View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

How to Sell Your Startup’s “Secret” Master Plan at the Seed Stage “Articulating and selling your long run vision is important, but trying to convince those that are deeply skeptical about it is simply a mutual waste of time.” Magic Graph: How Much Seed Capital Should You Raise? ” (Rob Go).

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Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Media and Entertainment (includes Martech and Adtech) by Luma Partners LUMA Partners released their Q3 2024 Market Report for the Digital Media & Marketing sector. At Remagine Ventures, we’re particularly excited about backing early-stage founders building at these intersections.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Technical Review Vertical Government 78

View from Seed

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 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s interesting to note that the majority of these new funds are focused on Seed stage investing (not surprising if you follow the market, although investments at the Seed and Seed + stages have started to decline quite a bit from their peak a few years ago). Work your network. Participate.

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Venture Capital Seed Stage Angel Groups Portfolio 103

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures , the pre-seed and seed stage VC fund I run in NYC, has invested in 64 companies in the last six and a half years. All were backed based on the sole criteria that they had the potential to make my limited partners a lot of money. Twenty-five of them have at least one female co-founder.

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Venture Capital Portfolio Cofounder Seed Stage 165

View from Seed

MARCH 11, 2020

Seed stage companies will mostly face questions around the team and market. Due diligence may seem like a drag, but partnering with an investor is a serious commitment, and you want to make sure that whoever you work with has built real conviction about you and your company. This is probably fodder for another post.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Seed Stage 279

The Next Web

OCTOBER 23, 2013

There aren’t a tonne of funds focused on seed-stage funding worldwide, but we can add a new one to the list today. SparkLabs , the company behind the accelerator program in Korea , is expanding its scope with its first seed-stage fund that will “help great startups go global.”. Asia Entrepreneur Insider News sparklabs'

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Seed Stage Asia Israel Silicon Valley 139

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Out of hundreds of applications, we selected six pre-seed stage teams building companies shaping a brighter collective future by combining software and creativity to drive change in the lives of everyday people — their businesses include everything from empowering local main street businesses to making automobile insurance more accessible.

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Seed Stage Programming Finance B2B 285

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

With plenty of resources available for entrepreneurs about how to craft an effective pitch deck for raising seed-stage capital from VCs, often what’s left out are some of the tactical components of an initial meeting. Different partners in a VC firm are different. Mistake #3: Not knowing who you are talking to ahead of time.

Technical Review 308

Technical Review Entrepreneur Due Diligence Seed Stage 308

SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Written.com receives $1 million in seed stage funding from LiveOak Venture Partners, Floodgate and several angel investors. Written.com plans to use the funding to expand its business development efforts and its blogger network. Austin Floodgate Live Oak Partners Written.com'

Seed Stage 65

Seed Stage Angel Investor Austin Partner 65

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product.

Angel Investor 313

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Feld Thoughts

MAY 6, 2021

The program has been running in Colorado supporting pre-seed to post-seed stage startups at the intersection of conservation and technology since 2018. And Techstars brings a massive network of mentors, investors, and entrepreneurs on a similar journey. .

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Seed Stage Colorado Early Stage Programming 240

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Sourcing SDRs: When sourcing SDRs, leveraging personal and professional networks is essential. Additionally, exploring competitors and partners on LinkedIn provides avenues to connect with potential candidates. Sales reps can recommend top-performing SDRs from their previous collaborations.

Early Stage 78

Early Stage Sales Developer Development Team Review 78

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly. It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Seed stage companies just aren’t announcing their rounds anymore.

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Seed Stage Stealth Seed Capital Later Stage 201

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

For the last couple of years, I’ve been investing in startups as a partner at Mucker, while spending a lot of time in the Valley working with potential co-investors and partners. In Los Angeles, that network has yet to become as efficient, and the reputational transparency of investors has yet to be cemented.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2023

The Challenge of Talent and Funding FOV Ventures, the first venture capital firm in Europe to invest exclusively in early-stage Metaverse companies, has announced €25 million in funding for early-stage or seed-stage startups. Talent retention is one of the biggest challenges facing Europe’s Metaverse industry.

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Finland Europe Estonia Silicon Valley 187

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. Our unique approach to investing, coupled with a pioneering spirit, provides the vision to guide early stage growth companies beyond today and toward future success. That drives every decision we make.

Private Equity 48

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. On the surface the narratives have been. In reality many of them could be profitable if they chose to.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2021

As high-conviction, seed stage investors, we are inherently relationship-driven, and we value meeting exceptional founders face-to-face. Kent Bennett from Bessemer Venture Partners spoke to this initial slow down: “ We couldn’t do anything until we understood the new normal.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Early Stage Seed Stage 350

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product.

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Janvest , a new seed fund of $5 million backed by American angel investors and chaired by the former head of the Mossad (Danny Yatom), saw an opportunity to fill the gap by making offering US-based angel investors the opportunity to tap into the Israeli startup industry. VCs are investing in later stage companies.

Israel 106

Israel Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

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

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

They chose the name First Round Capital because they thought capital would be deployed most efficiently at smaller seed stage rounds considering the cost to build an internet business had come down drastically. CEO Network – CEO’s from the portfolio companies are introduced to each other. Investing Strategy.

Pre-Money Valuation 284

Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Cofounder Cram Down 284

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. Welcome to our annual boldstart recap and enterprise predictions letter. First check to Series B?—?congrats

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Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

View from Seed

JUNE 11, 2019

I believe it’s more important to optimize on the right lead investor vs. the highest valuations at the seed stage (within reason). The strongest investors usually aren’t cheap, but typically don’t do things outside of the normal bounds for a company at the seed stage. So too few is not great.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Lead Investor 202

Hunter Walker

MAY 19, 2014

I don’t have enough data to concretely pronounce this a trend, but I’ll throw some ideas out there about (a) why this might be happening and (b) whether it’s a good option for seed stage founders. Lack of experience and network diversity at your investor table (can partially be solved by great advisors).

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Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Founder 101

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

Apple and Facebook are both platforms , in the sense that their software and user networks are utilized by countless software developers to build their own businesses. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. June 5, 2012.

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Java Flash Software Azure 170

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

And funds also have investments from the partners of the firm. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. A fund size of $100 million – $200 million is likely to either be an A round investor or “stage agnostic&#.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Our program goes back to basics in the most important, effective, and meaningful ways : weekly one-on-one time with partners, hands-on mentorship from experienced advisors, small and selective cohort sizes, and zero demo days or distracting demo day prep involved. ” – Rob Go, Partner . ~~~. Applications are officially open.

San Diego 156

San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Bankers licked their chops. VCs dreamt of liquidty.

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IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Private Equity 100

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Many of us in the seed stage ecosystem have noticed a shift in the way seed rounds are coming together. Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. In this case, you lose out on the breadth of support from your investors in both their network and their dollars.

Syndicate 267

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Celeno Communications , an Israel-based provider of semiconductors for multimedia WiFi home networking applications, this morning announced that it has secured a $12 million funding round, which included a strategic investment by international cable operator Liberty Global. venturebeat ]. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Venture Capital Matching Israel 80

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week. Let’s do this! .

Programming 156

Programming San Francisco Sacramento Founder 156

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Jussi Laakkonen , CEO & founder of Applifie, summarized it well: We recently raised our seed round at Applifier and it was led by a silicon valley seed fund MHS Capital, whose general partner is Mark Sugarman. It’s likely that the investors don’t know you, so try and find warm intros from people in your network.

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.    He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.  How To Change The World » December 14, 2009.

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Burn Rate Angel Groups Seed Stage Startup 60