The Equity Kicker

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s the biggest European gathering of venture capital fund managers, private equity fund managers and LPs, the institutions that invest in both types of funds. I’ve been going off and on for the last ten years and the good news is that the tide is definitely turning in favour of European venture.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Europe 92

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 15, 2016

Reading the tea leaves to predict where the venture capital market is heading seems to be everyone’s favourite hobby at the moment, and I’m no exception. which showed that venture investment in Europe is roughly flat quarter on quarter (excluding Spotify’s $1bn raise). Last week we had data from tech.eu

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Europe Venture Capital Finance Startup 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. 406 Ventures.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Cracking the Code

JULY 15, 2020

Last year, we predicted it would take three years for Europe to mark its first Decacorn. With this milestone, Europe has clearly established itself as a key center for software innovation in the world. SaaS remains one of the top categories for funding in Europe and Israel with $6.1B

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Europe Cloud Valuation 71

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 11, 2013

I was chatting with a friend last night about the lack of institutional investor (LP) interest in European venture capital as an asset class. We both believe that now is an attractive time to invest in European technology startups and started why we think so differently to most of the people we would like to invest in our funds.

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LP Europe Institutional Investors Venture Capital 143

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. I wanted to bring that level of ambition to Europe.

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Global Europe France Cofounder 62

VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

Zeev Holtzman, founding partner of Giza Venture Capital and founding member of the Israel Venture Association (IVA), cautioned that “ Israel’s venture capital and startup industry is heading for collapse. billion in 2000 to ZERO in 2010. What’s next for Israel’s VC industry?

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Venture Capital Early Stage Europe 94

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We’d like to thank KeyBank and G2 for providing some of the data used in the report - * It’s an amazing time to be a cloud entrepreneur in Europe. The European cloud ecosystem is growing much faster than anyone could have anticipated: last year, we predicted that it would take another three years for Europe to generate its first decacorn.

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Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. We were it in Europe: B2B. Don’t drink it.

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South Africa Europe Disintermediation Poland 310

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 19, 2016

The root of the problem, I think, is that from the outside venture capital looks easy, especially during bull markets. Moreover, even experienced and successful venture capitalists are investing in companies that look stupid. Finally, the skill-set of a successful venture capitalist is incredibly broad.

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Europe IPO LP Venture Capital 60

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Is this tech bubble as broad as the 1995-2000 dot.com bubble – no. The Combined Bomber Offensive of Germany and occupied Europe during WWII was designed to do just that.). Filed under: Family/Career , Secret History of Silicon Valley , Venture Capital. A few will be worth much, much more.

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Internet Silicon Valley United States .Net 295

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. Customer Center.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Almost all of them would be characterized as venture capital, with a few exceptions for funds managed by The Blackstone Group ( BX ), Providence Equity Partners and Spectrum Equity Investors. Through 12/31/11, less than 66% of the fund-of-funds called capital had been returned to limited partners. Posted in: Venture Capital.

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Naming Term Sheet Private Equity Equity 49

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

It is also intriguing to see that the market bottom was reached only two years after the start of the decline for the 1929, 1973 and 2000 crises, so we might need another year before the market reaches it lowest point. Europe Consumer. (1). Venture Capital. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Babbling VC

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In Germany alone, there was something like 85 active funds in 2000. I wasn't in a position to inject further capital alone and I spent a year or two fighting to somehow try and save these businesses. Running around Europe trying to find lead investors for these businesses was priority number 1. Therefore there was a ton of VC's.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Europe Portfolio Germany 76

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Instead of increasing the tax burden on these companies driving job creation, why not take full advantage of this evolution of the tax law to position France as the most attractive country for entrepreneurs in Europe? Indeed, France enjoys the highest penetration rate for broadband in Europe (32.7% for France vs. 26.5%

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France Europe Capital Gains Dilution 71

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. I had just moved back to the US from living in Europe for 11 years. We had never purchased a house in Europe because we always knew we’d move home at some point. Fast forward to my second company.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Dec 26, 2009). Final Thought. You can bootstrap your way into existence.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. Our first big institutional round was $16.5

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Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

About 400 years ago merchants from the Netherlands were sending ships to Asia in search of spices widely desired in Europe. Trust Between 1998–2000 the world became enamored with the “new economy” and Internet companies that were going public on NASDAQ in the United States. Regulation will come. It needs to come fast.

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