The Startup Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2018
In the public sector, we helped the US Virgin Islands implement a cloud-based Disaster Food Stamps system to bring aid in a matter of weeks right after two devastating hurricanes hit the islands. The biggest disruptor is the cloud. It gives rise to rapid, flexible, and modular implementations. Our talent provides leverage.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. The biggest change in the software industry beyond open-source was “open cloud.&#. Facebook is a “platform cloud&# provider, too.
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The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 14, 2016
Whilst valuations in the UK at the very early stages at which Forward Partners invests haven’t moved much (yet) friends here who invest at later stages are telling me stories of companies slashing their expectations by 40-50%. I think it’s unlikely we will crash as hard as did in 2000 or 2008.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Singapore-based early-stage technology seed fund Golden Gate Ventures has announced investments into cloud-based inventory and sales management SaaS solutions provider TradeGecko , online grocer RedMart and mobile payment provider Coda Payments.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. The Funding Problem. Today’s Normalization.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2010
We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. 406 Ventures.
Agile VC
JULY 11, 2012
On the IT side of VC investing, we’ve seen countless waves crest and fall… mainframes to minicomputer/workstation, workstation to PC, copper to optical networking, client/server software to cloud, the fabless semiconductor model, magnetic tape to hard drive, etc. they generate $400M in proceeds from that $100M).
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