Activist VC Blog: Current & Planned Posts

In this Activist VC Blog, we will share in detail how we operate, why we and portfolio companies have been successful, and also where we have gone wrong. We will also share the actual tools and methods that we use for valuing companies, tracking company progress, and planning exits etc.

Activist VC Blog: Current & Planned Posts

Nexit operating principles

• The Activist VC Methodology
• The Transatlantic Bridge

1. Our Portfolio Management Secrets

• CEO – The most important success factor
• Team
• Board – resource or burden?
• Governance
• Business & Product
• Market & Competition
• Strategy – Where to play and how to win?
• Funding
• Exit – Preparing for the battle
• Exit Process

2. General Notes

• The lure of Corporate Venture Capital
• CEO and the art of board maintenance
• The VC/Entrepreneur Conflict
• The Added Value of an Experienced VC
• Is VC funding right for me?
• Guest Blog: Feedback from Nexit Portfolio Companies
• The ICO Is Dead. Long Live Blockchain! Part 1
• The ICO Is Dead. Long Live Blockchain! Part 2

3. Entering the US market

• The Transatlantic Bridge – how to succeed in the US
• Should I flip my startup to the US?
• Entering the US part 1: West Coast or East Coast?
• Entering the US part 2: Why a razor-sharp focus is a necessity
• Entering the US part 3: Should I go or should I not?
• The anatomy of a US Flip
• Avoid expensive mistakes: foreign options and US tax
• Crossing the Delaware: Legal Differences

4. Lessons Learned as a VC

• Young guns vs. old farts: who win the startup game?
• Why VCs seek 10x returns
• Good companies always get funded, right? WRONG!
• Large VC syndicates: risk or resource?
• How VC Cycles Work
• Evolution of Investment Terms

5. Our Take on the VC Industry

• Venture Capital – Engine of Growth
• The hidden truth of European VC performance
• ICOs: Snake oil or the new normal?
• 2018 – The hottest trends in VC
• State of VC in Finland
• VC in Europe: Finally Growing Up
• A Quick ICO Update
• The Great M&A Game – The M&A 2018 report analyzed
• The hottest VC trends of 2019
• The Danger of M&A Imbalance
• The Globalization of VC Activity
• The hottest VC trends of 2020 –  Numbers from 2019
• The hottest VC trends of 2020 – Predictions
• How to save the startup and VC ecosystem – Tale of Two Crises
• Investing after Covid – growth investor playbook
• The hottest VC trends of 2021 – Numbers from 2020
• The hottest VC trends of 2021 – Predictions
• The hottest VC trends of 2022 – Numbers from 2021
• The hottest VC trends of 2022 – Predictions

6. About Nexit and Our Portfolio

• Good companies always get funded, right? WRONG!
• Nexit’s Best Exit Ever
• Nexit Who?
• A Senior Facebook Executive Joins Nexit
• The Ekahau Story
• One More Activist Exit – Aava Mobile

Appendix

• VC jargon explained in plain English

If there are topics that you are interested in and would like us to cover, please let us know.