Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is the foundational layer of cloud computing, and includes raw storage, compute, backup, disaster recovery, databases, and security. Venture Capital. (3). ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Explore Venture Capital. internet. (6).

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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). Current round: $12.0mm led by Jafco Ventures, DAG Ventures, Accel, Baseline Ventures.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Unfortunately, Mr. Slywotzky makes an important assertion about venture capital that is incorrect. But from 2000 to the end of 2007, the rate plunged to 900,000 a year. First, the venture capital business is contracting severely: From the April 18th, 2009 NVCA/PWC Moneytree report: “Venture capitalists invested just $3.0

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

One of the earliest and most critical decisions an entrepreneur must make is whether to self-fund a startup by bootstrapping, or raise outside funding through venture capital.” – Forbes. The day I secured a large contract with Nintendo I decided to jump ship and quit my day job to focus my energy on building out Inversoft.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 26, 2009

Global Competition and the Critical Role of Venture Capital in America’s Growth Economy. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, Chairman Sparta Group, LLC and Lesa Mitchell, VP Advancing Innovation, Kauffman Foundation, at the IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum held at Stanford University on March 18, 2009.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

I decided to go back through the Wayback Machine to figure out what Buddy has called itself over the years: 7/27/2007 – Application Developer: Buddy Media is the leading developer of applications for the emerging new media platforms, including Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

But there are equally as many – if not more – extremely well-paid technical roles with interesting challenges, good perks and relatively good job security. So, while you’re slaving away on your customer development while keeping an eye out for your technical match, you could do worse than read Paul Graham’s 2007 essay, How not to die.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Technology Technology Home Online Business Tools Security Phones & Mobile Gadgets Tech Tips Technology The Future of Facebook -- Streaming Live Now. July 31, 2007 |. Million in Venture Capital. Branding From Entrepreneur to Icon in Five Steps. What is Sweat Equity Worth? BY Asheesh Advani. |. 0 Comments. Post Yours.

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Pascal's View

MAY 23, 2009

  Through Levensohn Venture Partners' involvement as the lead venture sponsor of the IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum (ITSEF) since its inception in 2007, and through my personal initiatives advocating public policy solutions to address cyber security issues, I have had some positive impact in increasing awareness of this problem. 

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Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

The process of securing funding for your business—whatever stage you’re at or field you’re in—can be challenging and stressful. It’s no secret that access to mainstream credit and lending facilities has dried up significantly since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007. Venture capital and angel investors.

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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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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Venture Capital. (3). ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Explore Venture Capital. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10).

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 27, 2018

One click and the document was securely signed and authenticated. With the launch of 3G and the rapid growth of iPhones and iPads in 2007-09, the world realised that paper could be entirely digital, beginning a new era for DocuSign, which had invested early on in “mobilising” its product.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Let’s jump back to 2007 to see where it all began… Celebrating Year 2 In a dark dorm room on the HEC (the French HBS) campus, Jon and Clement were scratching their heads in search of the business idea to present for their entrepreneurship major. This took foresight, courage, creativity and a lot of hard work.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

has been in recession since December of 2007. Because they are venture capital funded so they don’t depend on sales profit to sustain them. You can win such billion dollar contracts and secure your career or business better even during this phase of recession. They finally said it – the “R&# word.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. Savage worked as the head of New York Foreign Exchange trading for Lehman Brothers and as a Director of Proprietary Trading at Bank of America Securities. We also have a great panel coming up next Thursday night, Jan.

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VC Cafe

MAY 22, 2011

SiteBlackBox is a provider of SaaS tools that monitor, secure and improve the points of touch between web applications and their users. Our customers include the world’s most demanding government and security organizations, urban authorities and law enforcement organizations. " 3) SiteBlackBox. 4) 3i-MIND. 4) 3i-MIND. 7) VisualBee.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 23, 2009

He then simultaneously held out a carrot and stick saying that the Pentagon had declared America’s dependence on foreign oil a security risk and that there was a $2 trillion potential market in wind energy over the next two decades (Massachusetts just won some federal grant money to build a wind blade test facility).

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Altgate

MARCH 13, 2009

Madoff Securities, the other businesses my firm engaged in, proprietary trading and market making, were legitimate, profitable and successful in all respects.&# Madoff Investment Securities – the proprietary trading and market making side of my firm.&# per share as a commission.&# This is so amazing to me.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 19, 2008

In the memo, Markopolos posits two potential scenarios: Madoff Securities is front-running clients. Madoff Securities is a Ponzi scheme. That is, he gets a client order for his normal (and large) brokerage business and then does a trade for his own account exploiting that inside information. This is, of course, illegal.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Education plays a major role in venture capital. For example, digital startups are more likely to secure funding if someone on their founding team holds a doctoral degree. Harms (2007) found that economic value was one of the strongest motivators for crowdfunding supporters. How can you reveal your reputation?

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Altgate

DECEMBER 11, 2008

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Great Startup Event In Boston A Squeeze On Boston Venture Valuations → White Collar Crime Spree Posted on December 11, 2008 by fnazeeri What is going on with the rash of “white collar&# crime?

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

One highly anticipated provision of the JOBS Act, Title III, is entitled ”Capital Raising Online While Deterring Fraud and Unethical Non-Disclosure Act of 2012” or the ”CROWDFUND Act.” Whether or not the crowdfunding provisions will have a significant impact on small business fundraising is yet to be determined.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. Median age of a venture backed company hits 8.7 years in 2007- the longest gestation period since 1991: What has driven these changes to the capital markets and are they permanent or temporary? i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. In the U.S.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 26, 2009

Dr. Curtis Carlson, President and CEO of SRI International, speaking on a panel at the IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum (ITSEF) held at Stanford University on March 18, 2009. ITSEF is a part of the Security Innovation Network (SINet). [run time 2 minutes 36 seconds]. For more information on SINet, click here. Share and Enjoy:

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Pascal's View

APRIL 25, 2009

Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, Chairman Sparta Group, LLC speaking on a panel the third annual IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum (ITSEF) held at Stanford University on March 18, 2009 with Lesa Mitchell, VP Advancing Innovation, Kauffman Foundation, and Dr. Curtis Carlson, President and CEO of SRI International. Share and Enjoy:

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

These anticipated outcomes were validated by “ Returns to Angels in Groups ” by Professor Rob Wiltbank in November 2007. Channels secure, customers placed trial orders. – Need venture capital. In the end, such a portfolio might yield the angel investor a total return on investment of 25% per year or more.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

all IPO’d circa 2007/08 for a combined market value of around AUD $13 billion. By all accounts, venture capital in Australia is still a big issue – especially when it comes to substantial Series A and follow-on funding rounds. and RealEstate.com.au

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

In terms of access to venture capital, Israel was rated 2nd in the world. BROADCOM BUYS ISRAELI SECURITY SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SC SQUARE. Cedar’s previous film Beaufort was nominated for an Oscar in 2007 and won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007. . ISRAELI UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 5.8%.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

We talked about several markets — security, defense, professional (DSLRs), consumer (Point-and-Shoots), mobile (cell phones), IP licensing, lens adapters, etc. The experience of going up and down Sand Hill to pitch Refocus with Ren is also what opened my eyes to what was happening in the venture capital space.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Provigent, which was founded in 2000, raised $55 million from international and Israeli venture capital firms. Snaptu, which was founded in 2007, is Facebook’s first ever Israeli acquisition and its second international purchase. LEADING SECURITY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY MCAFEE ACQUIRES ISRAEL’S SENTRIGO.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 9, 2015

He’s created an incredible portfolio of investments in venture capital funds, including Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, True Ventures, IA Ventures, Techstars Ventures, and Foundry Group. In April 2007, Lindel committed to be our largest investor in our first fund in 2007, taking 20% of the fund.

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