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Lerer Ventures

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Andreessen Horowitz

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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Silverton Partners

 

$$$$$ Austin, US West

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4.3 4.3 4.1 3.0 4.2

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Y Combinator

 

$$$$$ Mountain View, US West

Rated by 15

3.7 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.1

4.0

Rincon Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Santa Barbara, CA, US West

Rated by 21

4.1 4.1 4.1 3.5 4.2

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New Atlantic Ventures

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$$$$$ Reston, US East

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3.4 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.0

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Leapfrog Ventures

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 41

3.5 3.8 4.2 4.1 3.8

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True Ventures

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$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 11

3.9 4.2 3.2 3.6 4.0

3.8

Mangrove Capital Partners

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$$$$$ Luxembourg, Europe

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3.8 4.1 3.4 3.7 4.0

3.8

RRE Ventures

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$$$$$ New York, US East

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4.7 3.8 3.7 3.1 3.6

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Sequoia Capital

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 4.0

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Altos Ventures

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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3.9 4.1 4.0 2.8 4.1

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406 Ventures

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$$$$$ Boston, US East

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3.9 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.9

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First Round Capital

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$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

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3.6 3.5 4.0 3.7 4.0

3.7

DFJ Mercury

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$$$$$ Houston, US Central

Rated by 27

3.8 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.6

3.7

FLOODGATE

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$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 13

3.7 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.8

3.7

IDG Ventures SF

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$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

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3.6 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.4

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Flywheel Ventures

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$$$$$ Santa Fe, US West

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August Capital

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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Updata Partners

 

$$$$$ Red Bank, US East

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Trinity Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

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3.5 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.4

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Wellington Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Munich, Europe

Rated by 12

3.2 3.6 3.4 3.0 4.2

3.5

DN Capital

 

$$$$$ London, Europe

Rated by 28

3.7 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.3

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The Founders Fund

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$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 19

3.8 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.3

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Draper Richards

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$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 14

2.8 3.5 3.7 3.2 3.7

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Merus

 

$$$$$ US West

Rated by 49

3.7 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.2

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Menlo Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 31

3.3 3.3 3.2 3.6 3.7

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Clearstone Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Santa Monica, US West

Rated by 16

3.9 3.7 2.9 2.9 3.6

3.4

Versant Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 11

2.9 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.6

3.4

OpenView Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Boston, US East

Rated by 10

3.6 3.4 3.9 2.7 3.3

3.4

DFJ Esprit

Certified

$$$$$ London, Europe

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Just pitched Ajit Singh, Yatin Mundkur, and Erez Podoly in Israel.
Meeting held on two small opposing couches in the lobby of an office building, with a noisy waterfall 3 feet away.

As in other reviews here - not very courteous. Running 45 min late, didn't bother calling to tell us.

If they were serious, surely they could have booked a room, or even a hotel lobby.

Zero feedback, very difficult to know if they even understood what we were talking about.

I pitched to Santi over the phone today.

As scheduled, Santi called and from his intro, I realized they are only into B2B. But I asked if he would listen to my pitch and he agreed. He was very engaged, grilled me with questions and in the end offered his advice including encouragement that there are roots in my start-up.

Overall, I felt great about my pitch with Santi. The guy is a gentlemen. Would love to pitch to EmCap again someday.

This organization has stood the test of time and is full of the best of the best in the venture capital world. I don't know if they will ever begin funding deals again, but if they do, this would be one to pay attention to.

These guys have gone out of their way to help us over and over again. After working with them it's hard to deal with others.

Working with Brian & Kevin. Awesome experience.

Fantastic experience. Working with these guys was and is life changing. I would absolutely do it again, and I've already got an exit.

4-5 model update requests, 3+ weeks to respond after we submit their homework. Projections in both directions by years, for a seed stage investment. Amateur.

The good:
- fairly efficient pitch process
- firm truly invests time to get to know entrepreneurs over time and find good fits
- incredibly nice people, fair/balanced and also not afraid to challenge
- very engaged as board member / investor, one of the most proactive in terms of communication in general
- want big outcomes like everyone else, but not "unicorn" chasers with unrealistic expectations
- if you are southeast-based, even better as this is their area of focus ... Florida/Gulf Coast/Atlanta/Carolinas/DC

The bad:
- there isn't any bad ... the only bad would be if you don't fit with their investment profile, which is B/C round level vs. seed or A round.

supportive and constructive, even during hard times. stick to their word.

The batch sizes are humongous now (70+) so you don't get that much helpful energy at the Tuesday dinners. It's more like a conference than a party.

Previously, I thought YC was a for-sure good use of time. Now, I am not so sure.