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JANUARY 31, 2024

as a bit of a precursor to the golden age of software based businesses that emerged in the latter half of the 2010’s, a good 10 years after the Web2.0 While great companies were founded during Web2.0, one could argue that the best companies built on mobile, social, and the cloud emerged when the concept of Web2.0 was long gone.

Web 168

Web Generative AI Houston Distribution 168

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JULY 31, 2014

In the past 18 months at NextView, we’ve made 13 new investments (out of the 36 we’ve made since the inception of the firm back in 2010). Included in our recent investments in this category are both Dunwello (rethinking how employee feedback and reviews are delivered) and a stealthy investment in NYC empowering software engineers.

Seed Stage 272

Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

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APRIL 21, 2015

Joris Poort , Founder and CEO, Rescale (Software platform and hardware infrastructure to perform scientific and engineering simulations; undisclosed capital raised, per CrunchBase): We spent two and a half years writing custom software to run large-scale simulations on Boeing’s data centers.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

When I was a freshman, a wise mentor told me, “Pick your major based on something for which the Stanford engineering department is creating new buildings.” Harvard’s new master plan in Allston is to build an entire science and engineering campus … from scratch. Buildings That Buzz.

Boston 328

Boston Seed Stage San Francisco Startup 328

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Startup salaries — especially on the engineering side — are at near record highs. This is going to be painful for those companies forced to operate businesses with cash balances like 2010 and cost structures like 2016. Here are the two most obvious examples: Wages.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage San Francisco Startup Valuation 120