View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund. As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio.

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Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2014

These high fees obviously eat away at returns, and more profoundly are in contrast to the “disintermediation spirit” so at the heart of modern technology investing. Now, funds do work to charge some of these costs back to their portfolio companies, but usually these offsets flow to the fund’s General and not its Limited Partners.

Venture Capital 101

Venture Capital Disintermediation Technical Review Term Sheet 101

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . I recently had a chance to interview Mari Joller , an expert on corporate innovation, on this topic.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

VC Adventure

APRIL 11, 2011

For about the past year my partners have been pushing me to write up some thoughts on AdTech investing. “We’re not AdTech investors,&# I’d push back, “we just have a bunch of companies in the portfolio that are working in and around online advertising.&# And for a while that worked pretty well. They are: Scale.

Disintermediation 82

Disintermediation Advertising Portfolio Aggregator 82

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Webinar Description: Entrepreneurial and Investment Opportunities in Fintech You’re invited to listen to a webinar, hosted by Growthink co-Founder and Managing Partner Jay Turo, where a select group of Fintech entrepreneurs and investors will share how they and their companies are winning in this incredibly dynamic space. Mr. Alo Ghosh.

Disintermediation 48

Disintermediation Cofounder Venture Capital Angel Investor 48

VC Adventure

APRIL 11, 2011

For about the past year my partners have been pushing me to write up some thoughts on AdTech investing. “We’re not AdTech investors,” I’d push back, “we just have a bunch of companies in the portfolio that are working in and around online advertising.” ” And for a while that worked pretty well.

Disintermediation 48

Disintermediation Advertising Portfolio Aggregator 48