Portfolio, Revenue and Seed Capital

Janvest Wants to Fill the Seed Investment Gap in Israel (Interview)

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. Secondly, we are selling a fixed investment product – a fixed number of investors, a fixed buy-in and a fixed number of portfolio companies. Janvest: Yes.

Israel

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Is It Fair To Tell Founders “Just Execute And You’ll Be Fine” When We Know It’s Not A Level Playing Field?

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So I recently re-shared a 2019 blog post where I’d basically advised founders who’ve raised seed capital to worry less about “how will I raise the next round” and more about “how will I execute my plan?” Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. and @isadwatson. Notes and More. Thank you for voting! Things I’m Enjoying.

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Seed Stage Startups Are Now Graded on a Curve

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed an Atomization of the Seed Stage. Early fundraising is no longer a one-and-done fundraise of a single round of Seed capital subsequently followed by a Series A 12–18 months later. Seed stage startups are now graded on a curve. The bar for Series A has moved.

Seed Stage

Seed Stage Post-Money Valuation Valuation Startup

Startup Data: 4 Strategies Changing the Speed & Size of Your Series A

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Once a startup has raised seed capital, plenty of theories and advice exist on how to successfully raise a Series A. Recently, we looked at our own portfolio at NextView Ventures to dig a little deeper on how startups actually raise that next round of financing. in our portfolio. Generate Real Revenue.

Syndicate

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Startup

Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. He also sits on the board of the Mozilla Foundation and created Second Life.

Angel Investor

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Four Winning Strategies from Series Seed to Series A

Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

There really isn’t a hard and fast prescription for start-ups to follow after they’ve raised their Seed round, so what’s a startup to do? Generate Real Revenue. For B2B startups especially, revenue is the best signal of product-market fit. Just plow ahead blindly and hope for the best?

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Pitch Deck Month: “Is It Working?” (aka the “Traction” Slide)

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

At NextView we invest across the spectrum of seed stage companies so roughly 1/3rd of the companies we invest in are pre-product, roughly 1/3rd are post-product but pre-revenue, and perhaps 1/3rd have some very early revenue. You’re obviously not showing charts of user growth, number of customers, or revenue.

Seed Stage

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue

The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments. Your early stage investment portfolio may no longer really be early stage.

Seed Stage

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The Future of Health: How We Think About Investing in Healthier Living for Everyday People

View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

Outside of life-sciences, we’ve noticed something interesting emerging: There is a huge dearth of seed capital for health care services and software-driven health-tech companies. The seed ecosystem for health companies is much less robust than in traditional software. 3) Health Data Applications.

Vertical

Vertical Stealth Portfolio Seed Capital

Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

With this seed capital – more often than not totaling between $100,000 and $1,000,000 - the company accomplishes a number of key technical milestones, gets a beta customer or two, and then goes on a "road show" to venture capitalists around the country for capital to “scale” the business. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals.

Angel Investor

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down

Surviving 2016 as a seed stage startup: Don’t batten down the hatches but take an umbrella.

Hippoland

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In late 2008, I was about to turn in my 2 week resignation at Google to start a company when Sequoia sent out a presentation to their portfolio companies. From my purview at 500 Startups in talking with many seed investors – both angels and VCs – this is what I predict will happen in 2016. Keep your burn low.

Seed Stage

Seed Stage Angel Investor Bootstrapping Startup

TinySeed Applications Open January 18th

Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

We don’t have a maximum revenue cut-off, but if you’re generating $150k in annual revenue then you’re probably able to make things work on your own. We are happy to speak with you at any revenue level, but somewhere in the $150k-range is when founders may start to look for seed capital.

Early Stage

Early Stage Valuation Seed Capital Revenue

Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Those categories represent roughly 84% of all portfolio companies. Spend the time raising money yourself, using oblique sources of revenue such as contract work or any one of a hundred others.

Venture Capital

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Accidental VC: The Most Dangerous Question for Founders to Overlook in Pitches

View from Seed

APRIL 23, 2015

Their business models are, in many cases, focused on outlier exits within the portfolio. Additionally, if you’re talking to VCs, it’s implied that you’re thinking big and thinking about a large acquisition or IPO, as well as generating hundreds of millions in revenue. You can find those here. ).

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Founder Distribution Viral Seed Stage

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Janvest Wants to Fill the Seed Investment Gap in Israel (Interview)

Is It Fair To Tell Founders “Just Execute And You’ll Be Fine” When We Know It’s Not A Level Playing Field?

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Seed Stage Startups Are Now Graded on a Curve

Startup Data: 4 Strategies Changing the Speed & Size of Your Series A

Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

Four Winning Strategies from Series Seed to Series A

Pitch Deck Month: “Is It Working?” (aka the “Traction” Slide)

The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

The Future of Health: How We Think About Investing in Healthier Living for Everyday People

Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Surviving 2016 as a seed stage startup: Don’t batten down the hatches but take an umbrella.

TinySeed Applications Open January 18th

Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

Accidental VC: The Most Dangerous Question for Founders to Overlook in Pitches

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