View from Seed
DECEMBER 4, 2019
One or two of the best companies may continue to appreciate, but most of a VC’s portfolio has probably been realized, written off, or has maxed out its value. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. The top quartile DPI for the 2012 vintage is 0.62.
Agile VC
OCTOBER 27, 2011
The classic delineations of web products for business and consumer (“enterprise” direct selling, on premise vs cloud, etc) are only getting blurrier. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am. What’s Your Favorite Future?
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David Cohen
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
Twilio became a popular perk for Techstars companies globally over the years and many other Techstars portfolio companies use the product extensively. Today, the cloud communication platform is valued at around $33 billion. #4: “ #8: Digital Ocean (2012). 9: Classpass (2012). 4: Zipline (2011). 11: DataRobot (2013).
Cracking the Code
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Unveilling of the Bessemers 10 laws of Cloud Computing and SaaS - Winter 2010 Release. The Cloud computing stack is currently defined by three levels: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Mind the GAAP!
Haystack
JUNE 5, 2018
Stepping back, it’s interesting to see this cultural shift among larger companies who are comfortable with these co-branding scenarios, which actually may provide better PR and future opportunities to add to their portfolios. vehicle listed on January 2012 in Crunchbase. Many tried and couldn’t get in.
Ben's Blog
AUGUST 28, 2012
In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. On-premise Cloud. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic. So what will become of IT?
ithacaVC
OCTOBER 30, 2014
The underlying tech was developed at Cornell (like many of the companies in the CVF portfolio). By April 2014, supported by a small round of funding with farmers as the initial investors ,they took what the original Cornell team had created and rebuilt it into a cloud-based solution.
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