thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

The prior fund that I had co-founded – Mobius Venture Capital – had blown up after having a very successful first fund in 1997. I remember a meeting with the Microsoft Mobile 6.0 team as they were pitching us their vision for Microsoft Mobile 6.5. Venture Capital fundraising VC' They ignored us.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

The average venture capital fund raised between 1995 and 1997 returned more than 50% per year. Amidst all the recent talk of boom vs. bubble , there is a hue and cry that the current environment may smack of 1999. They are gobbling up mobile devices, PCs, routers and other technology gear at a rapid rate.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Michael Yavonditte is CEO of Hashable, a New York startup backed by ff Venture Capital and a number of other leading VCs.

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Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. For example, Morse notes that neither C corporations nor venture capital funds structured as partnerships can, by law, be S corporation shareholders. To find answers.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital. But some companies have entrepreneurs that seem talented on paper, are in a space that seems interesting to investors and are able to raise venture capital early in the company’s existence. True story.) 2 weeks later and we may never have raised any more VC.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

As it turned out, rather than run me out of town on a rail, the two venture capital firms that had lost $12 million in my failed startup actually asked me to work with them. In 1999… with the company’s revenue north of $100 million…I handed the keys to a new CEO and left. How did this happen?

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andrewchen.co

AUGUST 20, 2012

Mobile as the driver. It’s going to take 3-5 years for the mobile market will take that long to shake out. Otherwise, they’ll be left on a previous platform as a new competitor emerges that’s mobile centric, and smokes them. « Mobile app startups are failing like it’s 1999. -->.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you doubt that, take a look at the following chart I spotted on Twitter today: I’m long term bullish on technology which is why I run a venture fund. I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you doubt that, take a look at the following chart I spotted on Twitter today: I’m long term bullish on technology which is why I run a venture fund. I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

If you doubt that, take a look at the following chart I spotted on Twitter today: I’m long term bullish on technology which is why I run a venture fund. I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. In Accel that’s Rich Wong.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The difference between many of these companies and what we saw back in 1999 is that there are real revenues and revenue growth at many of these companies--and their costs are largely in people, which can always be trimmed down. Facebook is doing billions in revenues.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

Last year, the VC industry partied like its 1999. Danny Cohen, Partner at Carmel Ventures and keynote speaker at the upcoming Marketing & Ad;Tech Israel conference, discusses three trends impacting 2014 Israeli digital media: Content Marketing, Next-Gen Publishing and Mobile Advertising. Bubble 2.0 $4.2

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Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IPO 155

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. Popular categories include web developers, mobile developers, designers, writers, and accountants. In the 12 months ended June 30, 2018, the Upwork platform enabled $1.56

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Hundreds of startups will succeed in this world over the next few years, like all the mobile app companies over the past 5 years. Alexia Tsotsis: Oh, the mobile –. Marc Andreessen: The mobile billing. And the problem is, of course, there is too much venture capital, and so companies three through 10 still get funded.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It has raised $55 million from Lightspeed Ventures , Pitango Venture Capital , Sequoia Capital , Magma Venture Partners , Delta Ventures , Globespan Capital Partners, Ascend Technology Ventures, and Stata Venture Partners. It has 120 employees.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

The Israeli Venture Capital funds are struggling to raise follow-on funds , but nevertheless it seems like Israel is holding up as an attractive startup hub as evidenced by Wired ranking of Israel in #2 for attractiveness to startups. In 2010, Qualcomm acquired Israeli mobile web company iSkoot for $50-100 million.

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Austin Startup

MAY 3, 2017

Staying private  — The average age of a technology company before it goes public is 11 years, as opposed to an average life of four years back in 1999. Through the series of funding rounds, companies do not need to go through an IPO to obtain capital or a higher valuation. They can just go back to their investors for more capital.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2011

Zend has raised $37 million to date, most recently adding $9 million to its coffers in a round led by previous investors including: Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, Intel Capital,SAP Ventures. According to Linkedin , Zend has a headcount of 130. Watch this space.

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Private Equity Equity PHP 87

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Don’t spend like it’s 1999. I’m long Mobile. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. We did not. And Social.

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

The best way you can help them is build a big business with their backing, and that requires you to appear self-made. [I should mention that disclosure of participation in the Venture Capital Access Program is optional.]. When I was running an Israel-based company in 1999-2001, my location was a significant barrier.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2011

US CONNECTIVITY GIANT CORNING BUYS MOBILE ACCESS. Corning manufactures specialty glass and ceramics for keystone components for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. million registered members as of November 2010, was established in 1999 and recently hit its 10 million answers.

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Private Equity China North America 90

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

If you download their mobile app, Krispy Kreme will give you a free doughnut , McDonald’s will give you a free large fries , and Baskin-Robbins will give you a free scoop of ice cream. Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Currencies only began in earnest about 2,500 years ago and ever since have been a great enabler of democracy and social mobility, not the other way around. For example, distribution to find new apps in a mobile Internet is tightly locked down by the oligopoly of Apple and Google. Regulation will come.

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