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Building the Best Seed VC Syndicate in 2020: Navigating “Leaders” & “Fillers”

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In previous blog posts I’ve written about the two main approaches to building a seed round syndicate – the subscription method (where an entrepreneur presets a structure with a convertible note or SAFE and recruits investors who subscribe to the round, all without a term-driving lead investor) and a term-driving lead investor approach.

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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

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This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. In a FOLD world, I think you’ll see a narrowing in strategy around their core.

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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

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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. We are also seeing more investors try to be a part of syndicated A rounds for companies that are raising $5M or more and are really not what most would consider “seed” stage.

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Why LP’s Passed on Seed Funds 10 Years Ago (And What’s Happened Since)

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In turn, some funds have a more friendly posture towards us and try to structure deals that incentive syndicate investors in a way that doesn’t massively disadvantage the seed investors. If there are venture capital history books, NextView will be a minor mention in the chapter about the 2011-2021 era. Then Doordash.

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