Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). CIVC. $ 250,000. CIVC. $ 200,000.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Evangelos Simoudis’ is the founder and managing director of Synapse Partners. I presented them to our chief product officer and our CTO.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

of teams’ online pitch decks and recorded videos, as well as loved the dozens of second-round video conversations which we had with Founders working on quite compelling startups. Many of these Founders we wouldn’t have had an opportunity to connect with if we hadn’t launched this program.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. If anything it felt like a public service to founders to me. I simply want founders to be educated on the topic to be helpful.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

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. In addition to compelling founders, we were drawn to the company by their vision for a professional community for mechanical engineers and designers.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Any great business starts with an entrepreneur who develops a value hypothesis in order to test and identify core product value, which is a real and substantial solution to a valuable client problem. Entrepreneurs are intimately familiar with their products. They help improve people’s lives by creating innovative products or services.

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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. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, 8 have been pre-product or pre-seed style rounds. And by early, we mean pre-traction.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Of the NextView-backed founders have have tried to raise this round, over 70% have done so (compared to a mean success rate in the industry of around 27%, according to some sources ). Startups with large, lifecycle VCs included in the seed round syndicate did not reach Series A faster than those who did not. average versus $4.9M

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

What is it, and how should founders think about it? note: We’d like to be extra clear that founders should not take on venture debt if they don’t have 100% visibility into repaying the loan, as banks that need to recoup their loan my force the company or you as the guarantor into liquidation or bankruptcy.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. instead of having to travel home. .&# instead of having to travel home.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. Product/Technology 0-15%. Making the Valuation Calculation.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly. Co-founder discontent. Products that ship late and place entire companies under serious stress.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

I think our POV comes through in this discussion and hopefully it helps any founders decide if we’re the type of seed fund they’d enjoy working with. They have to build a product, distribute that product, and build a team. We always co-invest. There’s no capital gap structurally at the seed stage. .

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Takadu’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product enables utility companies to detect leaks, bursts and equipment failures as well as alerting personnel of any problems through email and SMS. P&G ACQUIRES ISRAELI MEDICAL DEVICE CO CONTIPI. ConTIPI’s product has approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA).

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Automation allows you to spend less time on tedious tasks and will help boost productivity, especially within a small marketing team. They read reviews of the products of target investments. 1) Manage the firm . 3) Raise capital.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2016

After two years of a dedicated experiment, we’ve decided to stop making new investments via our FG Angels Syndicate. The Monday after AngelList announced their Syndicate product in September 2013 we decided to to jump in with both feet and start FG Angels. Average syndicate investment amount per deal: $316k.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

We make a point of keeping our records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry, e.g., CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dow Jones , Mattermark , Palico , Preqin , Pitchbook , and ThomsonReuters , since they are a source of data to LPs and to potential co-investors interested in us. . Pitchbot.vc 3) Originate investments.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob was at IBM, Endeca and Cambridge Semantics in senior product management roles.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

The angel investor groups such as the Central Texas Angel Network and Houston Angel Network syndicate deals with each other but it’s still the exception not the norm for an Austin startup to have investors from Dallas or Houston, even thought that’s where much of the wealth in Texas is. You can start by selling in the U.S.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. The following is part three of a guest post series by Rob Gonzalez. You can find part 1 here and part 2 here. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. The following is part two of a guest post series by Rob Gonzalez. You can find part 1 here. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob was at.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 4, 2013

The content on these sites are laden with products, largely submitted by consumers. These product images represent valuable brands – in categories ranging from beauty and home goods to fashion and food. We at NextView Ventures are happy to join co-investors True Ventures, iNovia, and the rest of the syndicate.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2012

We describe Foundry Group ‘s behavior as “syndication agnostic.” ” When we make an investment, we are completely agnostic as to whether or not we have a co-investor. Because we are syndication agnostic, we are delighted to work with great co-investors and welcome and encourage the interaction and partnership.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Productivity Lists. Global Syndication Partners. Trending Stories. Focus on traction. Mobile Lists.

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Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

NextView is thrilled to have co-led this round along with our friends at SoftTech VC and Farmeron’s existing investors 500 Startups, Seedcamp, and TAG. I first met Matija Kopic, Farmeron’s co-founder & CEO, a few months ago. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. What are some of the unique benefits and constraints from the point of view of a founder? . However, founders shouldn’t take money from corporate VCs because of an exit expectation. Some corporate VCs even have seed funds.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. It’s based largely on my personal experience naming several tech products as well as the themes I’ve noticed in great startup names. Productivity Lists. Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share. Create a Google spreadsheet. Mobile Lists.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

Looking back at our current fund, 75% of our initial investments were made when the company was very much pre-product. At NextView, we pride ourselves as being a “one-product company.” Regardless of check size, the reality is that the earlier a company is in its lifecycle, the more time we tend to spend with founders.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

Editors Note: This is syndicated guest post by Walter Chen , co-founder of iDoneThis, an easy way for your team to sync up on its daily progress. It’s counterintuitive, but Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos takes a totally different approach to hiring: he gives prospects a hiring anti-pitch.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. I loved the founder but was struggling because this just didn’t seem “big enough” to me. Today, Lumos Labs is better known by their product’s name, Lumosity.com, which is used by more than 70M worldwide.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. I loved the founder but was struggling because this just didn’t seem “big enough” to me. Today, Lumos Labs is better known by their product’s name, Lumosity.com, which is used by more than 70M worldwide.

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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. Our company offered a series of consumer-facing properties, including our flagship property BargainDog, which was an early e-commerce daily deals email newsletter. Series A financing.

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View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

It’s a common question that every VC fields from founders — and founders field from other founders, and marketers field from founders, and PR people field from founders. In light of that partnership, founders should be proactive about asking them to delay — if that’s your desire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Blogging is one of the best ways to do this and build a brand, even before you have a product or service. 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. Develop an efficient and effective writing style.

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