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The Advantages of Being an Angel (vs. a VC)

Rob Go

The reason is that most seed syndicates have room for 5-10 angels or more, but only room for 1-3 funds. As an angel, it’s possible to get to an investment a bit late, or follow the signal of a strong syndicate and still do pretty well. Invest internationally (many VC’s are geographically constrained).

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Announcing NextView Ventures II

Rob Go

NextView Ventures II is $40M, twice the size of our first fund, and we continue to be exclusively focused on seed-stage companies pursuing internet-enabled innovation. We have had a number of companies that have achieved successful liquidity events, including Rentjuice ( acq. Zillow ), Hyperpublic ( acq. Twitter ).

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Syndicate Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) for specific opportunities. Prehype , Rocket Internet , and numerous others. I’ve listed a few more below which require meaningful startup and ongoing costs.