View from Seed

JANUARY 8, 2015

So the question needs to be asked: Should seed-stage startups even blog in the first place? Think of it this way: Even in the seed stage, before most companies find product-market fit, they understand the problems they’re trying to solve. It’s simply about solving problems.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Startup Audience Leadership 120

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2016

Of course, it’d be nice to list some big numbers, but at the seed stage, that’s just not possible. In aggregate, he says, the conversion rates tend to go up. (He So, yes, you should decide who you’re targeting and where they’re at in the buyer’s journey BEFORE you launch a landing page.

Startup 136

Startup Seed Stage Cofounder Aggregator 136

Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

In both cases, the amount of time spent is generally inversely proportional to the number of new seed investments the firm does a whole each year. Board seat requirements – Partner involvement post seed financing can, but doesn’t always, require codification with a board seat.

Syndicate 207

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Portfolio 207

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It is what Seed used to be from 2009-2013, until the Seed rounds got fat and bloated and the bar for raising a Seed round became a lot higher. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. Q: Is Pre-Seed a Thing?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Angel investors often act differently than VCs, and the fact that VCs abandoned seed-stage investing doesn’t necessarily mean they did so because seed investments are inherently less compelling. (A When you aggregate all of the data, these angel investors (across the U.S. Let’s take a look at the actual data.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Pingback: Iphone Android App. Pingback: Download $150 Make Money Secrets FREE. Read More ».

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 20, 2015

For me, at seed stage, there are so many more important questions about a market’s attractiveness than its current overestimated size. Such as your understanding of customers and their needs, is the market growing or shrinking, how urgent is the problem you’re solving to that market.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Marketing Aggregator Differentiation 48

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

One of my first mentors in venture capital explained to me that the key role of a VC is to “aggregate talent.” At NextView Ventures, we’re hyper-focused on the seed stage, and since starting the firm, we’ve heard repeatedly and consistently from founders that a primary challenge they face during that stage is hiring.

Portfolio 100

Portfolio Startup Boston Seed Stage 100

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

This is what has led to the current frothiness at the seed stage, because these angels pay up for access to deals. <$50K in aggregate. The institutional VCs playing the in the seed stage is also unsustainable since the economics of doing so simply don’t work for them. Lots, 20-100. 1-2 per partner. Individual.

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Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Angel investors often act differently than VCs, and the fact that VCs abandoned seed-stage investing doesn’t necessarily mean they did so because seed investments are inherently less compelling. (A When you aggregate all of the data, these angel investors (across the U.S. Let’s take a look at the actual data.

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

Hippoland

JANUARY 4, 2017

Here’s a quick primer on how investments tend to work in startup companies at the seed stage. So, in the aggregate, it is possible that you may be required to pay as much as $30k-$50k to get an equity round done. But, all in all, this is probably my favorite format of raising money at the seed stage.

Convertible Security 48

Convertible Security Equity Security Silicon Valley 48

Rob Go

JANUARY 16, 2013

At the time, I was thinking generally about the concept of aggregating demand for products and local services, and just hearing the word “Groupon” piqued my interest. I went to Groupon to find the daily deal site has just launched a couple weeks prior in Boston, after running a few deals in CHicago in late 2008.

Seed Stage 38

Seed Stage Chicago Aggregator Bootstrapping 38

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

And even if your startup is unlikely to IPO someday, an aggregate increase in the number of public tech companies (coupled with large cash piles for big established ones) should make the M&A climate more favorable in coming years. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Author howerl.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

I based these documents off a recent transaction where a company that had used the Series Seed Documents raised a Series A round. This level of investment in financing documentation made sense when the investments were $3 million to $5 million, but for these smaller seed stage rounds, it’s simply overkill.

Finance 58

Finance Term Sheet Equity Aggregator 58

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

645 Ventures , a New York City based VC firm, is one of the pioneers of a data-driven investment model to the seed stage. We understand that from a GP perspective, pulling data from different sources, aggregating and standardising them is one of the biggest pain points in their reporting process.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

The Explosion in Early-Stage Innovation. The Amazon AWS-led revolution of startup innovation has led to a massive increase in the aggregate number of startups. But I only agreed to do this because I know he’s really on to something others haven’t yet spotted.).

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. YouTube, Netflix and HBO mirror their desktop experiences on mobile and that’s fine for now.

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. YouTube, Netflix and HBO mirror their desktop experiences on mobile and that’s fine for now.

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

Lots of people more forward-thinking than me have rightly said that data is a powerful asset and aggregating, mining, and making it useful will be a core element of many businesses currently being built. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

12 cloud IPOs in the past 2 years: One from Europe SaaS companies are thriving in the public markets, with their aggregated market cap grew 350% since 2011, and 12 cloud companies going public in the past 24 months. These 12 have performed well, with an aggregate $2.6

Europe 83

Europe Cloud API 83

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Right now, the only company who’s really innovating is Dwolla, which is starting from the payment layer by aggregating funding sources and will eventually try to position itself as a platform (starting by offering real time cash transfers for free to banks). I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Green Garage aggregates proven, sustainable, energy saving automotive maintenance/repair related products and delivers them through convenient consumer valet and corporate mobile on-site services. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital Colorado Mezzanine Wyoming 52

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Seed Stage Valuation Guide. aggregation. Useful blogs and links for startups. Best of Y-Combinator Startup Advice. Best of Y- Combinator Startup Advice. Raising Venture Capital. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. VC Experts. Founder Equity Issues. Fred Wilson Advice and spreadsheet. Venture Hacks equity section. advertising.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93