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Boston Startup Talent: Leaky Bucket or Everlasting Spring?

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One of our portfolio companies, Plastiq , announced yesterday that they raised a $10M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and are planning to move their headquarters from Boston to San Francisco. Some lament the relocation of Plastiq and other companies who start in Boston but end up moving to Silicon Valley or other startup hubs.

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

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Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate.

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Making Good Decisions Still Means You're Sometimes Wrong.

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Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. So in addition to sleeping reasonably well at night, I will continue to wish entrepreneurs we don’t invest in the best of luck in proving us wrong. Author howerl. Read More ยป.

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Why Angelist Syndicates is Great For the Boston Startup Community

Rob Go

I’ve been thinking a lot about what Angelist means for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, especially here in Boston where I live. Which is why I’m pretty psyched about Angelist syndicates, especially in relation to the Boston startup community. Boston is an incredibly rich ecosystem in almost all regards.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

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Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. ” but either way, the IPO market will undoubtedly return. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ยป. Whatโ€™s Your Favorite Future?

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The Difference Between Apple & Facebook ? AGILEVC

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Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. The whole category was about $6B in revenue in FY2011 but the vast majority of that was music. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ยป. Whatโ€™s Your Favorite Future?

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. 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).