crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. among North American Business Incubators and 4th in the world. Sounding good?

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Share this: We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group which raised $300 million last month and Divergent Ventures which pulled in $6.9 According to the Dow Jones research, 43 early-stage funds raised $3.1 Location: Seattle. Featured Jobs.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We are geographically agnostic, though focused on North America with main “hubs” in SF, Toronto, NYC, and Seattle. We invest in early stage: we now lead pre-seed rounds (typically with a $500k check) in addition to leading or participating in seed rounds (with a check of up to a $1m). crypto/blockchain, AR)!

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA. → Learn More. HTC One Review.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 24, 2014

Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. Entrepreneurs need to understand and believe the reasons why they should want to cluster in your region given there are other alternatives (nationally Silicon Valley or New York; regionally Seattle and Bellevue, Portland and Bend). Local Early-Stage Risk Capital.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. among North American Business Incubators and 4th in the world. Sounding good?

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It’s an exciting time to be launching a new fund as our focus on network effects and broad geography are driving opportunities in both existing and emerging markets. We invest in the early stages of company creation , leading or participating in pre-seed and seed-rounds with cheque sizes between $500K and $750K. About Fund III.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. Qualified people need to be willing to help—and not just help their friends.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. And when you think about the three C’s you begin to realize that the first two of these activities are ones where the economic powerhouse networks are driven in cities outside of Silicon Valley.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think intimate practice pitch sessions featuring real-time feedback from the NextView team and the broader early-stage investment community. Think partners coming together to tap their own networks for your follow-on rounds of financing. Think alumni advice circles from founders who have successfully fundraised post-program.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Seattle-based company specializing in mobile analytics. They track user consumption across mobile devices and network and build usage patterns that they can then sell this anonymized data back to carriers and to other relevant sources who have an interest in knowing mobile consumption patterns. Read more: PEHub. GroundTruth.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. For some early stage startups, investing in comms won’t meaningfully move the needle; for others, it can be transformative. Enter Box. They gave me a shot. Working at Box was a revelation.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

million in funding (0) Accelerator application trifecta: TechStars Seattle, Portland Seed Fund, and PIE currently accepting submissions (0) You got your Vizify in my Twitter. 13) Portland startups at an “Early Stage”: Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, it ain’t (and that’s awesome) (0). Silicon Forest Network.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 24, 2016

Yet, having a vibrant ecosystem to seed early stage startups is one thing. If you’re not in one of these major metropolises that Graham wrote about (say, Seattle, Toronto, Chicago, Boulder…), what’s your city’s collective drive? There’s still considerable debate on how possible it is to build big companies outside the Bay Area.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

As a side note, if you’re interested in applying to TechStars Seattle for this fall, the application page just went live a few days ago and can be found here: [link] It was by far the best decision we’ve made, and I’d highly recommend this route for any early-stage entrepreneurs. an iPad 2 Killer?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. We tend to do more $2-3 million “A&# rounds and we look for companies that have an early monetization strategy.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

These were the best resources I found: Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups. Startup Equity for Early Employees. Kirk flew into San Francisco from Seattle on that Friday, so he could talk to the founders in person. Paul Graham’s Equity Equation. How to Think About Cash vs. Equity Compensation.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 27, 2015

Similarly, when Uber launched in Seattle, they paid town car drivers to idle. It’s an easy way to get inventory in the early stage, but it’s not scalable as it gets expensive to both buy and manage inventory yourself. Buying inventory artificially creates supply, improving the way the marketplace works at the outset.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 31, 2015

There have also been posts about the appropriate loss ratio for an early-stage fund and how the start-up landscape is changing. The third step is to build your brand and network in order to attract dealflow and co-investors. But if you don’t already come with a natural network, you’ve got to put the effort in.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). Andy Sack, Dave McClure, Brad Feld & Jason Nazar (photo by Jolie Odell). I think I could summarize the hour by saying, “don’t be a douche.”

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Wilmington Investor Network. Central Texas Angel Network. 3) Some groups invest $2 million or more in pre-revenue companies, while others typically invest less than $500,000 in these very early stage ventures. Incline Village, NV. Louis Arch Angels. Wilmington, NC. Launchpad Angels. Golden Angels. up slightly. Hub Angels.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. In the Entrepreneur Journeys methodology, we focus on customer validation as early as possible.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. I also run a small firm that provides CTO level help to start-ups in Los Angeles and Seattle.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

We made a bunch of intros for David and he reached out to a number of the successful entrepreneurs and a few investors (as individuals) around the Techstars network that existed in 2009. We had programs in Boulder, Seattle, Boston, and New York. Before he knew it David had $2.5 million lined up. Brad: “Don’t think about it that way.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Zoecity’s headquarters is in Seattle but we have a satellite office in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. We were able to hire both senior and junior level engineers at roughly 1/4 and in some cases 1/5 the going rates in Seattle. Seattle and Kuala Lumpur has a 15-hour time difference. Stumble upon something good?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Other cities like New York, Boston, Seattle, LA and Austin TX also have pretty strong startup communities. I like the mention of IRC, and would recommend Freenode as the best overall tech-oriented network. To be blunt, find a way to move to Silicon Valley. Lami Andre, yes, the opportunities while in school are certainly greater.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The Seattle team would work with me to build the spec and the mockups. We decided to move out of social networking. Once we got the idea to evolve into a mature concept we flew back to Seattle and development was smooth sailing because everyone participated in the evolution and everyone understood the “spirit&# of the design.

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Small Business Force

OCTOBER 22, 2017

That includes startups, raising capital to help launch them past proof of concept; or early-stage companies needing capital to scale their business, or more mature businesses, raising capital for a major growth initiative. startup, early stage, mature company) no matter what kind of capital you’re trying to raise (e.g.,

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

It hardly deserves any attention at all in the early stages. For some closing thoughts, I’ll just add that: Valuation tends to be too much of a focus for most early stage companies. He tries to write things that havent already been written 9000 times. I know this sounds crazy, but it’s not.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

Conceptually, this is very intriguing and goes against the current popularity of accelerators in start-up hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Seattle, Boulder) that are filled with recent grads and drop outs looking to build the next web sensation. You network! You attend start-up events! You go hang out at the engineering school!

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