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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

The public markets have clearly rewarded traditional, software based businesses over different business models, and that effect was starting to work its way through the earlier stage ecosystem. In a FOLD world, this is going to continue. However, in a FOLD environment, it’s likely that the pendulum will swing the other way.

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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

Lead investors are few. Leads that are true force-multipliers are exceedingly rare. Although seed funding has exploded since we started Nextview, we continue to hear the refrain from founders that there are tons of investors that will pile-in on a round that is coming together, but that lead investors are few and far between.

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A founders’ guide to capital raising

NZ Entrepreneur

Lead investors and term sheets. Now that you’ve got investors undergoing due diligence, you must secure a lead investor. Typically, lead investors take up a significant portion of an investment round, and act as a signal to other investors that the round is getting traction.

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Announcing NextView IV

View from Seed

We see software upending the areas where large swaths of the population spend all of their time, money, and attention, and we want to collaborate with founders that are bringing forward a more prosperous, equitable, and exciting future in these areas. .

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Your Startup Is Dying — Now What?

David Teten

Existing investors have said they’d be glad to invest…if she gets a new lead investor, which 6 months of searching have failed to generate. Consider approaching one of the small number of funds which acquire tech startups, e.g., Constellation Software , Think3; Vista Equity Partners. The CEO comes to us.

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Our Investing Manifesto at NextView

Rob Go

Lead investors are few. Leads that are true force-multipliers are exceedingly rare. Although seed funding has exploded since we started Nextview, we continue to hear the refrain from founders that there are tons of investors that will pile-in on a round that is coming together, but that lead investors are few and far between.

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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

As such, your public profile should include everything non-confidential about your business that may attract the interest of potential investors, and your private profile should contain complete, accurate information about all the details of the business that will lead investors to request an in-person meeting with you.