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The End of Syndication

View from Seed

For early stage VC ‘s, Syndication is the process of sharing investments with other potential co-investors. At this point, the investor and the entrepreneur work together to develop their perfect list of potential partners, and then do targeted outreach to try to bring this investor into the round.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Jourdan Urbach, Managing Partner of Brandt & Co. 3) Documenting best practices. I welcome suggestions.

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What Is Venture Debt and How Should Startups Use It?

View from Seed

Use good judgment, talk to your co-founders/investors/lawyers, and partner with a bank that values transparency and relationships such as SVB.]. And it’s that important because all companies will go through good times and tough times, and we’ll want to make sure we’ve got the right partner on the other side.

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

The easiest way to do so is via SAFE notes, due to their simplicity, “available online” documentation, no major covenants established to protect the investors, no governance implications at the board level, etc. All of these items are postponed until the elusive priced equity round.

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Written Communication is Critical for Fundraising

David Teten

A retail investor might join an existing syndicate on a crowdfunding site based on a deck and maybe an email. At the majority of VCs (including ours), you don’t just have to persuade one Partner. Providing answers in writing makes it easier for the lead Partner to share your view, and persuade her colleagues to back the investment.

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Exploring the NextView Platform? Start Here

View from Seed

Below, just to get you started, we’ve included a few of the most popular projects we’ve created to date, as well as our strategy and principles for building this platform as they stand today (it’s a living document we plan to revisit often). – Pitch Decks (two styles + walk-throughs from the partners).

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

You can read the whole complaint in the embedded document here (from AllThingsD’s coverage). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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