Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

My partners and I would be thrilled to support this founder in general, but we don’t have enough conviction about the market opportunity he and his co-founders are pursuing to proceed with an investment. ” And the honest answer is “not at all.” My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly. It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Seed stage companies just aren’t announcing their rounds anymore.

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VC Cafe

MAY 10, 2024

For example what if you could pay an AI agent to file your taxes, manage your stock portfolio, write your content, summarise your meetings and remind you of action items, and so on and so on. Just search on Twitter for AutoGPT Failed, or BabyGPT failed and you’ll see plenty of example.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Database Seed Stage 78

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. NextView originally invested in the company’s seed round in the spring of 2011 and we again participated in this latest round along with Atlas Venture. How To Think About The Future.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Also portfolio management strategy has shifted a bit in recent years, and many large investors now evaluate at all risky assets together (US tech IPOs, Brazilian bonds, Chinese private equity, etc) rather than making discrete allocations to each bucket. ” but either way, the IPO market will undoubtedly return. Author howerl.

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IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Private Equity 100

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. Market Value.

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Valuation Founder Seed Stage Angel Investor 336

Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

My partners and I at NextView talk a lot about how fundraising is about finding the true believers rather than convincing the skeptics. The energy that it takes persuading someone who starts with a bias not to invest is much better suited searching for additional prospects who want to believe in what you’re building.

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Search Seed Stage Forecast .Net 143

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

GrabCAD has used search optimization to drive the bulk of it’s user acquisition, very similar to the way Yelp and others did. I hate indulging in wanton portfolio self-promotion, but my partners & I are incredibly excited about these companies and will undoubtedly continue to make more investments in this vein.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of our prior investments was an e-commerce company that grew primarily through organic search. We recently led a large seed round for an autonomous vehicle company called Optimus Ride. Normally I would counsel seed stage companies not to take strategic investment but that wasn’t the case here.

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Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

My partners and I wanted to peel back the curtain slightly for those of you who’ve been following our progress, and also acknowledge the help and support numerous folks have provided as we got this new VC firm off the ground. As many of you know, NextView is a seed-stage VC fund. Best of luck. PMarchetti. Congratulations!

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LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. Hypothesis 3: Insufficient diversification in European VC managers’ portfolios .

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LP Europe Germany Venture Capital 82

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

Today, I’m thrilled to publicly announce NextView’s Talent Exchange, a program helping both top talent and NextView-backed startups connect with each other more easily, beginning with Boston companies (which make up just over half our portfolio). Below, I’ll quickly explain the genesis of this initiative and share a few more key details.

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

IMO Bessemer is perhaps the most emblematic firm of thematic investing… all the investment professionals in the firm from senior partners to more junior staff team up in small groups to construct “ roadmaps ” of the themes in which they intend to pursue investments, which are then articulated more broadly within the firm.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Startups in NextView’s portfolio frequently receive inbound interest from other VC investors who are intrigued about what they’re doing, and I often talk with other early-stage entrepreneurs how to approach similar situations. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We’ve also worked with our Partner, Dana Kibler who is also our CFO for nearly 20 years. In our best-performing companies we often write follow-on checks totaling up to $10–15 million out of our early-stage fund. When we invest, we commit to being long-term partners to our portfolio and we take that responsibility seriously.

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San Francisco Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles 408

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In October, we held our annual Limited Partners meeting at NextView. In addition to reporting on the progress of our funds and the exciting stuff happening with the portfolio, we shared some thoughts on the broader market environment for VC’s and venture backed technology companies. This is a bad thing for investor returns.

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Later Stage Marketing Early Stage Ratchet 28

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, but I needed the time to digest all the other great posts on the topics by other investors, and to analyze specific portfolio data from Haystack over the last five years. Well, that time has finally come. Will folks be able to buy a house and raise their families here?

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week. Let’s do this! .

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Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

And 2 seed stage companies that haven’t launched yet. That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. Among the fun inventory stories, twice one of my portfolio companies has ended up forecasting less than what they could have sold.

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Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

For entrepreneurs seeking to build big companies on a rapid trajectory, raising larger scale venture capital rounds is likely a necessity at some point after the initial seed funding. At NextView, we spend a substantial portion of our time trying to help our portfolio companies prepare for growth as “venture scale” businesses.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I think how hard it is for me to be hands-on with a handful of portfolio companies. He was talking profusely about their portfolio company email lists and the knowledge that is shared. I had also expressed my concern for SproutBaby’s lack of independence from their partner with Jody. I am impressed with his approach.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. and Path Intelligence.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Janvest , a new seed fund of $5 million backed by American angel investors and chaired by the former head of the Mossad (Danny Yatom), saw an opportunity to fill the gap by making offering US-based angel investors the opportunity to tap into the Israeli startup industry. VC Cafe: What is the premise of Janvest and how large is the fund?

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

A lot of times you hear VCs talk about their sourcing in raw numbers… “we saw X opportunities in 2011 and invested in [small fraction of X]“ But ultimately “good” dealflow is about signals – large amplitude, high signal to noise ratio, and enough strong signals on an absolute basis to build a portfolio.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Â Search for apps tools. Google Custom Search Engine. Search Engine Optimization Tools. Outlook plugin to search. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Seed Stage Valuation Guide.

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