Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

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. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

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.

Singapore 147

Singapore Asia China India 147

Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

In 2007, when we set out to raise our first Foundry Group fund, early stage tech VC was in the shitter. No one believed that you could make any money as an early stage VC and when we went out to raise our first fund, we heard over and over again that we were on a fools errand. But is wasn’t always this way.

LP 155

LP Advisory Board Venture Capital Early Stage 155

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Look more modern than our previous website, which had a very 2000 feel to it. In the past 15 years our partners have backed nearly one company every year that was early stage and eventually exited for North of a billion dollars. Yet we wanted to be clear that we invest heavily in digital media, mobile & software companies.

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Early Stage Lead Investor Portfolio Partner 260

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies. In 2000, there was a total of 18 million Internet users in Latin America. In 2000, the U.S. and Canada combined – mainly thanks to the great migration to smart mobile devices. His blog can be found at www.jpc.vc.

America 164

America Canada Brazil Mexico 164

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. And his vendors ended up with nothing when his company, OpenAuto.com , went out of business, in 2000. Fonality HUD Mobile. Jumpstart wasnt much at the time, just four employees working from home offices. Send a Press Release.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. The generally accepted hourly wage calculation used by the staffing industry is Annual Salary divided by 2000 Hours.

Part-Time VPE 41

Part-Time VPE Sweat Equity DC Washington 41

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. The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion.

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IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

When you’re an early-stage startup that hasn’t raised any institutional money you end up doing almost every job function of the company yourself. million which closed the first week of March 2000 – a week before the market crashed. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. True story.)

Founder 299

Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S.

IPO 120

IPO Angel Investor Startup Incubator 120

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

And while the internet created both tremendous reward and tremendous investment carnage leading up to and after the 2000 tech bubble, it’s created long run disruption of broad sectors of media, advertising, business software & computing, and retail commerce and VCs that missed this shift have faced real struggles. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

As early stage investors, our goal is to eliminate as much risk as possible with the least amount of cash spent. I was previously a founder of Bizmetric in 2000 (your firm chose not to invest) and am now working on a startup using 3D architectural visualization for green building. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM. Anonymous said.

San Jose 31

San Jose Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor 31

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. Senior exec team is ex-QPass (mobile payments platform sold to Amdocs). Primarily targets SMBs. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Click on the site link, go browse around, go to their social pages, checkout the mobile app, then write down the six metrics you would choose. Outcomes: Autograph Pre-orders | Email Signups Behavior: Unique Page Views (Gallery) | Bounce Rate (Mobile) Acquisition: Visits | Click-to-delivery Rate. If you want to play along.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

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. Meet early. Not so much.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

San Antonio is home to H-E-B , our regional grocery store which is also one of the most innovative and community focused organizations in the state and mobilizes to respond to hurricanes and pandemics and to keep Texans fed. In 2000 or 2010, it made sense to build in San Francisco.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” In 2013, we are in the midst of a critical platform transition from the browser-based Internet to mobile applications platforms like iOS and Android. Conversion at its essence is a proxy for usability and convenience.

Metrics 93

Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

billion in 2000 to ZERO in 2010. Active number of funds fell from approximately 100 active VC firms in 2000 to about 20 in 2010, according to the Israeli Venture Capital Research Center (IVC). Nowadays, the focus has shifted to more “capital-efficient&# businesses in Internet, media and mobile apps. The bright side.

Venture Capital 94

Venture Capital Early Stage Europe 94

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. Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc. are all precursors, rumbles before the big boom. Are there any that I have missed?

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Does it make sense to spend this time speaking about your early stage start-up when your product has not even entered Alpha testing? Typically its way more important to build product, and pull in early users to give you that feedback vs. speaking about it.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Our Out-of-band technology has been endorsed by the industry as the solution of choice for fixed and mobile service providers, and our caching system, OverCacheTM is delivering tens of Gbps of Net Cache Out. With the exponential growth of video traffic, operators are being forced to invest in network upgrades to meet customer demand.

Caching 80

Caching Venture Capital Private Equity 80