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Revenue = Product Market Fit

Agile VC

We invest in internet enabled companies at NextView and our portfolio is roughly equally split between consumer and B2B businesses. Potential customers’ willingness to pay will help you segment your target market (by customer size, vertical, geography, etc) more effectively than simply “researching” your market in abstract.

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creators , Eric Feng. As the first generation born into an established Internet, with a smartphone at hand from a young age, Gen Z’ers place a high value on self expression. ” Eric Feng. ” Eric Feng. The 1% rule is now changing with Gen Z.

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Understanding Different Types of Angel Investors

View from Seed

We at NextView Ventures invest exclusively in a startup’s seed-stage round , meaning that many if not most of our deals are made alongside individual angel investors. Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example.

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Our Investment in One Jackson: Fresh, Yet Familiar

Genuine VC

The company’s familiarity is along what we consider to be the three most important criteria for an investment in a seed-stage startup – team, market, and product: Team – Two of the co-founders were well-known to the NextView partnership years before a line of code was even written.

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What the West needs to know about Russia’s tech scene

The Next Web

As is the case in other countries with a relatively new, rapidly growing tech sector, e-commerce is Russia’s fastest growing vertical. Much of the slack at seed stage funding is taken up by the Russian state. Last year, the Government adopted important regulations covering anti-piracy and online payments. billion in the US.

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A Choir of Angel Investors Sing Different Parts

Genuine VC

We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. Investors in this category are usually operating executives who have spent their entire careers in a specific industry vertical, like internet travel, for example.

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. Others were able to provide additional data for one or more business verticals. The Halo Report for the rolling median for the 12 months proceeding June 30, 2012 showed that the median pre-money valuation for Seed Stage deals as $2.7 Other pre-revenue deals.