YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. The phrase “reddit” came to RedditM co-founder Alexis Ohanian while in the library of the University of Virginia in 2005.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. style euphoria that swept the Valley beginning in 2005. The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Seems an obvious fit.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. A check-in aggregation platform.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. Sellers can lower transaction fees by aggregating purchases into fewer transactions, while also providing buyers with an attractive alternative payment method. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

iSkoot, founded in 2005, has an office in Silicon Valley and an R&D center, which employs half the company’s workforce, in Bet Shemesh, Israel. Wireless communications chip developer Qualcomm Inc. is acquiring iSkoot Technologies Inc., an Israeli developer of technology for the transmission of web services on mobile telephones.

Bandwidth 80

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 80

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

BoomRing Communication – Founded in 2005, Boomring offers a complete solution for hosting providers and enterprises, seamlessly integrates mobile, VoIP and fixed communication. Environment aware roaming – seamless roaming between WiFi & cellular networks including sophisticated handoff mechanism.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. aggregation. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox. Social Leverage. social networks.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53