500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

One is the rise of mobile gaming. The rise of mobile gaming. In 2013, mobile gaming generated $13.2 Mobile gaming offers many benefits: mobile devices are the most personal pieces of technology, and they can go almost anywhere. We’ll get to those two threads in a moment. billion in revenue worldwide.

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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. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Member since 01/2005. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. venture capital. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. December 2010. Blog powered by TypePad. Assistant Edge. « Lawyers and CPAs Blogging | Main. management.

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Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

My own motivations for starting the Web Innovators Group in 2005, and the reason I believe it took off so quickly, is that there were relatively few people in the community, but those who were all yearned to congregate and find a similar network of like-minded individuals. And that certainly wasn’t the case when I moved back here in 2004.

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Jason Ball

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

A comment was posted earlier in the week asking what events are relevant for new arrivals in London looking to get involved in the venture/start-up comunity. I was looking for the same in 2004 and posted a short list in 2005. Mobile Monday. Open Coffee. Mashup events. Geek Dinner. Second Chance Tuesday. Conferences: FOWA.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 22, 2010

In 2005, I wrote a post titled ADPrentice that talked about a weekend event I did with a number of the undergraduates in my MIT fraternity (ADP). In the post I described the entrepreneurship education event I helped put on with Sameer Gandhi (Accel Partners – then at Sequoia Capital) and Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures).

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

In fact, for a good laugh, I just went back and checked our accounting system, and at the end of one quarter in 2005, we were down to $143 cash on the balance sheet. Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture Hacks.

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allthingsd.com

JULY 16, 2012

Venture Capital Has Its Biggest Quarter Since Dot-Com Days. venture capitalists put $8.1 venture capitalists put $8.1 It’s clear that factors like the greater American economy and the bumpy tech IPO market don’t necessarily have a direct and/or timely correlation with venture capital spending.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Depending upon your inventory (online, mobile, etc.) If you are pursuing an advertising business model, then in the early days you will almost certainly have to outsource, despite the fact that this could be a core long term advantage. The reason is that putting a sales force in the field with limited inventory is very, very expensive.

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

The startup takes off, raising venture capital funds faster than you can say “storybook ending.”. million in venture capital —and they continue to grow, with plans for a mobile app and potential overseas expansion. An unlikely combination: Poker winnings and venture capital. See Also Market Research.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Out of the 12,500 founders of these firms, 181 (1.7%) die at some point between starting up the firm and the end of 2005 (Hvide 6). The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Venture Hacks. This leaves a relatively small sample. 3 days ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. Venture Capital.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

A similar pattern exists for venture capital funding: In 2020, just three regions — the Bay Area, New York, and Massachusetts — accounted for 70%+ of total venture funding in the U.S. Venture capital. Silicon Valley didn’t create venture capital, and venture capital didn’t create Silicon Valley.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office indicates that textbook prices have outpaced inflation by more than 2-1 over the past two decades and account for 26% of tuition and fees at four-year public universities and nearly three-quarters of costs at community colleges. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2012

I had a couple of Palm phones, a Windows mobile phone in 2005, and even had a Helio. When a whole bunch of people get out of their heads excited about something, it makes me a little bit less interested--because I want to discover the awesome thing that no one knows about yet. That's why I've always tried out a wide variety of phones.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Roberts celebrates 10 years in venture capital this month. He began as part of Salt Lake Citys Wasatch Venture Fund (now Epic Ventures ), an affiliate of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, in March of 2001. We thought readers might like to know more about this interesting player in the tech community. startupcto

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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. CEO/President is Karl Siebrecht (ex-Pres of Atlas at AQuantive and ex-GM of ad platform product management, search and display marketing, and mobile and gaming advertising for Microsoft). Primarily targets SMBs.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 20, 2012

He built the demo first and if you were interested in mobile payments, he won you over. When I heard that 10,000 people had signed up, I was stunned that 10,000 people had figured out (in 2005) how to drag the tagging button up to the bookmarks bar. Could Jack have raised money on is own without the demo? But that's not what he did.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. Have an account? But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “It’s not been a difficult sell.&#

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

In looking back at the old financials, at the end of Q2 2005, our cash balance was a whopping $546. offering to invest $75K if we could find another $250K by September 30, 2005. Once you raise venture capital, you are forced on a path to spend ahead of the business and seek the highest growth business model options.

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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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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

We have equal ownership in the company and Im pretty sure he got the short end of that stick. :) Permalink | in Path 101 , Venture Capital & Technology | Share Article Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. And yes, that picture is of Alex Lines , my co-founder at Path 101 , which officially launches on Tuesday.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. Generally speaking, the European venture capital community is more likely to commit larger investments in more mature companies.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

This is how I remember it: It’s September 2005, and I was sitting in my office at Stanford in Gates 382. ” Ren and I started brainstorming about the potential for commercializing his technology in 2005. It was the defining moment when I started thinking about doing my own venture fund.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 27, 2008

Yes, I’m ignoring email and mobile users for the moment. I did my first post in 2005 and my second post in 2007. There are two types of readers of your blog. One will view your site in their web browser and the other in an RSS reader (like Google Reader ). I think the difference is voice. Post regularly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. And what we think about Sequoia’s website , First Round Capital’s and True Ventures (we both like to copy stuff from True). Read more: TechCrunch.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2011

According to Israel Venture Capital (IVC), Ra’anana-based Advasense raised $31 million in 2005-07 from Giza Venture Capital , BlueRun Ventures. NowForce – transform standard mobile phones into life-saving networks. The company raised $36 million to date including this round.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

It was early in 2005 and the company was Facebook. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Venture Hacks. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week. billion (plus an earn out that could have totalled $4 billion but didn’t in the end) in 2005 before selling 65% of the company in 2009 for $1.9 So Skype was ubiquitous.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. He tries to write things that havent already been written 9000 times.

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Professor VC

MARCH 11, 2013

While the rest of Silicon Valley is slamming drinks at SXSW in Austin and trying out the mobile app Bang with Friends , I'm sitting in my office thinking about last week's Launch Festival. In 2005, incubators were thought of as either bubble era disasters or university science projects. Seriously, Bang with Friends??

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Litmus is an email marketing tool allowing 30,000 customers to test their designs in all major email and mobile clients. Founders Paul Farnell, Matthew Brindley, and David Smalley started Litmus in 2005 with a used computer and $800 dollars. Startup #3: Litmus. How’d they do it?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. 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. I’m long Mobile. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks.

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Professor VC

JULY 16, 2012

Earlier this year, I left Sand Hill Angels , the angel group I was actively involved with since 2005. If you add mobile, ratio is greater than 2:1 on deal basis and a little higher on funding. I've been meaning to share my thoughts about angel groups and will do so in an upcoming post.

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