View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Lead investors are few. Leads that are true force-multipliers are exceedingly rare. Belief #2: Capital is plentiful.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 4, 2021

Depending on the type of investor, you might receive an invitation to present your pitch deck. Again, use this as an opportunity to pique their interest – and ultimately, land follow-up meetings or enter due diligence. Due diligence, information memorandums & data rooms. Lead investors and term sheets.

Technical Review 73

Technical Review Software Review Founder Due Diligence 73

BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

Example #1: Your company is about to be sold and as the acquirer is doing due diligence it wants to make sure that there are no outstanding claims to the intellectual property of your company. So in order to satisfy the acquirer’s needs, all your company has to do is find the signed documents for the key technical founders.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Intellectual Property Cofounder Due Diligence 78

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In 2018, venture capital investments in Latin America doubled for the second consecutive year, according to LAVCA’s Annual Review of Tech Investment in Latin America. Here’s a look at three factors fueling investor interest in Colombia’s technology startups. Colombia is an attractive market for technology companies.

Colombia 146

Colombia America Technical Review Startup 146

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Another critical design consideration is your tech stack. On Copper (our deal board), a due date of two business days is automatically set for us to review the opportunity. We also have created a proprietary tool, Oasys, which programmatically identifies very high-caliber technical teams. 6) Due diligence.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Another critical design consideration is your tech stack. On Copper (our deal board), a due date of two business days is automatically set for us to review the opportunity. We also have created a proprietary tool, Oasys, which programmatically identifies very high-caliber technical teams. 6) Due diligence.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). It’s just as unikely that an experienced enterprise software exec will successfully start the next great consumer social company as it is that an 18-year-old non-technical high school student will start the next great enterprise software company.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). It’s just as unikely that an experienced enterprise software exec will successfully start the next great consumer social company as it is that an 18-year-old non-technical high school student will start the next great enterprise software company.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

Example #1: Your company is about to be sold and as the acquirer is doing due diligence it wants to make sure that there are no outstanding claims to the intellectual property of your company. So in order to satisfy the acquirer’s needs, all your company has to do is find the signed documents for the key technical founders.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Intellectual Property Cofounder Due Diligence 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Detailed due diligence. I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

MARCH 31, 2012

I’m exceptionally excited to announce that I’m now Chairman and lead investor with some other angels in a new company, Spright Governance Inc. Spright is a spinoff of the Singaporean government, which will leverage their proven expertise and technology to run other cities, states, and nations globally.

Government 154

Government Singapore New York City Non-Compete 154

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

To outside investors, the future of early stage and startup companies can be murky. Many of these companies are pre-revenue and in the cash burn stage as they try to establish their technology and market. When investors believe in the founders, products, or ideas they will provide companies with funding.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Forecast Early Stage Term Sheet 133

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. Can you give a brief overview: when you were founded, investors, current status? . Prabhdeep Singh: GLG Share works in concert with the startup’s investors and VCs however we can.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2017

FinTech players are increasingly becoming an important part of the fabric of Africa’s financial services ecosystem and the leading banks on the continent are now more urgently seeking to harness technology innovations, collaborate with FinTech start‐ups, and create a platform to scale much faster – to make digital financial services pay.

Africa 84

Africa Ethiopia Elevator Pitch Technical Review 84

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates - enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). The request for intros are often investors who do more diligence about the investment.

Syndicate 93

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 93

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

First, AngelList Invest is available to any company on AngelList that has a top-tier lead investor. And the lead investor has to be putting in at least $100,000 in capital, says Ravikant. First Hands-On With The Incident Tech GTar. HTC One Review. Also on AOL Tech. More in Gadgets. with a $3 sale.

SEC 61

SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. It comes as no surprise as technology today enables companies to prove product-market fit much earlier in their lifecycles. Some corporate funds now lead rounds.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Reilly Tech Ventures, was so concerned about the network that he deleted his AngelList account. Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. The startups and investors can do the round however they like. To my surprise, VC? Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly startupcto

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

The right lead investor and the right amount of cushion in a raise can help with the best defense against scaling disaster—hiring. You grab who you can, because you’re desperate for bodies to fill roles and you make due—only to realize that six months from now, things aren’t really any easier.

Dilution 104

Dilution Equity Hiring Partner 104

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . Lead investors are few. Leads that are true force-multipliers are exceedingly rare. Belief #2: Capital is plentiful.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors. All of these items are postponed until the elusive priced equity round.

Post-Money Valuation 49

Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). The request for intros are often investors who do more diligence about the investment.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 48

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

.  If parties agree to Series Seed Documents, should be faster than debt documents since there is some negotiation with debt documents from sophisticated investors. ·    Series Seed Documents are transparent: no hidden gotchas can get served up in definitive documents. 

Term Sheet 40

Term Sheet Ratchet Dilution Equity 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

They’re not in search of price fixing or collusion, they’re in search of diligence information about the company. That was an important part of our “social proof&# that we had built interesting technology. Unless that room in the restaurant really did house all early round lenders in the tech space in the US.

Entrepreneur 292

Entrepreneur Technical Review Valuation Stealth 292

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Jeff Clavier was the first tech investor I ever met; he was introduced to me years ago by some hip engineers in a bar as "one of the few cool VCs." Kedrosky: "In the 90's I was an analyst through all this [tech investment and IPO] madness. How many seed investors should you take money from?

Investment Bankers 153

Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Why An MBA Could Kill Your Chance To Become A Great Tech Entrepreneur – [link]. Interesting perspective on why New York City could never compete in tech – [link]. Interesting perspective on why New York City could never compete in tech – [link]. Rethinking “F@#$ You Money” – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. Investors see a lot of pitches. Most technology revolutions are founded on one or two simple concepts. Is it a technology advantage? we had no revenue.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Fred Hutch Spinoff Blaze Bioscience Pulls in $5M For ‘Tumor Paint’.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the future, angel rounds will less often be for specific amountsor have a lead investor. forstartups was to find one angel to act as the lead investor. Youdnegotiate a round size and valuation with the lead, whod supplysome but not all of the money. Then the startup and the lead wouldcooperate to find the rest.

Startup 93

Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. Modern business, shaped by technology, is increasingly diverging to two nodes – on the one hand to great size quickly (see Google, Facebook, eBay, Twitter, et al.) How do you market to them? •

Africa 104

Africa Brazil China India 104

Babbling VC

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I believed them when they promised something and it would all pan out in due time. Co-Investors. Technically, co-investors would fall under the "People" heading above but here I'm focussing more on the funds themselves and not specific partners or people at that fund. . I didn't wait and trusted what someone said.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Europe Portfolio Germany 76

David Teten

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Existing investors have said they’d be glad to invest…if she gets a new lead investor, which 6 months of searching have failed to generate. Consider approaching one of the small number of funds which acquire tech startups, e.g., Constellation Software , Think3; Vista Equity Partners. The CEO comes to us.

Startup 60

Startup Later Stage Technical Review Software Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

Eric Ries : You're not like a lot of other tech folks. Eric Ries : And pretty unusual among tech platforms, if we're being honest. That's not usually the way that tech companies have thought about people they derisively call users. Now a cynical host would say, "Well that was my money that was due to me." I can't travel.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

When he realized that the technology the company had built could potentially be used to test for COVID-19, he jumped in feet first. Fred Turner was building a biotech company here in the Bay Area working on sepsis detection when he realized that the technology that he was building could potentially be used to test for COVID-19.

Curation 60

Curation Government Los Angeles Partner 60

Austin Startup

APRIL 1, 2017

out of state VCs Don’t rush a term sheet In assessing financing terms and interacting with their lead investors, most founders instinctively focus on two core things: economics and control. But because founders often have significantly narrower networks than their lead investors (who are repeat players), that is easier said than done.

Term Sheet 48

Term Sheet Institutional Investors Lead Investor Technical Review 48