2018 Conversion Distribution Early Stage 
BeyondVC
JANUARY 3, 2019
2018 Recap. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. While the cloud wars, AI, automation, and digital transformation dominated the enterprise headlines in 2018, we have to remember that we are still early in the cycle.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
As an early-stage VC I love this phase. We realized that operating a business in distributed markets presented multi-city coordination efforts that we weren’t prepared for. were more distributed. At MakeSpace we had to build complex models to tell us how our pricing and conversion compared down to the neighborhood level.
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Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
We followed that closely and ultimately made the decision in early 2018 that there was enough of a market opportunity there to raise a dedicated fund to this effort. Sure - as you know, probably 40-50% of what we invest in at the early stage never makes it to a successful outcome. No need to name names.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. Back in 2018, my colleague Rob wrote a blog post about how the VC asset class is doing. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021.
Austin Startup
MARCH 7, 2018
Date: Fri March 9, 2018 Time: 11:00 AM?—?12:00 Date: Sat March 10, 2018 Time: 12:30 PM? The Food+City Challenge Prize is an international competition among early stage business startups encouraging innovation in the urban food system. Date: Tues March 13, 2018 Time: 9:30 AM?—?10:30
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
That’s a reason why some are quick to portend “a new bubble” but this post sets out to show that would be a misunderstanding of the market and in fact by historic levels this may be amongst the best times to invest in seed and early-stage funds. Taken together these “mega rounds” represent nearly half of the funding in 2018.
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