SiliconHills

JULY 12, 2014

Comfy, a startup that helps students find housing, received $600,000 in seed stage funding last week. The Austin-based company received the money from a group of investors led by Mike Lee, partner at Dominion Ventures. The round also included prominent angel investors and Austin Ventures.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Written.com receives $1 million in seed stage funding from LiveOak Venture Partners, Floodgate and several angel investors. The Austin-based startup connects bloggers with brands interested in licensing their content. Austin Floodgate Live Oak Partners Written.com'

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Seed Stage Angel Investor Austin Partner 73

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Luckily, not all investors are looking for the same thing, so it pays to know what type of investors are most interested in what your startup brings to the table. The key is understanding how potential investors see you, and especially how they view the maturity stage of your startup.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Starting Startups.   He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.  Starting Startups.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. Just as often, however, we’re investing alongside individual angel investors who are participating in the round as well. The Domain Angel.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Fortunately, many of the top VCs share their thoughts on their blogs and are full of advice for startups, both big and small. Eric Ries of The Lean Startup has called Andrew Chen’s blog “one of the best entrepreneurship blogs of all time.” This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

. “Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. Go get your anchors.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Southern California Angel Investor 293

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. They chose the name First Round Capital because they thought capital would be deployed most efficiently at smaller seed stage rounds considering the cost to build an internet business had come down drastically. Investing Strategy.

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Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

This is important for nearly every institutional investor because once you have 25-50 investments being able to “follow” the investments that are working well is critical to making money. People all across the value chain have taken notice including Limited Partners who are the people who invest in VC funds in the first place.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

Luckily, not all investors are looking for the same thing, so it pays to know what type of investors are most interested in what your startup brings to the table. The key is understanding how potential investors see you, and especially how they view the maturity stage of your startup.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

ithacaVC

DECEMBER 22, 2012

I recently engaged in a conversation (over a few days) about the need for a seed stage company to have a board member other than the founder. There are many angel investors that rarely take or want a board seat. Dave McClure (500 Startups) and David Lee (SV Angels) are 2 examples, but there are many many others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Luckily, not all investors are looking for the same thing, so it pays to know what type of investors are most interested in what your startup brings to the table. The key is understanding how potential investors see you, and especially how they view the maturity stage of your startup.

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Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2020

by Ash Rust , founder and managing partner of Sterling Road. Given that mindset, it’s only natural that most entrepreneurs jump at the first chance they get to secure early-stage startup funding. Most startups will need a viable product and proof of credibility before they can expect early-stage investors to really bite.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A founder asked me what makes a $2M round “pre-seed”? especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? And why do we still sometimes hear about pre-seed rounds that look more like a series A in pricing and size? Defining the pre-seed round It’s futile to look for ‘one true’ definition.

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Valuation Software Review Generative AI Technical Review 186

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These help address a common question which we frequently receive from entrepreneurs about how to create startup pitch decks for this crucial financial milestone. For context, last year, based on questions from our existing portfolio, we launched two board deck templates for seed-stage startups. Pitching NextView?

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Seed Stage Startup Seed Capital Audience 120

Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

There are essentially two distinct basic strategies for startup entrepreneurs to raise a seed round of capital: Subscription approach – An entrepreneur sets a structure (usually a convertible note) and recruits individual angel investors who subscribe to the round, all without a term-driving lead investor.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Portfolio 207

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

In fact, as an angel investor, I find that many of the questions in the due-diligence process give me real insight into the maturity of a startup. Investors expect to see a personal commitment, as well as team members, other investors or even customers. Is this a win-win opportunity for all the principals?

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K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. This will allow us to potentially lead the seed round, while maintaining an active engagement with these companies (as with Fund I).

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Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. This will allow us to potentially lead the seed round, while maintaining an active engagement with these companies (as with Fund I).

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Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. My partners and I wanted to peel back the curtain slightly for those of you who’ve been following our progress, and also acknowledge the help and support numerous folks have provided as we got this new VC firm off the ground. As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Here are a bunch of posts that I enjoyed, most VC or startup related, so if you don’t care about that stuff, skip this. The Angel’s in the Details – Andy Dunn, Walmart (Bonobos cofounder/CEO). Ruling Out Rather Than Ruling In – Jerry Neumann (angel investor).

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Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

government’s long standing restrictions on fundraising has given life to a new type of financing called crowdfunding that allows Angel and other early stage investors to quickly assemble a group of investors over the internet. While startups are still limited by the types of investors they can take money from (i.e.

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Angel Groups Accredited Investor Angel Investor Due Diligence 51

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

I've been working within the sphere of startups and angels for a couple of years in Vancouver, BC and it's been an interesting experience.a What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. work at home. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. NextView’s most recent investment was announced last week , and we’re excited to be investors in Objective Logistics. seed round from NextView, Atlas Venture, and Google Ventures, and angel investors. Author howerl.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Hearpreneur

MAY 4, 2019

Large corporations have become fat and afraid of change, which has allowed startups to usurp these corporate goliaths. We’ve worked at the CEO level with a dozen Fortune 500 partners and are thrilled to have this opportunity to share our learnings in our new book, New to Big. But they’re not going down without a fight.

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Cofounder Founder Entrepreneur Venture Capital 66

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. .” ”) Pressed into service for seed financing, it is, to some extent, a square peg fit into a round hole.

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Finance Convertible Security Equity Seed Stage 134

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Seed investors trip over themselves to get a look at the latest YCombinator deals and the entreprenuers in the hottest companies are in the drivers seat on terms. Unfortunately, that’s really not the case for most startups. The investor water cooler occasionally falls victim to reputation racketeering.

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Equity Term Sheet Seed Stage Angel Investor 104

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

In addition, I think that a “peace treaty&# between early-stage investors and startup companies on standard terms (at least at a term sheet level) is a step in the right direction. Certain angel investors refuse to do convertible debt deals, but will be okay if there is a price cap. Series Seed.

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Hunter Walker

APRIL 6, 2015

Charlie: What’s on your priority list to learn how to do better as an investor? Hunter: Two main priorities – refine my own playbook and iterate/learn with the urgency of a startup, not a typical VC fund. or any other notable investors) but Hunter Walk 1.0. Angel – Scott Belsky. Brad Feld 2.0

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Seed Stage Later Stage Venture Capital Valuation 48

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Want to start a startup? A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. Few startups get it quite right. I dont mean to suggest that our investors were nothing but a dragon us. Many are underfunded.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

I''m a strong believer in fairness (although my daughters may not agree) and investors and entrepreneurs working together as a team to create something valuable to all stakeholders (customers, employees, founders, investors). Startup outcomes tend to be very binary. Seems like my rant is picking up steam now.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Not all startups need outside investment to grow. What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Knowing these will help a founder position her pitch to get investors’ attention. Here’s the first 2½ years of a startup journey.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. These angel investors generally invest $25,000 to $100,000 in a round totaling $250,000 to $1,000,000. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? I found a question on Quora that relates to European startups, but found that some of the advice may be very relevant to Israeli startups as well. Read Venture Hacks ( [link] ). Practice pitching.

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Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. You can find a technologist to join you as a partner, for half of the company’s equity.

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