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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. This isn’t correct either.

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Box launches Box Accelerator as its COO reflects on working with young entrepreneurs

The Next Web

Box has announced the launch of Box Accelerator , a global data transfer network that pushes the speed, security and scale of the Box service for business and enterprise users for a faster and more streamlined service. times faster than the closest competitor, globally, and 3.1 times faster than its closest competitor in the U.S.).

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Prior to this, Mr. Perkin was Executive Vice President at EmSense Corporation, a leading next generation media measurement company.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The Bank of Israel played an important role guarding the Israeli economy from the effects of the global financial crisis. Comsys was founded in 1994 when it initially produced a PC modem and then gradually changed its focus to develop processors for 3G mobile devices, which it sold to its strategic partner, Texas Instruments Inc.