View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Whereas a couple weeks ago, nailing down meetings various VC partners was likely going to be tough, everyone is now back in the office and ready to engage. Now, then, is one of the most opportune times of year to fundraise for Seed (and later) rounds of capital. First up: The Road to Raising Seed Capital: Crucial Steps to Know.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

With the atomization of seed and an increasing number of rounds prior to Series A (pre-seed, seed, super-seed, etc.), Inbound partners. But in my experience, it rarely fails that press coverage attracts the attention of a potential customer or possible new partner.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging. Lower-Than-Market Value.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The NextView podcast Traction explores the clever, creative, and atypical things entrepreneurs do to make initial progress against the odds. Raising seed capital. (In If startups should do things that “don’t scale,” then this podcast asks a simple question: What ARE those things? Subscribe on iTunes , SoundCloud , or Stitcher.

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Genuine VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

For entrepreneurs, seeking seed capital means meeting with numerous VC firms and sometimes dozens of angels… fun? Introductions to customers, long-term advisors, business development partners can result from the fundraising process, as those early conversations turn into real relationships. Those three letters.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

A few weeks ago I spoke with Boris Wertz, founder of JustBooks, COO of AbeBooks and founding-partner of Version One Ventures. In In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. Boris Wertz.

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View from Seed

MAY 14, 2019

A number of blog posts recently have mentioned this, but we seem to be experiencing a rise in repeat founders starting new businesses and raising seed capital. There is obviously a balance here, as you probably got to where you are because you are a run-through-walls kind of entrepreneur.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

It’s a world that doesn’t fit our seed-focused model and fund strategy. Outside of life-sciences, we’ve noticed something interesting emerging: There is a huge dearth of seed capital for health care services and software-driven health-tech companies.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We want to create the go-to hub for entrepreneurs and startup teams going from zero to one in absolutely anything important. – Pitch Decks (two styles + walk-throughs from the partners). – Board Decks (two styles + walk-throughs from the partners). So allow me to do just that: NextView needs your help.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

A couple years ago, my partner Lee penned a blog post about the milestone benchmarks for startups raising a Series A round of financing. This approach is surely more art than science, and requires an entrepreneur with a special skill-set of being able to make Series A investors just believe.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2013

“It became clear that although many of these low-income entrepreneurs have quality business ideas and a lot of motivation, they often lack the business knowledge and seed capital they to get the most out of their enterprises,” they add. She’s not alone.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

But theres no denying the level of support for entrepreneurs that we enjoy. They take common stock, not preferred, a fact that the entrepreneurs mentioned to me many times. As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. And do your customer development.

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The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Pretty expensive seed capital. b) Office space is a nice kicker, but no entrepreneur is going to give up equity in their mobile app startup company for office space. (b) b) Office space is a nice kicker, but no entrepreneur is going to give up equity in their mobile app startup company for office space.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments. There are a now a handful of funds, that claim to be Pre-Seed funds (K9 included).

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As an entrepreneur, you have probably heard or read the “maxim” that only 10% of startups are successful, but is this true? The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. Choosing the wrong team or not including potential partners. Don’t leave room for improvisation.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Today, NextView Ventures is excited to release a pillar project in our Growth Guides series: pitch deck templates for raising seed capital. These help address a common question which we frequently receive from entrepreneurs about how to create startup pitch decks for this crucial financial milestone. Pitching NextView?

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 6, 2019

As part of connecting with local Argentinian entrepreneurs and part of the amazing Endeavor networks here and South America, Wences and I recorded a podcast to share what I and Silicon Valley can learn from the robust entrepreneurial ecosystem down here. My quintessential teacher here is Wences.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

I’ve been helping entrepreneurs raise capital as a securities lawyer for 17+ years, and there are certain fundamental mistakes that I’ve seen entrepreneurs repeatedly make. Accordingly, I thought it would be helpful to share three basic tips for entrepreneurs in connection with raising capital. How is this done?

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. The angel then introduces the entrepreneur to his or her wealthy friends and business connections who, based on the good reputation of the referring angel, also invest. All live happily ever after.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Over 500 tech executives, startup founders, investors and aspiring entrepreneurs came together for an unforgettable day of in-depth discussions, workshops and a $200,000 surprise. Find out from Austin’s best entrepreneurs and executives who are shaping the landscape of tomorrow’s companies in an inclusive and empathetic manner.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 28, 2019

I put that in quotations, because, as I’ll expound, there is a start-up industrial complex that is designed to fleece novice founders from their seed capital with predatory fees, terms, etc. Good accelerators don’t see you as a customer, you’re a partner that they want to help. OK, enough with disclosures.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

So the partners put together S$200,000 as seed capital and finally started Cake Over Heels in May this year. He roped in Phay, whom he had met during his university days, because not only she was a passionate baker herself, but Phay was someone he knew was good in administration and sales.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee last December, Kate Mitchell, former head of the NVCA and currently Managing Director at Scale Venture Partners, stated that EGCs were overdue for relief. Crowdfunding is an efficient way for entrepreneurs to raise seed capital," the editors wrote.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed an Atomization of the Seed Stage. Early fundraising is no longer a one-and-done fundraise of a single round of Seed capital subsequently followed by a Series A 12–18 months later. A seed extension has ceased to be the equivalent of scarlet letter, and instead has become commonplace.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I feel too many people are discouraging, and as a result, too many entrepreneurs are discouraged and give up. While in law school, my partner, Leigh, and I had a concept for a law firm that did more than just “law.” Many entrepreneurs have an idea but don’t know how to monetize it.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

While the seed capital gap has closed, there are still only a handful of venture capital firms here in NYC investing in the crucial Series A/B rounds. In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

A few weeks ago, we launched two startup pitch deck templates for raising seed capital — part of NextView’s platform of exclusive startup resources. That much was clear when reviewing all the various types of decks I used during my research and matching them to my perception of a given entrepreneur.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home RSS About Contact Advertise Partners How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k. Posted by Stefano Bernardi On June - 21 - 2010 It’s a known fact that seed capital is very scarce in Italy. TheStartup.eu Meet Tipsandtrip. V.inspiring!

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

For many entrepreneurs “raising money” has replaced “building a sustainable business” as their goal. Entrepreneurs need to think about 1) when to raise money, 2) why to raise money and 3) who to take money from, 4) the consequences of raising money. Who are the partners? How do the fund and the partners make money?

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It can be very tempting to take in a little bit of seed capital, and start to operate as if you’re a big company. 2 founders + employee #1), the single employee at the company is a 33% partner in building the company culture and products. Growing Too Fast : This is, I think, the biggest killer of post-funding startups.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

One of the things we frequently discuss with founders is how to interpret and manage their dialogue with VCs when raising capital. We’ve written before on how to research partners , how to pitch the right investor at a given firm, and how to raise seed capital , generally speaking. can be slightly different.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Channel partners come in multiple flavors. If you haven’t already sold enough of your product directly to have enough volume to satisfy your channel partner he/she simply won’t end up pushing it – no matter how excited their MBA adorned biz dev guy was when he inked your deal. Channel partners are no different.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

For many entrepreneurs “raising money” has replaced “building a sustainable business” as their goal. Entrepreneurs need to think about 1) when to raise money, 2) why to raise money and 3) who to take money from, 4) the consequences of raising money. Who are the partners? How do the fund and the partners make money?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats! We need more.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. What follows is the best advice and tips from these interviews.

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