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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

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? The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. Two weeks ago, my partners and I here at NextView Ventures announced our second fund.

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Angels Rush in Where VC Fear to Tread

Up and Running

He says, summarizing the Giga Om post: Unlike traditional VCs, super angels actively invest in seed stage companies. The article suggests – and we agree – that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases. They also invest lower amounts of money than traditional VCs, between $25k-$250k.

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Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

Agile VC

If massively succesful, Isis might disintermediate the companies that manufacturer plastic payment cards and perhaps the companies that make mag stripe hardware (e.g. Also some of the mobile banking players are considering to build a parallel network that would disintermediate the card associations. Read More ».

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