View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

We at NextView Ventures invest exclusively in a startup’s seed-stage round , meaning that many if not most of our deals are made alongside individual angel investors. Pros: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections.

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Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 334

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

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. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. June 5, 2012. Author howerl.

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Java Flash Software Azure 170

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. For a time that meant that other category leaders accelerated their own IPO plans… think Groupon and Zynga.

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IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Private Equity 100

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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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Matomy - provider of alternative payment solutions for social network applications, online and freemium games, MMOs and other players in the online marketplace. Even a few of the large exits such as Dune Networks did little to improve the Israeli VC funds balance. Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week.

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Israel South Africa Product Incubator 90

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

It’s likely that the investors don’t know you, so try and find warm intros from people in your network. Jeff Clavier, Seed stage investor in 90+ consumer internet startups, said: We all have a different approach to non Silicon Valley opportunities. Network and talk to people. Warm intros are a must.

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Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. PROS: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections. The Financial Angel.

Angel Investor 257

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 257

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Now that end users spend as much of their personal time with software (in the form of social networks, tablet/smartphone apps, streaming media, etc) as they do with business software they’ve become much more discriminating buyers. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

On the IT side of VC investing, we’ve seen countless waves crest and fall… mainframes to minicomputer/workstation, workstation to PC, copper to optical networking, client/server software to cloud, the fabless semiconductor model, magnetic tape to hard drive, etc. Can’t wait for the next part. Read More ».

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 20, 2017

Our global network now consists of over 5,000 mentors, including many successful Techstars alumni. The AngelList funds will give mentors and alumni early investment access while providing companies with additional early stage capital. At Foundry Group, we learned a lot by running our own FG Angels syndicate.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Vertical 70

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. Average annual pre-money valuations have been just over $2 million during this period.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

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. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We at NextView Ventures often invest in a startup’s first round alongside other funds; either seed stage focused ones like ourselves or larger traditional firms. PROS: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections. The Financial Angel.

Angel Investor 128

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 128

Genuine VC

JULY 26, 2010

Micro VCs are notorious for building large and friendly syndicates. One or two players decide (sometimes rather quickly) to make a seed-stage investment in a new startup, and as a round comes together they invite in a number of their Micro VC and angel cohorts. Playing nicely in syndicates is not reliable due diligence, period.

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence Seed Stage 128

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

This is particularly true at the seed stage where NextView invests. Back-channel through mutual connections and talk to quality references in the firm’s network. Work on securing a lead investor who can then help in forming a syndicate. The ultimate reference is through a portfolio founder.

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Term Sheet Due Diligence Seed Stage Seed Capital 120

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Also, most leads will have their own network of co-investors with whom they can share the deal, but make sure to ask that they share on AngelList too. Social Network Lists.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. That’s why i haven chosen to start working in Network marketing and MLM.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

VC Adventure

MARCH 17, 2016

Clearly access to capital at this stage has been, and continues to be, critical to the success of the Colorado (and national) startup ecosystem. While there’s a lot of seed stage investing going on in Colorado and other markets, there are some clear challenges to how many angel investors are approaching the market.

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Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor Colorado 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

One of the things I didn’t realize as an entrepreneur was that at the seed stage, *anyone* could potentially be an investor. I have friends who save $10k a year just to angel invest $1000 in 10 companies a year via syndicates on websites such as AngelList. The old adage of “Always be selling” definitely applies to fundraising.

Angel Investor 48

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 48

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Opportunistic VC investors focus less on developing very specific theses and more on cultivating a deep, rich network around the entire firm. Also really great opportunistic VCs are highly intentional about how they build their sourcing network and brand. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

There’s lot of anecdotal evidence for this: Seed stage investors (including NextView and many of our peers) are seeing more startups progress from seed to Series A stage in 6-9 months rather than 12-18. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

Hockey Stick 113

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 113

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

I wouldn’t say we’re radically reinventing venture capital and there are many firms we respect who have been innovating recently in connecting a portfolio of startups into a network , taking a different approach to how to staff a VC firm , and even the pace of VC investing. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The bulk of spending on PC-related computing (desktop computers, software, networking gear, etc) in the ’80s and ’90s was made by businesses large and small. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. To Steve Jobs and the other innovators, we can only say thanks. Author howerl.

Silicon Valley 133

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 133

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Providence Equity invested $100M at a $1B valuation not because of their technology or product, but because the network owners contributed a lot of valuable content… or at least access to it for 2years. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Individual angels can lend their credibility to an investment through an Angelist syndicate, even if they are only investing a pretty small amount of capital themselves. Some specialized platforms like Kickstarter can garner so much interest from non-financial backers that founders can avoid dilutive financing at the seed stage altogether.

Cram Down 66

Cram Down Institutional Investors Dilution Seed Stage 66

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Twitter isn’t really a social network. But Twitter isn’t really a social network. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Hootsuite, CoTweet, etc). It’s probably not a huge market though. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? ) I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Rob Go

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In almost all of these cases, these smaller investors were included into a syndicate because they “added value” either through domain or functional expertise or through their network. I find that almost all seed stage companies start out sending updates to investors. Second, send updates.

Angel Investor 28

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage 28

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Active Network – 2.4x I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA. Read More ».

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IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

They are fully fungible for hard currency through Safaricom’s network of retail partners for either the sender or recipient of an M-Pesa mobile payment. And at the end of the day it appears Isis will just be working with the existing credit card networks Visa, MC, Amex, & Discover. . Good luck to Ben.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Regarding social networking, Yahoo!

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IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Pingback: Iphone Android App.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. I spoke last week at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference. The platforms often get free carry.

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IPO Venture Capital LP SEC 150