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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

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Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). There is some correlation here, but not complete alignment, to check size (i.e.

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The Market Is Hot for Code Climate, NextView’s Newest Investment

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Joining us in the syndicate are Lerer Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and Fuel Capital. “I really like CC, and we’ve integrated it nicely into our workflow.” It’s indispensable.” Today Code Climate is announcing that they’ve raised a $2M round of financing , led by us at NextView Ventures.

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A Choir of Angel Investors Sing Different Parts

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PROS: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections. Having someone who the entrepreneur(ial team) has worked with before can be a good validator to other syndicate investors and future investors that they all work well together.

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Seed Round Signaling Revisited: Myths, Truths, & Half-Lies

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Yet even today, whether or not to take a (relatively) small check in a seed round syndicate from a multi-hundred million or even billion dollar fund is still a decision which takes quite a bit of consideration and sometimes consternation. So there is an element of (positive) selection bias in the larger VC syndicate cohort companies.

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Micro VCs Are all BFFs. Forever?

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Micro VCs are notorious for building large and friendly syndicates. While traditional VCs sometimes have a love/hate relationship with their syndicate partners (often depending on how well their mutual portfolio companies are performing), it seems as though in the Micro VC arena all of the players speak and act like best friends.

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A Choir of Angel Investors Sing Different Parts

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PROS: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections. Having someone who the entrepreneur(ial team) has worked with before can be a good validator to other syndicate investors and future investors that they all work well together.

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A VC Walks into Your Pitch Meeting Biased

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Knowledge about the (existing or future) syndicate composition or other deal dynamics which are favorable or unfavorable. This includes both his perception that it’s “hot” through PR or VC scuttlebutt, as well as if he believes the investment opportunity has been “shopped around.”

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