Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). This was the large round to fund the acquisition of Sidestep.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). Reid provided approximately $750K in initial seed funding prior to our first VC round.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

3) Groupon’s Business is Like An ATM: Groupon is currently unprofitable on a GAAP basis thanks to acquisition related expenses in 2010 as well as ongoing marketing spend to acquire customers. Groupon’s 2010 net loss includes $203M expenses related to acquisitions of several deal businesses. . Author howerl.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Yes, typically preferred equity.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I don’t mean growth hacking for user acquisition, although that’s certainly part of this. Also, we’d love to syndicate any articles you’ve written offering tactics or stories about going zero-to-N at your startup! ). Now, I don’t mean the (false) overnight success stories found in splashy exit announcements.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Seed Capital Syndicate Syndication 120

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

On the consumer facing side, the number of companies doing multiple acquisitions of $100M+ was extremely short… Google, eBay/PayPal, Amazon, and Microsoft are at the top of the list. <$100M) acquisitions for several years now, but they’ve mainly been acquihires. IAC and Yahoo! Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund. We make initial investments of $250-500K in the seed rounds of software and internet startups and reserve capital for follow-on rounds. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Best of luck. PMarchetti. Congratulations!

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

So, when should they — or any seed-stage startup — think about drumming up some PR and making noise around funding? Across the NextView portfolio and in discussing this topic more broadly, we’ve found that funding announcements are rarely good customer acquisition channels.

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

Salesforce is trying to create a platform both through internal efforts on Force.com and acquisitions (e.g. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Microsoft has two massive platforms in Windows and Xbox, and has been thrashing about for a decade trying to build one in mobile. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Startup Syndicate 113

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

At NextView we’ve intentionally taken an approach which combines both thematic and opportunistic investing for a couple reasons: 1) Our Overall Strategy is Highly Focused - We’re a dedicated seed VC fund, so we invest in startups exclusively at the seed stage. Pingback: watch inception online. Pingback: [link].

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

These companies report gross ad revenue but then subtract out “TAC” (Traffic Acquisition Costs) which is basically accounting-speak for the revenue share they pay to the partner sites where the ads actually appear. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. link] leehower.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

And finally margins matter… a $50-100M software company can go public given it’s 80-90% gross margins, an e-commerce company with 20-30% gross margins and high customer acquisition costs needs to be much bigger (probably 5-10x at least). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

I was in a board meeting for a seed stage company recently and a successful GP at a larger fund said “you know it when you see it” which is true. And there are some common precepts seed stage companies can follow. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

His co-founder/CMO Alex Cote has run customer acquisition programs that have attracted millions of users via a range of channels. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Thanks Ahmed, appreciate the feedback and hope you have an oppty to check out Cloze’s beta. Read More ».

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Hunter Walker

MAY 19, 2014

I don’t have enough data to concretely pronounce this a trend, but I’ll throw some ideas out there about (a) why this might be happening and (b) whether it’s a good option for seed stage founders. Otherwise we’re eager to syndicate rounds with other great investors.' Why Are We Seeing More Piggy Rounds?

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Founder 100

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. Its thesame with acquisitions. So seed investors usually care lessabout the idea than the people. This is true of all venture funding,but especially so in the seed stage. Like VCs, one of the advantages of seed firms is the advice theyoffer.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Here in Boston both Microsoft and Google have made significant expansions in recent years in Cambridge, and PayPal/eBay is poised to do the same in downtown Boston through acquisition and organic growth. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ». What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

But while it was a little less understood outside the payments world, their acquisition of TxVia theoretically gives them some of the plumbing they’d need to create a store of value or couple a Google mobile payments product to existing financial accounts. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250