Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Tom Walker, President & Chief Executive Officer at Rev1 Ventures.   Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? Rev1 Ventures is an investor startup studio that combines capital and strategic services to help startups scale and corporates innovate. Rev1 has helped generate $2 billion in economic impact to the Columbus region from capital attracted, revenue generated, and exits from clients. As a life-cycle investor, Rev1 provides a continuum of capital ..read more

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Brian Rich, Managing Partner at Catalyst Investors.   Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? Catalyst Investors is a New York based growth equity firm investing in B2B software and tech-enabled services businesses. Our founding partners have worked together since the mid-1990s and we have invested in more than 50 portfolio companies and completed 100+ consolidating acquisitions. Since our first fund in 2000, we’ve been driven by the same mission statem ..read more

Let the good times roll! NVCA and the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Startup@BerkeleyLaw initiative are hosting our second VC University LIVE in the South with the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans on September 19-21. VC University LIVE South is a three-day in-person program with several goals, including shining a spotlight on the South’s startup ecosystem, convening industry leaders in the South and the coasts, offering education to newer entrants to VC (e.g., cap table labs, VC terms and processes, mock deal negotiation), and discussing advanced issues in VC ..read more

Last month, we released the second edition of the NVCA-Deloitte Human Capital Survey, which captures critical data on the workforce at venture capital (VC) firms, measures progress against our 2016 survey, and uncovers the current state of diversity and inclusion (D&I) across the industry. TL;DR – The U.S. VC industry has made important—albeit small—progress toward increasing D&I at venture firms. Firms with strategies, i.e., intention and implementation, in place have driven progress. D&I strategies at VC firms are associated with greater gender diversity. And more diverse VC firm ..read more

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Ben Yu, Managing Director at Sierra Ventures.   Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? Sierra Ventures is a Bay Area based early-stage venture firm investing globally with a focus on Next Generation Enterprise and Emerging Technologies. Today we are one of the very few firms in the venture industry with a track record spanning over three decades that focuses solely on B2B and deep tech companies at Seed and Series A stages. Over 37 years, Sierra has b ..read more

What can NIH offer to NVCA member firm’s life science portfolio companies? How can you get access to NIH funded companies? Since when does NIH have Entrepreneurs in Residence? Check out the answers to these questions and more in our first Q&A session with NIH investment executives, Dr. Ethel Rubin and John Sullivan. To cultivate the relationship between NIH and NVCA members, Ethel and John will be publishing a variety of Q&A sessions on topics such as NIH non-dilutive funding, resources open to investors, recent VC deals from their portfolio, and more. What is the NIH and how is NIH r ..read more

Welcome to the NVCA Blog series, Building Better, where we celebrate the dynamic relationship between our VC members and their innovative portfolio companies around the nation. For today’s Building Better, we spoke with Tom Walker, President & Chief Executive Officer at Rev1 Ventures, and with Phil George, Co-Founder & CEO of MentorcliQ, a Rev1 portfolio company. Learn about their partnership in the Q&A below! Rev1 Ventures: Tom Walker, President & Chief Executive Officer Give us some background on Rev1: How did the firm start, what is your mission and how does the firm strive ..read more

Welcome to our Member Spotlight series where we give a profile overview of our many diverse members. For this deep dive, we spoke to Navin Chaddha, Managing Director at Mayfield. Tell us about your firm. What makes it different? Mayfield is a top-tier venture capital firm with a 50 year history of success. We have invested in over 500 companies and have been involved in 117 IPOs (with Lyft being the latest one) plus over 200 mergers and acquisitions. We focus on early-stage investing and are guided by our people-first philosophy. What that means is that we focus on the entrepreneur first, fol ..read more

As the entrepreneurial ecosystem and D.C. continue to intersect more and more, it’s crucial that VCs and startups engage with policymakers on policies and ideas that impact America’s startup industry. Recently, NVCA brought the ecosystem and D.C. together at our annual VCs-to-DC event. VCs-to-DC convened VCs, founders, and policymakers in our nation’s capital to take part in conversations on policy issues to strengthen the U.S. startup environment. The event began on Wednesday, June 5, with NVCA President and CEO Bobby Franklin welcoming the attendees to the Newseum and introducing our first s ..read more

Welcome to the NVCA Blog series, Building Better, where we celebrate the dynamic relationship between our VC members and their innovative portfolio companies around the nation. For today’s Building Better, we spoke with Harshul Sanghi, Head, Global Investments at American Express Ventures, and with René Lacerte, Founder CEO of Bill.com, an American Express Ventures portfolio company. Learn about their partnership in the Q&A below! American Express Ventures: Harshul Sanghi, Head, Global Investments Give us some background on American Express Ventures: How / why did the firm start, what is y ..read more