NextView Ventures

Major congrats to NextView's very own Stephanie Palmeri, David Beisel, and Lee Hower?for being recognized as three of "the best early-stage investors of 2023" according to Insider's Seed 100 List??? Go Team NextView, go??? More here:?https://lnkd.in/e64vxJgH #venturecapital #seedfunding #innovation

Go Theo, go ??

"A few years ago, I published a post on how we make decisions and vote at NextView. When we record our votes, we also score each company based on five attributes: 1. Team ?? 2. 10X Better, Faster, Cheaper / Accumulating Returns to Scale ?? 3. PMF Risk ?? 4. Market ??" Full blog post from NextView Partner Rob Go here: https://lnkd.in/d3sJyHbx

NextView's very own Rob Go at Harvard Business School earlier this week, speaking about NextView's inception and the early operational decisions that were made along the way ??

"The three attributes that empower founders to get through crucible moments are precisely what get us excited to work with them: Zen-like resilience ??♂? Customer obsession and market focus ?? Courage ???? " Full blog post from NextView Partner Rob Go here: https://lnkd.in/eNPkJNTd

During a fundraise, founders may encounter questions from investors that seem awkward or even unfair. NextView Partner Rob Go shares what investors are trying to uncover and how to handle the questions: 1. Where are you in your process? ?? VCs ask this question to try to figure out how much to prioritize the opportunity relative to the rest of their pipeline. 2. What are your pricing expectations? ?? This question helps an investor assess a deal’s level of competitiveness, as well as the likelihood that it falls into a zone that the investor would consider reasonable. 3. What are your existing investors going to do in this round? ?? Investors ask this question for two reasons. One is to fish for weakness.?The other is to make sure the round dynamics are such that the new investor is going to be able to get an acceptable level of ownership. 4. What are your goals for this business? ?? Investors are trying to see how a founder is thinking about building. Likely to sell quickly at a good but not great price? Are they going to try to raise lots of money quickly?? Are they going to prioritize profitability or growth? Full blog post here: https://lnkd.in/eedpVrqY

The?All Raise #VCSummit brings together GPs, partner-level investors, and emerging leaders in VC to connect and learn alongside each other, as well as LPs, male allies, and tech industry leaders. This year's theme celebrates working together to be?All-Stars in Venture Capital ? NextView?Partner?Stephanie Palmeri?will lead a breakout session on?"Building a Winning Roster: Portfolio Construction and Returning a Fund" alongside?Sarah Tavel?from?Benchmark?and?Satya Patel?from?Homebrew ?? We're on the field together; let's dream boldly, aim higher, and play to win ?? More info here: https://lnkd.in/gNeB6cRe #AllRaise?#VCSummit

“As LLMs become a major information for consumers, Evertune AI's role in equipping brands to navigate this new terrain will only become more critical." - David Beisel, NextView Partner Thrilled to announce NextView's investment in Evertune AI. Evertune supports brands in adapting and thriving by decoding AI interactions... not only does it show businesses how they are being portrayed across LLMs, but it also provides a strategic roadmap for brands to influence how AI communicates their value to consumers ?? "From a marketing team standpoint, knowing what these LLMs are saying about a brand, product, or competitor becomes really important at scale when it comes to adopting AI." - Brian Stempeck, CEO & Co-founder of Evertune Congrats to Brian Stempeck, Ed Chater, and Poul Costinsky for launching out of stealth today with the announcement of their $4M Seed Round, which we were honored to be a part of with our friends Eniac Ventures and Roger Ehrenberg. Sky's the limit ?? https://lnkd.in/dnrpvBGz

Thanks to those who attended our Fall Future Founder Soirée in NYC last week ?? This event series allows talented builders to meet each other as they navigate through the founding journey. A fun way of bringing folks with entrepreneurial aspirations together in one place ?? We have more activations planned to help facilitate ideation, co-founder matching, finding your accountability buddy, etc. If you have friends with founder aspirations who could benefit from being part of the community, please submit their info here: https://lnkd.in/gPBS4vaY And last but not least, a special shoutout to Customers Bank and Gunderson Dettmer for not only helping us bring this special gathering to life, but also for being wonderful partners to founders at the earliest of stages ?? Cheers to entrepreneurs, past, present, and future ??

“We built Boardy to create a better future, where AI actually makes us more connected to each other and where humans and AI collaborate to solve humanity’s hardest problems." - Andrew D'Souza, CEO & Co-founder Congrats to portfolio company Boardy on the $3M round, which we were honored to be a part of. Boardy is a professional networking startup driven by AI voice technology. NextView is proud to back 'the world's first social AI' ?? More on the company and the round from Dominic-Madori Davis via TechCrunch here: https://lnkd.in/dRGrqqAJ Sky's the limit ?? Ankur Boyed, Abhinav B.