Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

We meet to discuss trends in the industry and to find ways to work together to help with SoCal deal syndication – somethings that happens automatically on Sand Hill Road in NorCal due to proximity. We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

Technical Review 241

Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

acquired 5min Media, the world’s leading video syndication network with a library of more than 200,000 categorized, tagged and rated videos from more than 1,000 of the world’s largest media companies and professional independent video producers. the New York-based Internet company spun off from Time Warner Inc.,

Israel 96

Israel United Kingdom Austria Global 96

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Starting about four years ago, for the first time, I felt like we had a great business to match our great company.

Warrant 128

Warrant Syndication Syndicate Matching 128

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

I’ve been to a World Cup (South Korea 2002), gold medal Olympic soccer matches (men & women Beijing 2008), English Premier League, MLS, heck even AYSO. But as I said, we had to put NextView’s ethos in our own words. I’m a complete nut about soccer… I played in my youth and have been an avid fan for many years.

South Korea 124

South Korea Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndication 124

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

I’m obviously biased, but I still think LinkedIn is an awesome platform today and they continue to innovate, grow, and evolve nearly 10 years after we started the company at the end of 2002. And of course email, CRM, and other tools for managing your network of contacts are far older. What’s Your Favorite Future?

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the years immediately prior to the popularity of institutional seed investing (I’m using a time frame of 2002 – 2007), the early-stage financing landscape looked similar to the first segment of the chart. Series A investors invested quite early, often before product/market fit.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120