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Looking back on a decade at SoftTech with Jeff Clavier
Recently, I penned a few notes regarding recent exponential rise of “Micro-VC” (loosely defined as firms that raise sub-$50MM-$100MM funds to invest in seed stage companies). According to CB Insights, at least 135 firms such firms exist today! Jeff Clavier, … Continue reading
The future of urban innovation
New start-up formation has happened at breakneck speeds over the past few years, thanks in no small part of course to game changing advances in technology and early stage financing, (Amazon Web Services, open source computing, Micro-VC, etc.). And these shifts … Continue reading
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Revisiting the Micro-VC market
Just over a year ago, I posted a blog post about the state of the “Micro-VC” market. As a refresher, Micro-VC firms are venture firms that typically have the following characteristics: Primarily initially invest at the seed stage. Invest on behalf of … Continue reading
Posted in fundraising, General, Micro-VC, Series A crunch, start ups, Venture Capital
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Entrepreneurship with Ann Miura-Ko
We recently sat down with Ann Miura-Ko, General Partner at Floodgate, as she gave her views on the evolving nature of entrepreneurship within tech. Named as the most powerful women in startups by Forbes, Ann has led investments in … Continue reading
The Alphabet of Founding Teams
We recently sat down with Rob Siegel, General Partner at XSeed Capital, a seed fund based out of Portola Valley, to discuss founding team cohesion and the role it plays in a company’s success. Rob’s investment areas include enterprise … Continue reading
Thoughts on Venture Debt from WTI
A couple of weeks ago, I published a post which posited that Venture Debt at the early stages is overused in today’s market and listed out some key considerations that companies must understand prior to taking on leverage. One consideration that I’ve opined … Continue reading
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Is Venture Debt overused?
Is Venture Debt overrated and overused for Early Stage companies? The question may sound a bit strange coming from someone who spent well over a decade advocating the benefits of Venture Debt for early stage companies. However, I cant shake … Continue reading
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The evolution of the early stage financing market with Duncan Davidson, Bullpen Ventures
The evolution of the Venture Capital industry has been fairly dramatic over the past several years. A trend that’s emerged prominently in the early stage market is the massive supply of seed stage companies relative to supply of Series A capital. … Continue reading
Seed Fundraising tips with Ullas Naik, GP at Streamlined Ventures
I recently sat down with Ullas Naik, Founder and General Partner of Streamlined Ventures, to discuss the current seed fundraising market. Streamlined Ventures is a seed stage firm that focuses on investing in business application and infrastructure software companies. Ullas … Continue reading
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Venture Fundraising mistakes you can avoid!
Below is a guest blog by Matt Miller, General Partner from Walden Venture Capital, a “Sprout” stage firm based out San Francisco and Menlo Park. Since moving to Silicon Valley to begin work at Oracle in 1989, Matt has held … Continue reading
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