Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. 2007 was the watershed year.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Matomy - provider of alternative payment solutions for social network applications, online and freemium games, MMOs and other players in the online marketplace. Technion Seed CEO Moshe Katznelson said, “Incubators are the leaders in seed-stage investment in Israel.&# (via Globes ).

South Africa 89

South Africa Product Incubator 89

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

Silicon Valley 272

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 272

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. We had a fireside chat with a room full of eager entrepreneurs. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

Silicon Valley 164

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 164

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? Google started and is still headquartered in Mountain View, but they opened an office in SF at the end of 2007.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185