VC Adventure

JANUARY 19, 2024

When we started Foundry, we were very open about our intention to eventually wind our operations down rather than try to build a generational firm. We announced our latest fund last May, and we still have plenty of capital to deploy into new companies as well as into the existing portfolio.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

of teams’ online pitch decks and recorded videos, as well as loved the dozens of second-round video conversations which we had with Founders working on quite compelling startups. Many of these Founders we wouldn’t have had an opportunity to connect with if we hadn’t launched this program.

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Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Alabama 177

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 19, 2020

Software has been eating venture funds by simplifying syndicates, managing SPVs, and even traditional fund management. The idea of a streaming venture fund matches the fluidity of entrepreneurship and the operator>investor>operator paradigm that seems to be growing. How much capital are you reserving for follow on financings?”

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Portfolio 88

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

You can stop making new investments, but it will take years to actually work through your active portfolio companies. It’s been incredibly rewarding to be able to offer relevant advice or a connection at the right time and to see when a founder builds on that key turning point and it leads to success. No more founder pitch meetings.

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Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Signal is a fundraising tool for founders run by NFX Guild, which identifies the most relevant VCs for you. . 9% (1 / 12). 1) Market fund.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In our prior lives, the Bolster founders worked together to scale up a business called Return Path and also. worked as advisors and mentors to numerous early stage founders and startups. The roots of Bolster Prime and Bolster Ventures pre-date the founding of Bolster. What about the middle?

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

You also have a version of strategic expansion (or scope creep if you’re less kind), where some firms started as focused 1-2 GP shops but are now 3-7 GPs, with operational staff and increasingly large fund sizes. Or will there be an early stage bifurcation into multi-GP platforms and smaller syndicate-sized funds.

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

When John Brockman ,founder of Edge , interviewed NathanMyhrvold his first question was “ What’s a CTO ”,to which Nathan replied: “Hell if I know. But then subsequently, the CTO isresponsible for actually integrating and running the technology, i.e. the roleof the ‘operations manager.’

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

And if you don’t hit one or two right, you end up with a mediocre portfolio. Like VC platforms, these funds could potentially be either as price-insensitive and/or provide more value via portfolio and market insights than a typical seed fund can. If you hit one or two right, you can make a fortune in seed.

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Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. In light of that partnership, founders should be proactive about asking them to delay — if that’s your desire. You get the idea.

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

Hunter Walker

APRIL 4, 2014

Part of our presentation will be portfolio financials, which, because we’re relatively new, aren’t exceptionally volatile (LP speak: most of our investments are still carried at original value since no additional fundraising has occurred). Sure, not coal miner hard, not startup founder hard. high net worth individuals.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

The net effect is powerful: it empowers all of us (no matter who we are or where we are) to learn more quickly, make better decisions, and operate more efficiently. start-up databases/networks like CrunchBase and AngelList ) has led to unparalleled access to investment capital as more seed funds, angels, and syndicates emerge on the scene.

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Venture Capital Vertical Curation SEC 160

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

As many of you may know, we have a section on the NextView website called “Ethos” where we describe five key principles to how we operate. We try hard to bring our own blank canvas into these meetings so that we can better conceive and appreciate the vision of founders we meet with. April 27, 2012.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 3) Raise capital. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 25, 2015

” These deeply held beliefs tangibly define our values and give us a frame of reference to operate. ”) But at the end of 2013, when the JOBS Act became official and AngelList created Syndicates, we decided to understand the phenomenon better by participating in it.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

As a founder, you and your team are building value every day, but there are certain step-function moments where the value creation significantly increases. Regardless of check size, the reality is that the earlier a company is in its lifecycle, the more time we tend to spend with founders. But we emphasize a couple things a bit more.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 120

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

It’s been a yearly tradition for me to share a semi-quantitative view into our portfolio at NextView. Three years ago, I published our first “Stroll through the portfolio” and I’ve published updates each year in January. Surprisingly few seed funds operate this way. Traction in Ad Tech Portfolio.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Other companies, like Blue Origin, Firefly Space and Space X are all conducting operations in Texas, both together with NASA and for their own unique space ventures. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

At the end of his post Brad lists out the companies in the Foundry portfolio that started as seed investments ( AdMeld , Gnip , Lijit , Mandlebrot , Next Big Sound , Standing Cloud , and Trada ). With the foundation of our operating philosophy in tact we turned our attention to what this new business should do.

Syndicate 74

Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 74

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

And we invest in US-based startups, primarily on the US east coast though we’ll consider other parts of country on a selective basis (roughly 15-20% of our portfolio is in the SF Bay area). We also invest only in software & internet enabled businesses. What’s Your Favorite Future?

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. These funds would regularly share deal flow with one another and could share the work in supporting founders and helping to push the company forward. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market.

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Be founder driven. Investment Strategy. Just a few pointers.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Be founder driven. Investment Strategy. Just a few pointers.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Active angels invest in a diversified portfolio of 10 or more companies, usually spreading their investments over a few years. In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. — No.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Rob Go

JANUARY 28, 2016

As a founder, you and your team are building value every day, but there are certain step-function moments where the value creation significantly increases. Regardless of check size, the reality is that the earlier a company is in its lifecycle, the more time we tend to spend with founders. But we emphasize a couple things a bit more.

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Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 28

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

I really liked Jason Lemkin’s “ Do You Have a Weak Investor Syndicate ” blog post from earlier in the summer. Instead I want to focus on Jason’s discussion of bridges and pro rata, because it’s an area which is dynamic in every deal and often misunderstood by founders. Go read it and then come back here….

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Cap Table Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 95

Transformify

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Back in 2015, Google acquired Bebop, a company founded by VMware founder Diane Greene and that’s when Google Hire came to life. Are the job listings syndicated with external job boards? To make it even more complicated, you as a client may be expected to pay in addition to syndicating certain job listings.

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