View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

We at NextView Ventures invest exclusively in a startup’s seed-stage round , meaning that many if not most of our deals are made alongside individual angel investors. Cons: Potentially not much value-add beyond initial financing round. These angels, however, come in many different shapes and sizes. The Grouped Angels.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Since 2002, the law form of Fenwick & West has conducted a venture capital survey, a response to "the burst of the 'dot-come bubble' and a desire to provide the entrepreneurial community with objective information about the status of the venture environment." The median amount raised in preferred stock financings was $1.1 Discuss.

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View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Leading up to the event, they published an article listing questions VCs never answer , as submitted by the community. I was recently asked to sit on panel with my fellow VC peers and some top entrepreneurs from the Boston tech community. These are all worth asking … and therefore worth answering. .

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

At the seed stage, no matter how much you know about an industry or a founder, you’re still taking a real bet. We all spend more time talking about our wins than our losses, but the reality of early stage investing is that many of our portfolio companies don’t become runaway successes.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 20, 2018

Like many in the venture community, especially us newer investors, I enjoy Fred Wilson’s “process” posts, where he shares a POV on the practice of our profession. Like we do at the seed stage, USV almost always plays the role of “ lead investor.”

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It continues to be highly dependent on company, stage, and location. At the early stages, raising the first $2m tends to be straightforward in most geographies that have meaningful startup communities. Since we are early stage investors, it simply doesn’t matter if we are a short term bull or bear.

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www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0 and why Series Seed Documents are better than capped convertible notes “First they ignore you. of the Series Seed Documents as well as a red-line showing the changes I’ve made from the original set. 

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VC Adventure

MARCH 17, 2016

While the audience was Colorado focused, the overall message I delivered about the angel ecosystem is very relevant to all entrepreneurial communities. I’ve always felt that a robust angel financing market was important to startup ecosystems and the data on the next two charts really brings that home.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

The gist of the story is that there has been a significant increase in seed stage investments activity over the last 2 years, and many companies are now coming back into to the market for their next round of financing. Investors who have been in the early-stage investing game for some time know that markets come and go.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Obviously the funding environment has changed considerably in 2022 but as early-stage investors our daily jobs stay largely unchanged. And while over the past few years we have been laser-focused on cash returns, we are equally planting seeds for our next 10–15 years of returns by actively investing in today’s market.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

The smaller size also allows the space for teams to get to know each other within the cohort and develop a true sense of community and friendship on a founder-to-founder level, which has proven to be an invaluable resource during and after the program. . The Clarity of the Terms : how will your company be financed?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

Robert believes in "the powerful idea of self-reliance and this idea that you should know how to take care of yourself, and your family, and your community." It really started to get the attention of the scientific community. As he explains, it also has "a diversified bottom line where it's not just about near-term profits.

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Rob Go

MAY 5, 2014

Seed stage investing has developed significantly over the past 7 years that I’ve been in VC. It’d pretty standard for entrepreneurs to contemplate raising an “institutional seed round” prior to approaching VC’s for series A rounds. Many have said that the institutional seed is the new series A.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. So VCs spent a couple of years experimenting with earlier-stage investing, which is OK. The LP Community Hasn’t Yet Caught Up. There are also others.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? Entrepreneurs face some pretty tough questions at a very early stage. Dont worry about giving up too much equity at an early stage. Should I take Angel or VC money? How much money should I raise?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

million in venture financing. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

According to Izhar Shay, a general partner at Canaan Partners, “The investment community has matured to recognize they need to plan for scale. They are seeking to build companies so that they are attractive to late-stage funds.” And the late-stage global funds are swarming in, from Accel to KKR to Li Kai-Shing’s Horizon Ventures.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. What follows is the best advice and tips from these interviews. and Path Intelligence.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. 2) Business model-defined funds.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. → Learn More.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Ning Communities. On-line Communities. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Series Seed Documents â?? VC & Startup Resources. Google Groups. Forms/Surveys.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But wherever you stand on that, there’s one very real consequence of this explosion in seed funding: There has not been a corresponding explosion in investors willing to lead the next round, the so-called Series A. This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages.

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