Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. All of us at NextView are psyched to support the company into it’s next phases of growth along with the rest of the investor syndicate. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. January 4, 2012.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). In a world without cookies, we’ll see smart alternatives to targeting that avoid cookies altogether: contextual targeting, time-based targeting, and using syndicated and custom audiences, according to the 2021 media trends and predictions by Kantar.

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Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). There is some correlation here, but not complete alignment, to check size (i.e.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Also portfolio management strategy has shifted a bit in recent years, and many large investors now evaluate at all risky assets together (US tech IPOs, Brazilian bonds, Chinese private equity, etc) rather than making discrete allocations to each bucket. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

Pros of taking their angel money include the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. Cons of an investment from a Super Angel include potential lack of “value-add” because his or her time is spread so thin amongst many portfolio companies.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 25, 2021

In that situation, real estate syndication may be helpful. An Overview of Real Estate Syndication. There are lots of people who are asking, “what is real estate syndication, and how does this work?” Syndication refers to setting up a partnership among several investors. appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Syndicate Funding on AngelList – A Company’s Perspective – crowdspring.co/Sl0HEA. 21 free tools for perfecting your portfolio | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1lDrOSB. Process Is Being Told What to Do by Someone Who Has Less Information than You – crowdspring.co/SkUrN3. Do Entrepreneurs Get Better With Age? |

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Secondly, the driver of returns for the funds raised in 1978 – 1981 was not their underlying portfolios, at what stage, or in what industries they were built. Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). Instead, the driver was the 1983 bull market.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

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. Startups with large, lifecycle VCs included in the seed round syndicate did not reach Series A faster than those who did not. in our portfolio. The mean Series A size was $5.2M.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

However, the reality is that I am building a portfolio of investments and, like Brad, I believe in being an active and helpful investor. If there is an opportunity to bring in a syndicate partner that will add exponential value, it would be foolish to not include them. This takes a lot of time.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Overall, I’d recommend being pretty prolific (5-10 investments a year), writing reasonably small checks at first, and thinking of your investments in 18-36 month cohorts of companies or mini portfolios. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Just a few pointers.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Overall, I’d recommend being pretty prolific (5-10 investments a year), writing reasonably small checks at first, and thinking of your investments in 18-36 month cohorts of companies or mini portfolios. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Just a few pointers.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

PROs of taking his angel money are the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. CONS of an investment from a Super Angel include potential lack of “value add” because his time is spread so thin amongst many portfolio companies.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. If you have one, please contact me. 7) Negotiate .

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

I enjoyed giving a short interview on BBC radio the following morning, after which a dozen Halo members participated in a workshop I led on portfolio strategy and post-investment relationships. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts).

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I hate indulging in wanton portfolio self-promotion, but my partners & I are incredibly excited about these companies and will undoubtedly continue to make more investments in this vein. RentJuice is doing much the same in real estate software. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Everyone can take advantage of an excellent investment vehicle: mutual funds — the best of which offer you diversification, which reduces your risk, and low-cost access to highly diversified portfolios and professional money managers, who can boost your returns with less risk. Avoid extreme changes that won’t last.

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View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market. Instead of broadly syndicated rounds, we are seeing much more competition for fewer slots. Why Is Seed Investing Becoming More Sharp Elbowed?

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . 9) Accelerate portfolio company value. : Best Practices of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds in Originating Investment Opportunities. 5) Manage deal flow. 6) Due diligence. See How to Judge Investment Pitches. 7) Negotiate transaction.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . 9) Accelerate portfolio company value. : Best Practices of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds in Originating Investment Opportunities. 5) Manage deal flow. 6) Due diligence. See How to Judge Investment Pitches. 7) Negotiate transaction.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 10, 2014

But he’s raised the largest syndicate on AngelList , turning himself effectively into a one-man fund for, if not the masses, at least the 270 people who have already committed nearly $3.4m AngelList syndicate has surprised some people, you’ve been angel investing for quite a while, right? He tweets infrequently.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 27, 2018

About a year ago, I tracked down a VC who gave a talk I heard about where he referenced the phrase “Your portfolio is your path,” it stuck out in my mind because amid all the noise, it was simple, brief, and yet still open to interpretation. “Your portfolio is your path.” The portfolio is, indeed, your path.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 9% (1 / 12).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

But they are also a tax on your time with portfolio companies, looking for new investments, running your shop and honestly they are a tax on your family life. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!,

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. I also use these tools, which are specifically for investors and others who work in the tech ecosystem: AngelList , where I post my public portfolio. . Tech stack.

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Genuine VC

MAY 29, 2014

Yet even today, whether or not to take a (relatively) small check in a seed round syndicate from a multi-hundred million or even billion dollar fund is still a decision which takes quite a bit of consideration and sometimes consternation. So there is an element of (positive) selection bias in the larger VC syndicate cohort companies.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We’ll be doing this via AngelList’s new Syndicate approach through an entity called FG Angel where we will create a syndicate of up to $500,000, allowing others to invest $450,000 alongside anything we do. Foundry Group ) can create the syndicate in the future, at which point we’ll move the activity over to there.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

If the deal is from out of your geography and/or out of your focus area or a deal is being referred by a well-know investor who normally co-invests with similar syndicates – at least ask yourself, “Why am I so lucky to be getting this call.” I hated that job and that feeling.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In addition, investing in startup tech companies turns out to provide only a modest level of diversification… angel investments tend to form a high beta portfolio, with reasonably close correlations to public equity markets. totally passive strategy won’t teach you much). totally passive strategy won’t teach you much).

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. Consider the following two portfolios: You have $500,000 that you want to put to work in venture capital over the next three years. In fact, that number is probably even more than the average VC fund has the bandwidth to make.

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Genuine VC

APRIL 24, 2012

Where the company would “fit” well into the firm’s existing portfolio, filling in gaps from a stage or sector standpoint. Knowledge about the (existing or future) syndicate composition or other deal dynamics which are favorable or unfavorable.

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

External Facing Technologist –We see this model often in companies where technology is used to provideproducts and services to customers and partners; the CTO is the intermediarybetween clients and internal development and the main influencer in thedevelopment of the product portfolio.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I was chatting with Nick Chirls from Betaworks recently and we talked a bit about Angelist syndicates and the incentives surrounding it. Betaworks was one of the first investors to use Syndicates on the platform in their investment with Estimote (a really cool company, BTW). Now let’s say I’m an angelist syndicator.

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Agile VC

JULY 16, 2014

One of our portfolio companies, Plastiq , announced yesterday that they raised a $10M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and are planning to move their headquarters from Boston to San Francisco. In fact if you look just at Harvard, something like 15% of NextView’s portfolio was founders starting right after Harvard undergrad or HBS.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

PROs of taking his angel money are the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. CONS of an investment from a Super Angel include potential lack of “value add” because his time is spread so thin amongst many portfolio companies.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 20, 2014

how large an exit they prefer to see), portfolio strategy, etc. It should be noted however that some angels belong to syndicates that allow them to speak for larger amounts of capital. More dry powder in case there is a need for an extension. The VC feels supportive of the company.

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