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How We are Investing Through The Covid Correction

View from Seed

Others are just starting out, but the financial safety net they thought they had from a spouse’s job or highly appreciated stock options has disappeared. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward.

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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Both Sides of the Table

Companies like DogVacay solve a real need in the market. We got along and shared stories about the startup market. He wanted to work in venture capital and I was new to the industry and in no position to hire anybody. Tech Market Analysis' I’ll leave the year out. I said, “This category is going to be huge.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

In this comprehensive template and guide we break down each of the nine core sections in the deck: intro , team , what do you do , is it working , why does it matter (market) , can you be the best in the world (product, growth, financial metrics) , where are you going , what do you want (the ask) , and appendix. ” (Lee Hower).

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Yes, VC / Startup Funding is up Massively If you look at how much VC firms have raised from Limited Partners (LPs) over the past 2 decades you’ll see that we’ve returned to a level that we haven’t seen since 1999. Companies are raising billions of dollars in the private markets and the valuations are enormous PRIOR to the IPO.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). Without seed funding most startups seeking high growth won’t make it.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first wave of startups began when R&D centers and universities began to provide the technology and seed capital for new startups that were spin-outs or spin-offs. A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first wave of startups began when R&D centers and universities began to provide the technology and seed capital for new startups that were spin-outs or spin-offs. A few foreign VC firms like IDG Capital Partners entered China in the early 1990s. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'