View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have an edge in the highly competitive world of early stage investing that comes from some combination of your experience, industry knowledge, and personal network. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $500M+ of capital under management. You act as an “ invited guest.”. Interested?

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

Especially in the early days of mobile/iOS engineering, if you hired strong technical talent into your early stage company, you basically created an acquisition outcome floor. If over the course of the next year you see any Homebrew portfolio company try this out, I’ll let you know! Very different.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups. Data Collective has already made 46 investments from its first fund, which it calls “comparable with other seed and early stage funds” (Ocko and Bogue wouldn’t reveal fund size.). Headphones. CrunchBase.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Equity Ownership. Yes, typically preferred equity. On average, founders own just 43% of equity by Series B , declining thereafter. Flexible VC 102: Variations.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

Traditionally, VC investors would invest $X million in a startup for a certain percentage of equity, decision making rights, and the power to block things they didn’t agree with. The most pressing advantage for startups, in this, is an increased number of options when it comes to staying alive in the early days of the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Jeff Bezos , CEO of Amazon, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

You’ll notice that Harvard lost 30% of the entire value of its portfolio. So even within the “alternative class&# our LPs are looking at other asset investment choices such as distressed buyout funds, private equity or hedge funds. There is also True Ventures that does early stage, seed investments.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Our anti-portfolio: the opportunities we missed : Early-stage investing is hard, and the toughest lesson you can learn is looking back at companies you had the chance to invest in, but unfortunately passed on. . A new kind of web is being built around the idea of an “ownership economy” that lets participants get equity upside.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. . 3) Raise capital.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . See How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood. . 3) Raise capital.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2019

Negotiating Employment with a Private Equity Firm – 7 Surprises to Expect. Joining An Early Stage Startup? Negotiate Your Equity And Salary With Stock Option Counsel Tips. Here’s How Startup Founders Should Offer Employee Equity. How to assign stock options in early-stage startups. Salary.com.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Before making the decision to join ff Venture Capital , I did some research on early-stage tech investing as an asset class and how it’s evolving. Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. They’re also inflation-hedged.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Angel investors are still the lifeblood of early-stage startups, despite the surge of activity in crowdfunding and an increasing early interest from venture capitalists. Create and highlight your intellectual property portfolio. These are all accredited investors who risk their own money.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 17, 2019

The terminology : before you make your first investment, you should make yourself aware of the various terminology and abbreviations that are commonly used across the stock market, such as return on equity (ROE), as well as earnings per share (EPS), and not to forget compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Spread out where you invest.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

Our unique approach to investing, coupled with a pioneering spirit, provides the vision to guide early stage growth companies beyond today and toward future success. A New Kind of Venture Firm AutoChrome Autochrome is an inception and seed stage venture capital fund. That drives every decision we make.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. ARR of $500K+.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Jeff Bezos , CEO of Amazon, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

We spent our future since the equity was artificial. Check out this interesting piece on PEHub talking about how Stanford is discreetly looking to sell it’s asset portfolio ! So I believe that now is the perfect time to build a company and the perfect time for early-stage investors to bet on innovation.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

In just one example of many, Morgan Stanley used Morningstar data to prove that sustainable equity funds meet or even exceed the returns of traditional funds. Despite all of this collective data and momentum, we have seen little, if any, progress in the private equity and venture capital space. Enter True Wealth Ventures.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. – Portfolio company diversity.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. – Portfolio company diversity.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. These costs make it preferable to use a convertible security for a raise of this size and to structure as equity financing if you are raising closer to $2 million. ” The Cost of Financing. Even $15-20,000 is too expensive.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Not all start-up stock is created equally.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

VCs crave the ability to help portfolio companies. I would say the norm for many early-stage companies is somewhere between 6-10 in-person meetings per year. The earlier stage the more likely it is 10 meetings and the later stage the more likely it is 6. Please meet her while she’s there.”

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. VIII: The Leading Flexible VCs, With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

At Flybridge, we are wading into this uncharted territory as a result of one of our portfolio companies, Enigma , staging an ICO in the coming weeks. Early stage entrepreneurs will also still likely value experienced advice on company-building from seasoned venture capitalists.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

At Flybridge, we are wading into this uncharted territory as a result of one of our portfolio companies, Enigma , staging an ICO in the coming weeks. Early stage entrepreneurs will also still likely value experienced advice on company-building from seasoned venture capitalists.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 26, 2019

1. Equity Crowdfunding. The whole point of equity crowdfunding is to be able to help businesses that are very much still in the early stages. Equity crowdfunding involves you giving the investor or investors shares in your business, in exchange for financial funding. 2. Business Credit Cards.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

There are many different kinds of accelerators – private and public based accelerators, accelerators that take equity, as well as equity free accelerators. If this happens, the risk of having an unpleasant experience is much higher, as an early stage startup cannot afford 7 months off the correct path.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

You don’t even need to do anything and we’ll give you equity. That said, there are three types of advisors that I don’t see as commonly utilized by early stage startups — at least the ones we’re not advising. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. Advisors can be so much more than social proof and tactical advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. Ask other portfolio companies how your VC acted when / if they got in a cash pinch. Better that you know early.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Boards can also develop a platform for strategic decision-making that defines the fundamentals of the business portfolio and the dominant business model that will help determine the future allocation of resources and capabilities. As more serious situations come up that could impact the strategic plan, boards may need to become more involved.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Risk capital takes equity (stock ownership) in your company instead of debt (loans) in exchange for cash. Founders can now access the largest pool of risk capital that ever existed –in the form of Private Equity (Angel Investors, family offices , Venture Capitalists (VC’s) and Hedge Funds.). The Bad News.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

10 Top Financial Tips for Early-Stage Startups | StartupCollective – crowdspring.co/1qWvaC4. “Brand equity is important because it can become a significant part of a company’s value.” “Brand equity is important because it can become a significant part of a company’s value.”

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.

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