View from Seed

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Harvard’s original plans were scrapped following the 2008 financial crisis, as the Harvard endowment failed to deliver the performance that was required to fund the new campus. And done well, local seed capital can be the catalyst for the new Harvard engineering campus in Allston.

Boston 328

Boston Seed Stage San Francisco Startup 328

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2016

The climax happens in 2008 and the denouement continues on until 2011. Subsequently, Amy and I went on a binge the past few days of other media around this, including the movie Too Big To Fail (which is really about what happened in the fall of 2008) and Inside Job (which covers a broader time range, but focused on 2005 – 2008).

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital Seed Capital Early Stage Partner 70

Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Ajay Kshatriya , co-founder and CEO of Biota Technology , which applies DNA sequencing technology to the energy industry. Before co-founding Biota Technology , he was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Seed Capital , a investing in science-based innovation. Ajay Kshatriya. Steven : Nope, hubris.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Cofounder Seed Capital Texas 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Ajay Kshatriya , co-founder and CEO of Biota Technology , which applies DNA sequencing technology to the energy industry. Before co-founding Biota Technology , he was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Seed Capital , a investing in science-based innovation. Ajay Kshatriya. Steven : Nope, hubris.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Cofounder Seed Capital Texas 120

VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

Many third-party educational organizations exist to maintain online schooling ventures, and these organizations typically receive most of their funding from venture capital firms. The same is true of educational technology developers. The use of venture capital for developing educational technologies is increasing rapidly.

Venture Capital 96

Venture Capital Michigan Seed Capital Programming 96

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

According to a study by CB Insights (2017), a software that gathers essential data from investors, companies and industries, more than 70% of startups do not exceed the first stage of venture capital investment. These results were obtained after the following rounds of financing of more than 1000 technology companies in the United States.

Venture Capital 77

Venture Capital Cofounder Finance United States 77

thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I remember writing a blog post in 2008, post-financial crash, on how the recession was going to re-vitalize the city’s tech startup community, which would eventually help diversify the NYC economy. I helped launch NYCSeed in 2008 in response to the lack of seed funding available in NYC.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Ghana Venture Capital India 69