recently rated:

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3.7 4.0 4.7 4.3 4.0

4.1

Yaletown Venture Partners Inc.

 

$$$$$ Vancouver, Canada

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3.9 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.3

4.0

RRE Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 30

3.8 4.0 3.9 3.6 4.1

3.9

First Round Capital

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 15

3.9 4.4 3.9 3.5 4.1

3.9

Wellington Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Munich, Europe

Rated by 81

4.7 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.6

3.8

Sequoia Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 14

3.1 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.7

3.7

Leapfrog Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 26

3.4 3.5 3.3 3.9 4.1

3.6

Clearstone Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Santa Monica, US West

Rated by 17

3.3 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.3

3.6

True Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Palo Alto, US West

Rated by 13

3.8 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.8

3.6

Scale Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Foster City, US West

Rated by 39

3.7 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.5

3.5

Mayfield Fund

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 20

3.5 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.5

3.5

Union Square Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 13

4.0 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.3

3.5

Morgenthaler Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 44

3.7 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.9

3.5

Trinity Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 21

3.7 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.7

3.5

Altos Ventures

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 34

3.8 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.4

3.4

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 18

3.7 3.4 3.1 3.5 3.1

3.4

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

Rated by 11

3.9 3.7 2.8 2.7 3.6

3.4

Versant Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 34

3.6 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.8

3.4

Bessemer Venture Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Larchmont, US East

Rated by 41

3.8 3.3 3.0 3.6 3.3

3.4

New Enterprise Associates

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$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 10

3.8 3.0 3.1 3.9 3.0

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The Founders Fund

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$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 15

3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.3

3.3

Opus Capital

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 30

3.4 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.8

3.3

Spark Capital

 

$$$$$ Boston, US East

Rated by 12

3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4

3.3

Gemini Israel Funds

Certified

$$$$$ Herzliya, ME / Africa

Rated by 36

3.8 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.1

3.3

Menlo Ventures

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 21

3.0 3.1 3.6 3.4 3.4

3.3

Levensohn Venture Partners, LLC

Certified

$$$$$ San Francisco, US West

Rated by 12

3.5 3.2 2.8 3.5 3.5

3.3

Sigma Partners

 

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 32

4.1 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.3

3.3

Greylock Partners

Certified

$$$$$ San Mateo, US West

Rated by 31

3.6 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3

3.3

Foundation Capital

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 24

3.4 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.5

3.3

InterWest Partners

Certified

$$$$$ Menlo Park, US West

Rated by 29

3.3 3.4 2.8 3.5 3.3

3.2

Polaris Venture Partners, L.P.

 

$$$$$ Waltham, US East

Rated by 11

3.8 3.1 3.5 2.7 3.1

3.2

Insight Venture Partners

 

$$$$$ New York, US East

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Before we were even ready to raise any funding we approached Accel in London and specifically identified Avid Larizadeh because of her experience at eBay.

We asked for a conference call with her to validate our plans, ie "we're not ready to ask for funding yet but we want to start a dialogue with you early to ensure we are going about things the right way".

She replied promptly and we ended up holding an hour long conference call where we went through our plans. She provided some great feedback, especially about our choice of technology, the type of metrics that are important and our financials. In general, I think she liked our concept but stressed that it is all about the metrics and not really about whether anyone likes our concept!

We took on board her feedback and made some changes.

We've kept Avid updated on our progress and plan to approach Accel for series-A funding in 3 to 6 months.