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JANUARY 13, 2021

What has happened is that over the last 10 years, the vast majority of successful startups have raised some sort of a seed round prior to a series A. Even the “oh s**t” moment of Covid lasted 1-2 quarters for most tech startups not servicing the travel or hospitality industries. That year, they invested in Segment. Then Doordash.

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JULY 12, 2017

Her startup, Zola, is changing the way people purchase gifts for brides and grooms. We talk about tough early beginnings, clever market validation tests, and what Shan-Lyn believes about the future of startups and venture capital. Today’s episode features a fast-rising company led by Shan-Lyn Ma.

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APRIL 3, 2019

The taboo has largely faded, though, as many MBA-founded startups have bubbled to the top, and we at NextView even validated that there is no conflict between attending business school and founding a company with a previous blog post about Harvard MBA founders. Original research on gender diversity and fundraising amongst HBS founders.

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JULY 12, 2017

Her startup, Zola, is changing the way people purchase gifts for brides and grooms. We talk about tough early beginnings, clever market validation tests, and what Shan-Lyn believes about the future of startups and venture capital. Today’s episode features a fast-rising company led by Shan-Lyn Ma.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The Mattermark Daily consists of both original content from the company’s blog and a hand-curated list of featured posts from various investors, founders, and media members covering the startup ecosystem. Investors of all types and stages, startup founders and employees, and tech media are all counted among them.). Nuzzel.com
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early. And by early, we mean pre-traction.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

I’ve been writing checks for 8 years, and was lucky to get my start in the industry with the team at Spark Capital where I was able to witness some amazing early investments as part of that team. As I start my second 10 years in venture capital, I want to both reflect on some recent learnings that have changed the way I approach the business.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

Part of startups, and subsequently venture capital, is thinking through the scenarios of what could happen on the upside as well as the downside, and what to do in all of those cases. Startups are difficult. The positive attitude doesn’t preclude that there are risks on the downside. In fact, it’s the opposite.

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JUNE 16, 2020

A fact of startups is that they run with limited cash and the current situation just happened to inadvertently catch many companies unplanned at the wrong time in a fundraising cycle. When your startup is going public in 2028, (hopefully!) Startups currently in the early stage are going to be building for perhaps the next dozen years.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Raising venture capital at any stage of company growth requires tremendous effort from entrepreneurs. As a reminder, you can find all our startup resources here.). Note that this list was created specifically with seed-stage startups in mind. We hope this helps you stay on-task and efficient!

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JULY 17, 2019

And finally, the best place to build your business may not also be the place where the most venture capital is readily available. The risk tolerance or expected pricing of investors in your home market may be markedly different from investors in other markets. I know this all sounds like a lot of work, and it is.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Or are current values inflated and unlikely to converge with DPI? Source: Cambridge Associates.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Or are current values inflated and unlikely to converge with DPI? Source: Cambridge Associates.

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MARCH 29, 2018

We wanted to learn more about the nuanced industry market forces before applying the same hands-on investing model we do with tech startups in other verticals. The venture capital market in this category is fairly concentrated among series A and expansion-stage funds that prefer to invest in companies with substantial revenue.

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APRIL 2, 2020

The process of getting to know a new team and getting to know a startup is just different when all you can do is talk through Zoom. The Future of Venture Capital. Funding A New Company Without Having Met In Person. Because when things get back to normal, you immediately have a warm top-of-the-funnel that you can go after.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Or are current values inflated and unlikely to converge with DPI? Source: Cambridge Associates.

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MARCH 26, 2015

So it’s natural now for founders to raise a smaller “pre-seed” round prior to the full seed to get the company going and to attract seed venture capital beyond angels. It all depends on the type of startup, the types of investors, the structure of rounds, and so on. However, there are a number of very important caveats: 1.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

This is likely the case because of Stanford’s positioning in the Bay Area and the access to venture capital that accompanies it. This may come to fruition as business schools accept more STEM students, and venture capital investment in Asia and Europe continues to grow. that of GSB).

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JANUARY 11, 2023

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. And of course, we never charge startups participation fees. Startups getting funded out the wazoo. Further capitalizing the company for success.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most folks reading this will know that many startups were built in part with the help of venture capital. However, many folks probably don’t think about exactly where those VC dollars that help fund startups actually come from. So I wanted to dive a little deeper into what I call the startup capital supply chain.

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APRIL 18, 2018

While this is not an investing role, you will get ample exposure to the venture capital industry and get an intimate look into the entrepreneurial journey of many different companies. Deeply curious about tech, startups, and in helping to champion founders that are redesigning the everyday economy. 1-4 years out of college.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

If the goal of the startup is that you know you want to go as big as possible from the beginning — “unicorn or bust,” so to speak — then raise as much capital as soon as you are able to successfully do so. However, to push the right type of thinking about the issue, I typically ask founders three questions: 1.

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