This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

It’s basically working with potential outside partners to reach your business goals--which could be revenue, distribution, financing, product development, awareness, etc. Plus, in such a connected world, at the seed stage, the "outside" bar is low--a good article, review, demo can be a difference maker and get you on the right radars.

PR 160

PR Technical Review Seed Stage Design 160

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. Kayak generates both distribution (i.e. Expedia accounted for 24.5% Author howerl.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

5 Surprising Mistakes Found in Seed-Stage Startup Pitch Decks. #1: ” You can make the case that the “what we do” slide is the most important, but in the seed stage, the exact details of the product and even the target customer is a moving target. 4: Many Decks Fail to Mention a Distribution Strategy.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Seed Stage Boston Startup 120

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

My partner Erik Rannala has had a similar experience, having worked as a VC at Harrison Metal before moving down to LA to co-found our seed stage venture firm. Much of this is due to the lack of venture capital – seed-stage venture capital, in particular – to get companies off the ground here in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

LPs have been feeling great about venture capital due to holding valuable paper positions in companies like Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Dropbox, all of which they feel confident will drive large cash distributions in the future. Another Area of Concern is in the Seed Investor Class. But there’s no doubt, some will make money.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital LP Silicon Valley Marketing 150

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Seed Stage Valuation Guide – [link]. Interesting to watch Google’s approach to its digital distribution model – compared to Apple’s – [link]. Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. Good summary of #EntUngpluggd event (by @yongshuling) – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

million, indicating a somewhat normal distribution. We also have data points for VC investments in seed/startup companies (but not necessarily pre-revenue companies). We also have data points for VC investments in seed/startup companies (but not necessarily pre-revenue companies). million to a high of $3.4 million.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2015

“As a seed-stage investor, should you pay up for team or traction?” So, if you are going to pay up as a seed-stage investor, pay up for team. Great teams fail to build a product and get early distribution all the time. It’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage B2B Distribution Early Stage 120

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This capability could revolutionise content production and distribution for media and entertainment companies. Distribution is changing in a number of ways: Discord’ s launch of “Activities” in September offers developers another avenue for distribution and user engagement.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Technical Review Vertical Government 78

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

While developers can now spin up applications faster than ever before, one of the downsides is the complexity of managing these distributed applications and technologies. Year of HQ2 and Distributed Teams: It was a banner year for non-Silicon Valley cities as NYC and Northern Virginia were selected as Amazon’s HQ2.

Advisory Board 79

Advisory Board Stealth Cloud Virginia 79

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

While developers can now spin up applications faster than ever before, one of the downsides is the complexity of managing these distributed applications and technologies. Year of HQ2 and Distributed Teams: It was a banner year for non-Silicon Valley cities as NYC and Northern Virginia were selected as Amazons HQ2.

Advisory Board 78

Advisory Board Stealth Cloud Virginia 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Solution development undefined or incomplete.

Due Diligence 308

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Startup 308

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. The answer is likely a mix of both.

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Solution development undefined or incomplete.

Due Diligence 271

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock 271

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. However, our overall goal is to invest in the full spectrum of seed. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

I think that there are certain situations where the Series Seed and other stripped down equity financing documents might be appropriate, but I know that there are lots of situations where early-stage investors probably wouldn’t agree to the Series Seed terms. Series Seed. Series Seed. Registration rights.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. The answer is likely a mix of both.

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Note: TVPI stands for total value of investments net of fees / invested capital; DPI stands for distributions (= cash to LP’s) / invested capital). Our returns are obviously very good, but in no way unique in today’s venture markets, especially among emerging managers that invest at the seed stage. So, is 10x the new 3x ?

Venture Capital 201

Venture Capital IRR Private Equity Seed Stage 201

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2010

Can you please expand on your post about distributed teams? It was a verbal discussion on my post on distributed teams. - Yes, that was the value that we actually returned as opposed to the value of Ulta. Great exit. - I spoke about the need of the CEO, CTO and head of Products to be in the same location.

Southern California 210

Southern California Venture Capital Seed Stage Angel Investor 210

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

We’ll look at the model stage-by-stage. Concept and Seed Stage In the Concept and Seed Stage, founders capture their passion and vision for the new company and turn them into a set of key ideas, which quickly becomes a business plan, sometimes on the back of the proverbial napkin.

Silicon Valley 271

Silicon Valley Product Startup RSS 271

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. And that still doesn’t guarantee they’re going to fund your vision.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

According to all of the blogosphere chatter over the past month, seed-funded internet startups are entering this year gearing up for the now-near-infamous Series A Crunch. to become not just ramen-profitable, but sustainably profitable. In the end, just as always: startups are risky and a majority of them do not survive.

Seed Stage 166

Seed Stage Venture Capital Audience New York 166

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

– a seed-stage fund. is a $6.25M fund that is designed to do concept and seed-stage investments in technology companies. Capital Efficient : Companies that need a Seed round, probably a Series A, but potentially may not need a Series B or Series C. No distributed teams, and no outsourced product development.

Seed Stage 61

Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

Genuine VC

AUGUST 3, 2012

The company’s familiarity is along what we consider to be the three most important criteria for an investment in a seed-stage startup – team, market, and product: Team – Two of the co-founders were well-known to the NextView partnership years before a line of code was even written.

Cofounder 199

Cofounder Seed Stage Portfolio Curation 199

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Early liquidity. Equity VC is a “get rich slow” business.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Angel investors often act differently than VCs, and the fact that VCs abandoned seed-stage investing doesn’t necessarily mean they did so because seed investments are inherently less compelling. (A The distribution of returns from the different U.S. Let’s take a look at the actual data. and the U.K.,

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Some of my favorites from the post: So much capital is coming into the seed stage. There’s no capital gap structurally at the seed stage. All companies at this stage really have to do three things well. They have to build a product, distribute that product, and build a team. Maybe there was 15 years ago.

Seed Stage 117

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Incubator 117

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. No distributed teams, no overseas teams, and definitely no companies that rely on “outsourcing” to build their core technology.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

View from Seed

DECEMBER 7, 2017

But in addition to their inherent benefit as incentive mechanisms for distributed projects, they appear to be a useful new approach for certain types of organizations to raise funds — just as crowdfunding has been effective for everything from video game developers to hardware startups. Financing Life’s Big Tickets.

Finance 185

Finance Distribution Seed Stage Government 185

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

tldr: instead of choosing between in-person or remote, your seed stage company (or team) should be more hybrid, tied to the type/phase of project going on. While we all agree that ‘apart’ is best right now for reasons of safety, the discussion around what a post-COVID world seems to be largely bifurcated into Office vs WFH/Distributed.

Early Stage 159

Early Stage Seed Stage Startup Software 159

Version One Ventures

APRIL 26, 2021

We still look for pre-seed & seed stage opportunities, as we believe this is the stage where we can add the most value. You’ve probably heard the phrase “Talent is equally distributed. Even though our geographic focus is expanding, a few things aren’t changing. Opportunity is not.”

North America 125

North America Spain Seed Stage Distribution 125

K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

Instead, it was more of a result of over-funding at the seed stage. There was simply too much money coming in to the seed stage, which increased the supply of companies at the seed stage. Top engineering talent today has a bimodal distribution. Series C/D is the new Mezzanine.

Mezzanine 134

Mezzanine Seed Stage Early Stage IPO 134

Mucker Lab

JANUARY 1, 2014

VC’s start investing in technology-enabled “offline” businesses (distribution, services etc) – most of whom would never have gotten venture money 3 years ago. Google finally fixes the problem with mobile (discovery, search, distribution, tracking, monetization, a/b testing) and races ahead while Apple waxes nostalgically for 2010.

Seed Stage 84

Seed Stage Early Stage Distribution Bootstrapping 84

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

645 Ventures , a New York City based VC firm, is one of the pioneers of a data-driven investment model to the seed stage. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”. We make heavy use of Slack both internally and with our portfolio company founders for messaging and task progression.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

We now only think about “electricity” companies in the narrowest of senses… the small number of businesses (relative to the overall impact of electricity in the economy) that are actually in the business of generating and distributing electrical current. link] leehower. Your welcome. . Read More ».

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. The answer is likely a mix of both.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156