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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

VC Cafe

Kenshoo started in 2006 by Izhar Prato (CEO) as well as Alon Schiffer, and Nir Cohen. from undisclosed investors as it emerged from this SEC filing. Previously, Kenshoo raised a round to support its local advertising initiative. calcalist ]. Founded by CEO Meir (Iri) Zohar, eXalate has offices in New York and Kfar Saba, Israel.

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. 2006) [iii]. Corporate Financier, October 2006. [iv] However, as a VC, we have the opposite problem: how do we find companies in which to invest?

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I plotted the growth in capacity of magnetic platter hard drives and flash drives back in 2006 or so, and saw that flash would overtake magnetic media in 2016. The underlying requirement based on those assumptions was an available bandwidth of about 1.6mb/sec, which we would hit in 2005.

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Will Anobit be Apple’s R&D Center in Israel?

VC Cafe

As an example of the company’s capabilities, this product is the highest performing low power embedded flash product available today, supporting up to 256 GB of NAND flash, and delivering an unprecedented 666 MB/sec data transfer rate.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn. They also avoid Reg D.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

The Securities Act of 1933 requires that any type of securities offered to the public be registered with the SEC, involving a major undertaking to prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-1 – known to many as an IPO prospectus. (See this blog post for a full discussion.).

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Is crowdfunding legal?

Startup Company Lawyer

Crowdfunding: Its Practical Effect May Be Unclear Until SEC Rulemaking is Complete. On April 23, 2012, the SEC published guidance reminding issuers that “any offers or sale of securities purporting to rely on the crowdfunding exemption would be unlawful under federal securities laws” until the SEC adopts new rules.

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