Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. You won’t regret it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. One of the world's leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries, founder space was ranked number one, the number one incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and entrepreneur magazines.

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San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We back very early stage companies and work alongside executive teams as their build their teams, launch their products, announce their companies and raise their first downstream capital rounds. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. each with partners as the lead.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. We lived together in a crappy apartment in San Francisco and commuted together from SF down to the peninsula every day. We were effectively together 24/7.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

I spent time talking to many mentors and friends, investors and founders alike, about what drives them, what makes an effective partnership, the evolution of early-stage investing, and what’s possible for the future of our industry. Together, we’ve co-invested and competed, commiserated and celebrated.

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North America San Francisco Cap Table Cofounder 156

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage. As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. Then, create an encouraging environment for early-stage companies.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

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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View from Seed

JULY 21, 2022

For creatives, we’re a premium, value-aligned partner to help grow their networks and portfolios, and monetize their passions. EP: I went off to the University of Michigan for college and last year made my way back to Santa Monica after 4 years of working at Meta in Digital Marketing in Austin and San Francisco. And your least?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. My partner Kara wrote a great post on the topic that you should read. we have a long way to go.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 17, 2015

As you probably know, Forward Partners bundles help from our startup team, our proven methodologies and office space with our cash investment so I will be talking my own book tomorrow and hence here. I’m writing this post to get my thoughts straight. Over the last fifteen years that has become accepted best practice.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

A discounted price is available for early stage entrepreneurs and students. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2021

Capital Factory has been the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2010, investing in hundreds of startups and collecting more than $100 million in pre-emptive investment rights to invest in hundreds more. Capital Factory has partnered with AngelList Rolling Funds to better meet the needs of today’s investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

I recently attended and presented at Dave McClure’s PreMoney conference in San Francisco. Video 2 is here : In part two of the group discussion Dave asked us about the trend of founders and early investors being able to liquidation some of their position in later-stage venture rounds. tl;dr version. And we ended.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby. Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. After DataHero was acquired, I felt like it was time to try something new.

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Silicon Valley Canada Founder Early Stage 115

Early Growth Financial Services

MAY 19, 2015

Co-hosted by First Ascent Associates and Runway Incubator, “Cannabis Startups: Exploring the Opportunities & Challenges” will take place on May 26, 2015 at Runway Incubator in San Francisco, California. Founder and CEO … Continue reading →

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San Francisco San Jose Silicon Valley Incubator 28

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

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. With Angela’s promotion to General Partner , we now have investment partners located in both the U.S. It is a true honor to be a partner of yours! About Fund III.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. We pulled together a lineup of A-list speakers, healined by TripAdvisor CEO Steve Kaufer, Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah, and Spark Capital founder and partner Bijan Sabet, among other very talented entrepreneurs and thinkers.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 29, 2013

In short, you’re going to want to look for the best funding partner (or collection of partners) possible, rather than just focusing locally. At the end of the day, you’ll want to find the best partner(s) that meets your specific needs and situation. Look global and local.

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Silicon Valley Global Finance New York City 161

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

In addition, the competition for and the cost of hiring people, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, has gone up dramatically. Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital. more traction means it takes longer.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 28, 2013

We’re excited to announce the 2013 Lean Startup Conference , December 9 - 11 in San Francisco. On December 11, an optional extra day for attendees, we’ll also offer half-day workshops on select topics and site visits to startups around San Francisco. If that''s you, apply here. So the best deals are available today.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

At this stage you’re essentially selling yourself and your cofounders. That’s why much early stage funding is “Friends and Family”; your friends and family naturally overrate you and/or can’t say no. As we prepare for our first funding we are assembling a value chain from partners and vendors to clients.

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David Teten

MARCH 8, 2013

Introductions: Dan Rosen (Partner, Commerce Ventures; Learning Officer- HBS Alumni Angels). Speaker: David Teten (Partner, ff Venture Capital, and Chair, HBS Alumni Angels NY). INTRO BY: Dan Rosen, Partner at Commerce Ventures & Learning Officer at HBS Angels. Time: 12:00 Noon Eastern Time (9:00 am Pacific).

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2012

Kyle Judah and his partner Jason Woodward started their online venture, RecoVend , in August 2011 after seeing how inefficient, offline and noncollaborative the buying process was at colleges and universities. after meeting the accelerator’s partners while participating in a startup pitch contest held at Babson College. Kyle Judah.

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St. Louis San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 138

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. We plan to start expanding to other markets, such as New York City and San Francisco, in a few years. What’s an example of a story on the Happenstance app?

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

Ashley Mayer: I was two years post-college and working at a public relations agency in San Francisco, a job and career path I stumbled onto when I was rejected by my top law school picks. My boss, Jen Grant , was an incredible manager, and Aaron Levie, the co-founder and CEO, was a fantastic partner on all things communications.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

This morning it was announced that Matt Murphy had left his role as a partner Kleiner Perkins to join as a partner in Menlo Ventures. As much of the coverage in the press this morning acknowledges it’s rare for a partner to leave from one firm to another. He’s with you in good times & bad.

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Silicon Valley Los Angeles San Francisco Architecture 150

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Here are five simple questions we asked before deciding to partner with startups like Airbnb, Dropbox, Pinterest, Square, Khan Academy and Coursera for our design education program, Bridge. 3) Will you be a partner in making decisions? Square’s headquarters in San Francisco. 1) Do you believe in the mission?

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Design San Francisco Cofounder Startup 161

Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2018

A tendency towards more money but less deals could be debilitating for early-stage companies. The tens-of-millions-of-dollars rounds aren’t going to the early-stage startups. For startups seeking early-stage rounds, this could be grounds for a more challenging fundraising environment.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 1, 2015

At Foundry Group, we’ve experimented with lots of different things around company creation and early stage investment. We’ve invested in over 30 VC seed funds and emerging managers, supporting even more investors and founders at the early stages. We have a lot of investments in Seattle.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Some want to make sure it doesn’t end up looking like San Francisco. He was the first institutional investor in Facebook and also an early-stage investor in groundbreaking companies like Etsy, Spotify, C3.AI, They want to have a voice in Austin’s future. Fortunately, we have great role models to look up to.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2018

We were fortunate to have an incredible partner to work with on this initiative. Geekdom has been leading the charge to energize the San Antonio tech and startup scene since the very beginning and is probably the largest community of entrepreneurs in Texas.

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San Antonio Texas Dallas Houston 76

Early Growth Financial Services

AUGUST 22, 2013

New VP of Sales to lead EGFS business development efforts in California San Francisco, CA Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS), an outsource accounting, finance, and tax support firm that provides on-demand services to early-stage companies, has just announced a new partner to their leadership team.

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Southern California San Francisco Partner Sales 28

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Flying back to San Francisco, spending some time in my Pocket since I rarely read anything when it’s actually published. At early stage companies specifically they’re not about just managing your investors or putting on a show. Solid meat and potatoes post about good board decks.

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San Francisco Seed Stage Cofounder Angel Investor 49

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 31, 2015

We are an all-partner VC firm focused on Series A financings for SaaS and marketplace startups from our offices in the heart of the startup ecosystem in San Francisco at Jackson Square. You may know my fellow partners Greg Gretsch, Pete Solvik, and Bob Spinner. Today we announce Jackson Square Ventures.

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San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Naming 60

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

It was a conscious decision to maintain the fund size at the same level, despite both market pressure (larger rounds at earlier stages) and demand pressure (lots of LP money entering the stage) to raise a larger fund. I would like to thank all the limited partners who entrust me and K9 to invest their capital. was a $40M fund.

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Technology LP San Francisco Portfolio 96