We focus on early stage, seed financing. We like to be involved from the start, when a little money goes a long way to getting the first product or service up and running.
Daylife - newsware to organize & analyze news
GameTrust (acquired by RealNetworks RNWK) - casual gaming
KoolSpan - next generation networking and security
Pluribo - user opinion summary engine
Sense Networks - real world analytics from location data
TrialPay - online payment and point of sale advertising
ZocDoc - doctor and dentist finder scheduler
We prefer to be actively involved as the company defines their first offering and takes it to market. We dont have a specific formula, but we do tend to like companies producing products or services that we would use.
We think Sequoia Capital distills the core requirements for successful ideas and highlight areas to be covered in a pitch. They should know. MIT’s 100k business plan competition site also has some good resources. The Funded is also an interesting resource when scoping out early stage investors.
