David Beisel co-founded NextView Ventures by first investing his own personal capital alongside two partners as "super angels," building a portfolio of seven companies before raising outside LP money—effectively bootstrapping his own VC career rather than entering as a traditional fund manager. He emphasizes a deliberately low volume of new investments per partner each year in order to stay hands-on and deeply involved during the first 18–24 months, often taking a board or observer seat in that window—signaling an intentional, high-conviction model rather than a broad "spray and pray" seed strategy. David Beisel co-founded NextView Ventures by first investing his own personal capital alongside two partners as "super angels," building a portfolio of seven companies before raising outside LP money—effectively bootstrapping his own VC career rather than entering as a traditional fund manager. He emphasizes a deliberately low volume of new investments per partner each year in order to stay hands-on and deeply involved during the first 18–24 months, often taking a board or observer seat in that window—signaling an intentional, high-conviction model rather than a broad "spray and pray" seed strategy.