View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C.

Seed Stage 272

Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Everybody thought the real substance was going to come from B2B eCommerce players that would deliver “real value&# by disintermediating supply chains … blah, blah, blah. We were it in Europe: B2B. Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology. So journalists were looking for a new story to tell.

South Africa 310

South Africa Europe Disintermediation Poland 310

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. June 12, 2012.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250