View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. The post The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups appeared first on NextView Ventures. This investor loved the team and thought the solution they were building was compelling.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. The post The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups appeared first on The View From Seed. This investor loved the team and thought the solution they were building was compelling.

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Seed Stage Marketing Angel Investor Term Sheet 120

Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

In NextView’s case that’s seed stage internet and software companies. My partners and I at NextView know we’ll be wrong a decent chunk of the time, especially as seed stage investors. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Author howerl. Read More ».

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 185

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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Syndication Syndicate Seed Stage Portfolio 207

View from Seed

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Whether an entrepreneur is raising a smaller (pre-)seed round entirely from individuals or she has a seed-stage or larger VC firm involved in (leading) the seed syndicate, it’s somewhere between necessary and optimal to have multiple individual angel investors involved.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

We help surface seed companies to them and typically don’t compete against them for new rounds or for follow-on dollars. In turn, some funds have a more friendly posture towards us and try to structure deals that incentive syndicate investors in a way that doesn’t massively disadvantage the seed investors.

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Dilution Later Stage Portfolio Technical Review 399

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

So far most of the top funded AngelList Syndicates look, well, not surprising. Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates.

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Syndication Syndicate South America Cap Table 100

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

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. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. million times. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Keep up the amazing effort. Pingback: My Homepage.

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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. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market.

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Syndication Syndicate Cofounder Cap Table 267

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. Otherwise we’re eager to syndicate rounds with other great investors.' Why Are We Seeing More Piggy Rounds?

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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.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Startups with large, lifecycle VCs included in the seed round syndicate did not reach Series A faster than those who did not. However, large, lifecycle VCs who invest in a seed round seem to correlate to an increase the size of the Series A raised by a given startup. More on these below.). There was no meaningful difference.

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Syndication Syndicate Seed Stage Startup 333

Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

The fundraising landscape in 2018 for pre-seed and seed-stage companies has changed a lot even in just the first few months of this year. These syndicates are often a bit “underground”, so you won’t be able to find them by researching via Google. From there, you can find various syndicates.

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Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

The fundraising landscape in 2018 for pre-seed and seed-stage companies has changed a lot even in just the first few months of this year. These syndicates are often a bit “underground”, so you won’t be able to find them by researching via Google. From there, you can find various syndicates.

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Seed Stage Syndication Syndicate Convertible Security 48

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

I think our POV comes through in this discussion and hopefully it helps any founders decide if we’re the type of seed fund they’d enjoy working with. Some of my favorites from the post: So much capital is coming into the seed stage. There’s no capital gap structurally at the seed stage. – Me!

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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. The Financial Angel.

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Genuine VC

MAY 29, 2014

It’s been five years now since large VC ‘signaling’ entered the seed stage entrepreneur’s lexicon. It seems as though it’s been talked about ad nauseum in the blogosphere, but we see first-hand as entrepreneurs we’re investing in at NextView Ventures work through building their seed round syndicates, it really is a tough issue.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

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. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

NVV: Let’s talk about the seed stage specifically. With venture debt as a source of low-cost capital to fuel growth or buy time during later stages, should a founder approach their fundraising from VCs any differently today ? NVV: Walk me through the typical process once a startup approaches you.

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Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

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. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

The dynamics for participation in the next round’s fundraise syndicate is complex, and many accelerators (and VCs) obfuscate their intentions for self-serving interests. Some prospective seed stage VCs may consider the remaining startups “passed over” and of lesser quality, when in reality great startups take time to mature and blossom. .

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging.

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

VCs needed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of years, and liked to go into groups and syndications, which meant they wanted deals for a few millions dollars. He says, summarizing the Giga Om post: Unlike traditional VCs, super angels actively invest in seed stage companies.

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Genuine VC

JULY 8, 2014

As the VC seed market has institutionalized, especially over the past five years, there has emerged a prototypical seed round profile: $1M-$1.5M The standard seed round will buy the company 12 to 18 months of runway as it looks to prove out early-stage milestones to raise a Series A before running out of cash.

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Early Stage Seed Stage Syndication Syndicate 188

VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Technion Seed CEO Moshe Katznelson said, “Incubators are the leaders in seed-stage investment in Israel.&# (via Globes ). Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week. That’s according to a survey conducted by the Incubators Technology Forum. Will the Kindle and the iPad feel a dent?

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Israel South Africa Product Incubator 90

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

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. Pingback: silver philharmonic. Read More ».

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Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

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.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

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. Can’t wait for the next part.

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 20, 2017

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. AngelList syndicates helps enable seed stage investing at scale.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Jeff Clavier, Seed stage investor in 90+ consumer internet startups, said: We all have a different approach to non Silicon Valley opportunities. In answer to the question Do Silicon Valley Angels invest in startups overseas?

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Rob Go

MARCH 5, 2012

One area of fundraising that is not that straightforward is how to put together a syndicate of investors for your seed round. It can be a little puzzling for entrepreneurs to make sense of this, especially since the landscape of seed investors is emerging and different seed investors act quite differently from one another.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Instead, if you’re a seed-stage startup taking that first step in anything (and at the seed stage, you’re going from zero to one in everything), it’d be great to have a place to go for support, inspiration, and practical resources to make the process easier and clearer. Example Pillar Resources: – Traction podcast.

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Seed Stage Seed Capital Syndication Syndicate 120

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

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. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

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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

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Furthermore, angel groups frequently syndicate (co-invest) with neighboring angel organizations in an effort to help fill round of investment for local companies and assist members in diversifying their portfolios with investments in nearby regions. 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

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the next post, I’ll talk about how we think about pre-seeds at NextView. It’s become increasingly common for startups to raise several seed rounds, and this has led to a bifurcation in the seed stage between what are known as “pre-seed” (or “genesis”) and institutional seed rounds.

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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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Syndication Syndicate Due Diligence Seed Stage 128