecosystem for health companies is much less robust than in traditional software. They can be surprisingly capital efficient.

Vertical 120

Vertical Stealth Portfolio Seed Capital 120

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Framed another way, it is the ultimate “no-/low-code” tool; and as software eats the world, Generative AI will change how programming itself happens. We are only at the beginning of understanding how Generative AI will change the world as we know it.

Generative AI 296

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Architecture Early Stage 296

View from Seed

JULY 26, 2021

YAA utilizes, software, content, and community to help buyers navigate their confusing process and get the most out of this significant purchase. YAA is a service that empowers consumers to have more confidence and success in purchasing and owning an automobile.

Distribution 156

Distribution Community Software Partner 156

View from Seed

JULY 26, 2021

YAA utilizes, software, content, and community to help buyers navigate their confusing process and get the most out of this significant purchase. YAA is a service that empowers consumers to have more confidence and success in purchasing and owning an automobile.

Distribution 156

Distribution Community Software Partner 156

View from Seed

JUNE 30, 2022

Before starting Balletic Foods, Anita was the Director of Outreach at a California-based startup building software for scientists and lab optimization. She has previously co-founded the SVCMS group, an organization hosting the Cultured Meat Symposium and the Cultured Meat and Future Food Show.

California 296

California Cofounder Germany Early Stage 296

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Seniors are often the target of financial fraud , and there are shockingly few software driven tools to help protect and manage the financial wellbeing of our elders. Carefull is looking to address the myriad of personal finance needs encountered by seniors and their family caregivers.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder Portfolio Business Model Finance 156

View from Seed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Correlated recognizes that increasingly software is being purchased in a product-driven self-service process where salespeople in companies are no longer gatekeepers but rather consultants who help customers maximize the value of what they’re buying.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder Seed Stage Portfolio Revenue 156

View from Seed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Correlated recognizes that increasingly software is being purchased in a product-driven self-service process where salespeople in companies are no longer gatekeepers but rather consultants who help customers maximize the value of what they’re buying.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder Seed Stage Revenue Acquisition 156

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

We also invested in more traditional IT and software categories much like other VC’s, and had not developed more of a market and consumer-driven POV on the future. For example, while being a lead investor was always part of the strategy, we led a smaller proportion of our rounds early on than we do now. .

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

” So I left Google to do another startup, Agitar Software. Our product, a software development and testing tool, was amazingly innovative, worked great, and won a bunch of prestigious awards. Another success. So I thought, “I am good!” This time we raised a total of $25 million from top-tier VCs like Sequoia and NEA.

Product 120

Product Technical Review Marketing Lean 120

View from Seed

JULY 14, 2020

Rounding out the founding team is Jeff Silver , who brings software and product leadership after years of engineering leadership experience at Managed by Q. This allowed them to design a conversational-based learning experience that is enthusiastically received by both the frontline workers and their managers.

Portfolio 177

Portfolio Leadership Metrics Employee 177

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2018

In our portfolio, Code Climate is a perfect example of this, as its software becomes embedded within an engineering team’s daily workflow. Particularly, there are situations when the software isn’t directly enabling the consumer or end-user, which encompasses a lot of classic “enterprise software.”

B2B 120

B2B B2C Vertical Portfolio 120

View from Seed

APRIL 28, 2021

I’m please to announce our recent investment in Impact Biosystems , an adaptive hardware and software solution for health and fitness. We are big Whoop wearers and proud early investors here at NextView.

Leadership 156

Leadership Software Developer Product 156

View from Seed

JULY 8, 2021

Lula is an insuretech company, building an API based platform to help companies obtain and manage insurance policies in a fully integrated software suite. We couldn’t be more thrilled for co-founders Michael and Matthew for this next phase of building the business with substantial additional backing.

API 156

API Miami Cofounder Boston 156