B2B, Business Model, Startup and Vertical

Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. New space companies – If we are entering a future with access to space being as routine and inexpensive as commercial air travel, shipping or trucking… what new businesses does that unlock?

Artificial Inteligence

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI

Why Investing in the Everyday Economy Isn’t Just a Consumer Strategy

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2018

We dove deep into how this investment thesis extends to major verticals of consumer spending like entertainment , clothing , and home. Through all of those posts, we’ve received one common question from founders: Are all Everyday Economy startups consumer-facing? Types of B2B Everyday Economy Companies.

B2B

B2B B2C Vertical Portfolio

Revenue = Product Market Fit

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This is especially true for those with a media / ad based business model (e.g. But B2B startups need to take a different tack. We invest in internet enabled companies at NextView and our portfolio is roughly equally split between consumer and B2B businesses.

Revenue

Revenue Product B2B Marketing

How we can improve the odds of finding unicorns

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It was my first day at Version One when I realized that finding “ VC-fundable ” startups would not be easy. With nearly 30,000 startups on AngelList , there’s a lot to sort through. This makes it laboriously difficult to identify rising stars and make comparisons within a specific vertical. Vertical SaaS.

Vertical

Vertical B2B B2C Venture Capital

SXSW Pitch Finalist: Flugauto

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 A B2B tech company, Flugauto is developing a world-class UAV platform for aerial delivery of industrial cargo for the energy industry. B2B customers simply book on their platform and sit back until the goods are delivered. Working for or founding another disruptive startup. Blockchain.

San Francisco

San Francisco Cofounder Georgia B2B

Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Up to $3M in growth capital for your tech startup”. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”.

Revenue

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity

How do seed investors benchmark startups?

Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

If your startup is in this category, you’ll need to craft a story around: Hypergrowth How this hyper growth is happening organically? These are products that can and should generate revenue right out of the gates in both B2B and consumer ideas. Do you have virality built into the product? But, you need to be growing FAST.

Startup

Startup Vertical Early Stage Bootstrapping

The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. Marketing first.

Founder

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention

The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. Marketing first.

Founder

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention

“I can tell if a podcast is going to stink beforehand if the person has a PR person asking for questions.” Digiday’s Brian Morrissey on Digital Media, VC and Light at the End of the Tunnel.

Hunter Walker

MAY 20, 2018

Glossy focuses on the changing nature of the fashion and beauty industries as they collide with digital technology, new business models, and the need for sustainability and inclusivity. How should media entrepreneurs weigh funding options for their startups? HW: What are some other digital media businesses you admire?

PR

PR Media Differentiation Audience

How to Find a Market? Use Jobs-To-Be-Done as the Front End of Customer Discovery

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Modern entrepreneurship began at the turn of the 21 st century with the observation that startups aren’t smaller versions of large companies – large companies at their core execute known business models, while startups search for scalable business models. Here’s their description of why and how.

Customer

Customer Marketing Lean Vertical

Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.”

Customer Development

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley

VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. 2) Market .

Technical Review

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity

Introducing NextView III and Our Focus on the Everyday Economy

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. There are countless B2B startups that are enabling this digital transformation and how consumers experience the Everyday Economy. Early-stage investing is still the only thing we do.

Seed Stage

Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B

8 strategic hacks for building marketplace liquidity

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt. One such business model is the “online marketplace,” an entirely new business category not possible (at scale) before the Internet.

B2C

B2C B2B Demand Vertical

Software Eating Industries

Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

Instead of funding or founding enterprise software companies – these new startups are increasingly hybrids. From the outside, they are vertically integrated challengers to decades if not hundred-years old incumbents. 20 years since Mosaic , if they haven’t figured it out – they probably will never figure it out.

Software

Software Silicon Valley Los Angeles Columbus

Distribution Advantage

Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

Here are a couple examples from our portfolio: Vertical Communities: One of the exciting attributes of GrabCAD in the early days was its rapidly growing, engaged community of mechanical engineers. As a vertical community, the business of GrabCAD was never going to look like that of a social network or social media company.

Distribution

Distribution Vertical Viral B2B