The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Earlier this week Mary Meeker published an update to her by now legendary internet trends presentation and Nielsen published their Social Media Report 2012. Taken together they tell us clearly that mobile and social are still growing very fast. Mobile apps are used nearly five times as much as mobile websites.

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Mobile Internet Social Media Portfolio 125

Version One Ventures

JULY 21, 2020

We raised our first fund in summer 2012. At that time, Version One was a generalist firm, investing in consumer Internet, e-commerce, SaaS and mobile companies. Amazing, mission-driven founders are found throughout our portfolio. Backing the next generation of mission-driven founders”.

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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. Then Apple introduced the iPhone, leading to a revolution in full-blown computing devices that were completely mobile.

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Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 77

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Thursday, August 9th, 2012. The fund views its portfolio startups as fulfilling one of the three layers of the “Big Data stack”: 1. « previous story Following App.net’s Reboot, Smore Introduces App Flyers For DIY Mobile App Marketing. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. Enterprise.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. During that time, we watched the first wave of mobile apps take off — Foursquare, GroupOn, Instagram, Twitter, etc. 3) Rebalancing — we rebalance portfolios monthly. We were infatuated with tech.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Austin 48

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I’ve just arrived at Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona. I’m excited to be at this extravaganza of all things mobile for the next four days and will be meeting new companies, walking the floors and spending time with some of our portfolio companies who are here. And did I mention that Barcelona is a beautiful city.

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Mobile Portfolio Hosting 87

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital.

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Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

Like everything in life, you want a balanced portfolio (left). Multi-channel attribution was the flavor of the month for every month in 2012. And just as in 2012 magic pills will be scarce, FUD will be plentiful, and vendors will promise the moon. Mobile Devices Report. Mobile is all the rage. A very bad thing.

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Analytics Search Campaign eCommerce 159

YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2012

Find a job, discover new connections, and share your portfolio by taking advantage of these great tools on LinkedIn. Beepmo : Using this GPS-enabled mobile app, you can discover new connections based on where you’re located, making finding new people “as easy as checking into Foursquare.”.

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Networking Social Network Social Media Portfolio 221

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

But a new mobile stock trading app/game called TradeHero may just help give you enough confidence to wade into that very scary stock investment space. Users are given virtual credits – a starting sum of $100,000 – with which they can use to build their own virtual portfolios. to simulate trades in game form.

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Stock Singapore Marketing Mobile 187

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Mobile Advertising: Twitter Sales Are Double That Of Facebook In A Google-Ruled, $2.6B 20 of the Best Photoshop Tutorials of August 2012 – [link]. Common portfolio mistakes (and how to fix them) – [link]. 30 Fresh and Useful CSS3 & Jquery Effects with Tutorials from 2012 – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. In 2012, finally, we will see the first major crop of Indian entrepreneurs playing on the global stage. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs. And what do entrepreneurs do?

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Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JUNE 11, 2012

Sketching A New Mobile Web. June 7th, 2012. Content , Mobile , Strategy. The mobile Web has gotten a bum rap. Progressive enhancement, mobile-first and responsive design can help lead us towards a more unified, future-friendly Web. The Promise Of The Mobile Web Is a Tough Sell. Mobile-first.

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Web Mobile Software Review Design 89

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more. Approachable.

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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. Then Apple introduced the iPhone, leading to a revolution in full-blown computing devices that were completely mobile.

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Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 44

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012).

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

April 27, 2012. I wouldn’t say we’re radically reinventing venture capital and there are many firms we respect who have been innovating recently in connecting a portfolio of startups into a network , taking a different approach to how to staff a VC firm , and even the pace of VC investing. How To Think About The Future.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2014

When Avi Networks founders Umesh Mahajan, Murali Basavaiah, and Ranga Rajagopalan first came to Lightspeed in 2012 with their vision of bringing the benefits of a hyperscale approach to application delivery and layer 4-7 services, it made perfect sense to us.

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Architecture Stealth Agile Distribution 113

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

February 21, 2012. Our portfolio has grown to 15 companies today, the bulk of which is on the US East Coast and roughly half the companies have already progressed from the seed stage to completing Series A rounds. Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way.

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LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

View More in Mobile ›. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. They both got very excited about the idea,” says Coats, who says he also studied the work of Harry Markowitz, a pioneer in portfolio theory (now a professor of finance at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management). Startups ›.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Social as a Service: If you are a SaaS application there is an increasing portfolio of services that you can plug into your application to bring social capabilities as a layered service. 3 Mobile Form Factors: If you follow the mobile space you have no doubt paid attention to the rise of the super-size smart phone with 4.3″

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PPC Social Network Mobile Campaign 32

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

UX Study The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012. September 4th, 2012. Retyping information is a tedious task on a regular computer, but on a mobile device most users will find it outright annoying. Portfolio Design Study: Design Patterns. September 4th, 2012 7:05 am. September 4th, 2012 7:21 am.

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Design Software Review HTML Technical Review 98

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

I’ve written about this over the years, most recently back in 2012 ( The End of “Internet” Companies ), but essentially here at NextView we believe the internet is the most disruptive innovation of our lifetimes and will remain so for decades. I promised to return to how hardware fits into the long arc of the internet.

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Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

I’ve written about this over the years, most recently back in 2012 ( The End of “Internet” Companies ), but essentially here at NextView we believe the internet is the most disruptive innovation of our lifetimes and will remain so for decades. I promised to return to how hardware fits into the long arc of the internet.

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Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

May 16, 2012. And we invest in US-based startups, primarily on the US east coast though we’ll consider other parts of country on a selective basis (roughly 15-20% of our portfolio is in the SF Bay area). 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. And Why 20%?

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

February 28, 2012. Startups in NextView’s portfolio frequently receive inbound interest from other VC investors who are intrigued about what they’re doing, and I often talk with other early-stage entrepreneurs how to approach similar situations. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? And Why 20%?

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Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Business Plan Blog

JULY 31, 2013

Seed deals in 2013 have seen a massive push towards the mobile sector with a contraction to the online sector. The Bay Area seed investment portfolio has seen a steady increase in internet seed deals since 2010. Though, unless there is a large push in the back half of 2013, it looks like internet see deals will be less than 2012.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Mobile Internet 45

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Can't wait until you have some actual portfolio results to analyze and compare against Cambridge returns. ► 2012. (1). The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. September 27, 2011 5:51 PM. Post a Comment.

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The event will culminate in Demo Day, which is tomorrow, and will see Seedcamp showcase its portfolio startups to a wide variety of professional investors and press. Helps fashion retailers get their own branded, cross-platform mobile commerce applications and websites. get milk) or complete skill-based projects (e.g. Pult ( Pult.io ).

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Startup IP Cloud Algorithm 123

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

He bootstrapped the company in New York for five years before raising venture capital from high-quality investors like Jeff Bezos and Union Square Ventures, then managed the business to a successful sale to Adobe in 2012. Adding a new partner is a significant event for Benchmark.

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Partner Early Stage Venture Capital Bootstrapping 40

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community. Terrible Labs – Ruby on Rails, Web and Mobile. Raizlabs – Mobile Development. Intrepid – Mobile development. Alumni have been funded by Sequoia, First Round Capital, Accel, Trinity Ventures, and others.

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Boston Community CTO Hire Cofounder 72

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

However, using portfolio theory, your losers are going to far outnumber your winners, so taking half or more of the gains out of the winners will have a big impact on the overall returns. ► 2012. (1). The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. May 14, 2011 2:39 PM. Anonymous said. Newer Post.

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

It’s been a yearly tradition for me to share a semi-quantitative view into our portfolio at NextView. Three years ago, I published our first “Stroll through the portfolio” and I’ve published updates each year in January. Sector: We invest in internet and mobile innovation. Traction in Ad Tech Portfolio.

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Syndicate Syndication Portfolio Advertising 45

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

But, at least twenty graphic design firms from around the world have proven to be the best in their field, with gorgeous portfolios filled with impressive clients and prominent design campaigns. Its work includes iconic logos for NBC, National Geographic, Mobil, Showtime, Chase Bank, PBS, and many others. Headquarters: New York, NY.

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San Francisco Design New York City New York 86

Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

I personally enjoy the earliest stages and building a portfolio of start-ups and entrepreneurial teams. ► 2012. (1). The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. The cheerleader role isnt all bad. Newer Post.

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San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Balance Sheet 28

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

This post is a translation of the article: « Pigeons » : le cri d'alarme d'un fonds américain published on LaTribune (12/10/2012) and is a response to the proposed tax law proposed by the government of Francois Hollande, suggesting to tax all capital gain at the same level than salaries or 60%. So why twelve years?

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France Europe Capital Gains Dilution 71