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Why NextGen Venture Partners portfolio company Urbanstems focuses on customer love to outcompete big ecommerce

How UrbanStems uses customer experience to compete with big ecommerce By focusing on the customer experience rather than sales, smaller brands and retailers can effectively compete with their largest competitors.

We loved this beginner’s dictionary of . Great for both beginners and those who appreciate a refresher via Mattermark

A Beginner's Dictionary of Venture Capital - Mattermark tl;dr: Here’s a primer on the language of venture capital. Previously in Mattermark, we published a Beginner’s Guide to VC. What we neglected to include was a dictionary of jargon that insiders … Read More

Heads up Atlanta -- check out NextGen Venture Partners portfolio company Virgil Security, Inc. at CyberLaunch on August 25th!

Summer 16' Demo Day | CyberLaunch On August 25, CyberLaunch is hosting it’s Summer 16' Demo Day to showcase the current portfolio companies. The event will be held at the Atlanta Tech Village with over 250 investors and innovators, including 20+ cybersecurity and machine learning startups from around the world. We are proud to have…

NextGen Venture Partners supports portfolio company Convey's SXSW panel with Jet.com, Build.com, and Multichannel Merchant - and so should you! Vote now...

SXSW PanelPicker How to Protect Customers from Delivery Disaster eCommerce delivery disasters are rampant with 1/2 of all customers experiencing an issue each year. Unacceptable delivery options are one of the top two causes of abandoned carts, and 70% of shoppers are unlikely to return to a retailer after a negativ...

An argument for VC portfolio support, as explained by NextGen Venture Partners team member Nate Houghton.

An argument for VC portfolio support Efforts to differentiate in VC are always based on everything other than money, which means that most of us have the same pitch — but it…

We're big fans of Revolution LLC's "Rise of the Rest" tour. With 75% of venture capital flowing into three states — California, New York and Massachusetts - Steve Case and team "aim to change that."

Three Reasons Why the “Rise of the Rest” Matters Now More than Ever This past week, Steve Case, co-founder of AOL and CEO of DC-based venture capital firm Revolution, announced that this fall he will start…

NextGen Venture Partners is thrilled to announce our investment in Convey's Series A round alongside Silverton Partners, Techstars, and Capital Factory. Convey's unmatched team is redefining freight delivery by simplifying online retail logistics.

Reinventing the Delivery Experience for Residential Freight — Austin Startups We are excited to announce NextGen’s investment in Austin-based Convey. Convey is an application software platform simplifying online…

In an increasingly crowded and dangerous world, virtual reality lets you "join the crowd" without leaving home. Penrose Founder Eugene Chung adds to the conversation, via Newsweek.

People of the future may not congregate in crowds—at least not physically Actual crowds may be replaced by what we might call distributed crowds, with virtual and augmented reality's help.

Want to work for the "Pixar of Virtual Reality"? NextGen Venture Partners portfolio company Penrose is hiring!

Careers Learn by doing. Penrose Studios is at the forefront of virtual reality as a storytelling medium. We’re a group of artists, engineers and storytellers, and we're looking for an eclectic mix of talented individuals who are fast learners with driven personalities. For more information, apply through th...

Partnership between NextGen Venture Partners Portfolio Company Opternative and online retailer 1-800 CONTACTS allows you to update your eye prescription from home - via TechCrunch

Opternative and 1-800-Contacts now let users get updated prescriptions from home Telehealth and telemedicine companies have the power to help patients get the care they need from home, and often more quickly and at a lower cost than what..