View from Seed
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
For early stage VC ‘s, Syndication is the process of sharing investments with other potential co-investors. Typically a good syndicate partner will move fast to try to build conviction about an opportunity, but will do real work to try to get to an independent point of view on the company.
View from Seed
APRIL 14, 2020
VCs are always founder focused no matter the market environment. But in a FOMO world, more investors are willing to take a chance on a founder that they don’t know, but seems to match some of the heuristics of other high quality founders. In a FOLD world, I think you’ll see a narrowing in strategy around their core.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.
Eric Friedman
AUGUST 19, 2020
Software has been eating venture funds by simplifying syndicates, managing SPVs, and even traditional fund management. The idea of a streaming venture fund matches the fluidity of entrepreneurship and the operator>investor>operator paradigm that seems to be growing. ” So far the answers are unclear.
Genuine VC
MAY 1, 2014
Just about fifteen years ago, Josh Schanker and I, along with our co-founders Elliot Shmukler and Tammy O’Neil Bolduc started Sombasa Media together. On the surface, BookBub is an ebook discovery service for consumer readers, featuring acclaimed ebooks in categories matching readers’ interests.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 24, 2015
After a few blogs about your concept, the comments better match your passion, or it’s time to rethink your idea. If you post on industry sites, or get syndicated to popular sites, your scores and visibility will go up even more. Let that ideal co-founder find you. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking.
OnlyOnce
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
In our prior lives, the Bolster founders worked together to scale up a business called Return Path and also. worked as advisors and mentors to numerous early stage founders and startups. Jenny’s experience as a multiple-time senior executive and startup advisor (including four years as the COO of Techstars) was a perfect match for us.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
207 
Let's personalize your content