Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While Ethereum based DeFi has stolen the show for most of 2020 – and rightly so, the amount of innovation and experimentation happening there is insane! If you want to feel bullish on how Lightning can be used as global payments rails, read this comprehensive essay by Nicolas Burtey of Galoy. Use Case I: Payments and Finance .

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

in 2016, and is expected to raise $46B of annual funding in 2020. FinTech had started to grow popular soon after global financial crisis happened, fueled by public’s distrust of banks and incumbent legacy firms, and then exploded in 2015. Despite discrepancies, however, everyone is certain of this – FinTech is huge.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

With the spread of the pandemic of 2020, certain apps have become extremely popular like video conferencing apps, on-demand service apps, etc. . First, there are global (long-term) trends that concern IT giants and are designed for a mass audience. Simply research the company with its portfolio. Trillion by 2025.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

If you’re still hesitant to embrace voice-activated technology, consider this: by 2020, about 50 percent of searches will be voice searches. The number of businesses adopting predictive technology is fast growing; the global predictive analytics market is expected to reach $14.95 The power of predictive technology. billion by 2023.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

My number one goal for 2020 is to get our marketing flywheel to a state of complete efficiency. As an entrepreneur and business owner, there is always a risk and some uncertainty, but 2020 has been particularly challenging regardless of what industry you’re in or your company’s size. 2020 wasn’t a great year for us.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis had a major adverse impact on the global economy. million between 1993 and 2020. billion in global remittances. The World Bank projection for 2020 is that global remittances will decline by 20%. Remittances to the Dominican Republic declined sharply in the first half of 2020.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

I revisit these posts every so often – most recently, when I wrote the 2020 edition of our areas of interest in healthcare. Turns out, it’s all of the above working together to fight a global pandemic. . With fear and uncertainty of a global pandemic, there is a greater urgency for self-care. Caregivers? Pharmacies?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Even in 2020, a difficult year by any measure, the Austin community has surpassed all of my expectations. Even during this global pandemic, I’ve found ways to reconnect with old friends here in Austin and Texas. Charles Holley, Joe Ogilvie, Ross Perot Jr., Bob Metcalfe, Tom Luce, and Bill Wood have all been so welcoming.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

A stablecoin backed by silver offers unique opportunities for investors looking to diversify their portfolios. In fact, silver’s spot price has jumped over $38% since Jan 1, 2020. For decades, the global reserve currency has been America’s USD. What is a Silver-Backed Stablecoin?

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 29, 2022

Latest estimates are that the 65 zettabytes (1 zettabyte = 1 billion terabytes) of global data in 2020 will have nearly tripled by 2025**. Thank you Yotam and Tamar for choosing to partner with us! _ * See Accel 2020 Euroscape ** See Statista. On top of the move to the cloud, the volume of data continues to grow exponentially.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

2020 is all about making sensible decisions and taking a long-term view. 8- Shifting our focus on the global market. Yes, our business pivoted as a result of the pandemic by Shifting our focus to a global customer base We shifted focus from offering services within North America's confines to focusing on a global market.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

According to the State of European Tech report , Switzerland pulled $445 million of investment in 2019, and in 2020, Swiss company Veeam was the largest backed exit by value, showcasing the level of investment the industry pulls in. The Global Innovation Index places Switzerland as the most innovative country in the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Many businesses are too quick in their efforts to become a conglomerate like General Electric, rather than globally dominating the one they are best suited for. Today, scaling an existing business in a large interconnected environment is generally easier than growing a disparate portfolio.

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David Cohen

APRIL 25, 2020

” Due to the size of our system (now 2,200 accelerator portfolio companies and adding 500 per year) we have real-time insight into this question. Of the 217 financings started in the first few months of 2020 in our portfolio, at least ten of them were delayed or canceled due to COVID-19.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. How are investors thinking and protecting against volatility in their portfolios? population, will turn 62 or older by 2020 ( www.census.gov ).

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2021

The sudden arrival of the global pandemic has shifted the playbook for founders and venture capitalists. The majority had dedicated more time to guiding the portfolio companies through the pandemic. . billion in 148 funds for the first half of 2020. Zoom calls have taken the place of in-person meetings.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 26, 2021

We ended up doing three more investments in April 2020 ( our busiest month ever ) and a total of 12 investments over the past year (our busiest 12-month period ever). The rapid transition to remote work also triggered dramatic changes across our portfolio and startups everywhere, most notably by collapsing geographic boundaries.

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

There’s a reason why Austin has been named the top tech city in the US in 2019 and 2020 by CompTIA. The city was ranked number 6 on CBRE’s Tech Talent Report in 2020 out of 50 North American markets and is home to 5,500 startups. It’s no surprise investors are choosing to come to Austin.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2020

We’re in a global pandemic. The simple truth is that all venture capitalists have told their portfolio Founder/CEOs that if they don’t absolutely need to raise capital now that they shouldn’t be out there attempting to do so. the Great Covid Crisis of 2020 will be well behind us. Wait until fall. Wait until 2021.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2021

Anecdotally, we at Remagine Ventures are investors in EchoAR , a CDN and CMS for 3D content which has seen the number of developers on its platform grow from 300 in March 2020 to over 10,000 in April 2021, with almost zero marketing effort. in 2020 over 2019. in 2020 over 2019. billion generated in 2020 (Source: SensorTower ).

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 4, 2020

This time of year, we normally provide a portfolio update that highlights the various product launches, accolades and funding announcements from the past quarter. Clio is committing $1 million to help the global legal community navigate the challenges of COVID-19. This has been the longest quarter ever. Coinbase pumped $1.1M

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Did anyone have global pandemic on their bingo board? Last year I decided to do my first ever public predictions for 2020 and the decade ahead. As mentioned at the top I do not know anyone that predicted the global pandemic of COVID19, despite the writing on the wall and the cases growing in China at the time of this post last year.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2020 I started a presentation design agency & scaled it globally. My goal is to invest in both existing and new properties to create a portfolio of income-generating real estate assets. My goal is to build a portfolio that will generate strong returns over the long-term. Thanks to Jaanus Põder, Envoice ! #7-

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Technology impacts all facets of human life, and sometimes it can save it. That’s the mission driving products like Hemafuse , one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020?

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Transformify

JULY 25, 2016

We had contemplated very seriously the not unlikely prospect of a vote to exit and consequently we placed a number of hedges in the portfolios that we manage for St. Even the leaders of the Leave camp forecast that, in the event of a vote to leave, the UK would not end up quitting the EU until 2019 or 2020. James’s Place.”

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David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

March 30, 2020. Now, in 2020 our bodies are being attacked. For the rest of our lives, we’ll all remember this global pandemic that changed everything. Founders, I’m talking to you. I’m one of you. Your world and mine are different than they were three weeks ago. They were ahead, for good. Sudden change.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Since 1M/1M is a global program, we have many entrepreneurs in various parts of the world who are building interesting businesses, and trying to determine how best to interface with the ecosystem that exists in Silicon Valley. If, however, as in Suresh's case, the game plan is to go after a global market, the scenario changes quite a bit.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

” In 2020, I gave 1.5 In particular, I would highlight three red-hot companies in particular: Choco , Rekki , and Faire ( disclosure : Faire is a Lightspeed portfolio company). People will often ask me, “So, what are the big tech trends right now?” answers to that question.

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Haystack

JUNE 1, 2018

Perhaps because of this success and the unique elbow grease they supply to their portfolio, it was shocking to many to see that one of the storied seed franchises would contract, become its own sole LP, and scale back its operations. Companies are going public, and I expect many more to come in 2019-2020.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

learning and travel”) Eisenhower Fellowship, each person discusses their effort to create greater access to prosperity in a global economy and sustain diverse enterprises in education, economy, and civics. Room 400–402 Tuesday, March 13 Funding 2020: Beyond the Status Quo Strategies with Phunware CEO Alan Knitowski Serial entrepreneur Alan S.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

To be fair, not all of them held this view and many of them were investing nationally earlier, but as we flip over to 2020, there is a general acceptance among Bay Area VC partnerships that they need to be able to invest across the country, not just NYC and LA or Seattle. The AUM of many VC funds has increased dramatically.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 6, 2020

With that said, Austin today resembles a globally fascinating and fast-advancing geographic hub. Over the years, I’ve invested in a number of Austin-based technology companies, and this year in 2020, I was proud to back Swivel and Ojo Labs. Of course, only two weeks ago, Elon Musk and Tesla announced plans for a $1.1

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Most entrepreneurs are aware of the famous saying, “fail to prepare, prepare to fail,” and it seems like the best caution quote of 2020 for everyone. And the right business course can help you do that, along with: Having a more in-depth understanding of the market and how changes at the global level may impact them.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Intuit 2020 Research Report. The Global Small Business Blog. Also, because I have equity in multiple tech start-ups I gain portfolio diversification benefits (meaning Im more likely to get lucky). Globalization.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

and we expect that number to grow significantly in 2020. link] The Word of the Year is Houston In 2020 our word of the year is “Houston” and our goal is to achieve the same scale and synergies we have in Dallas with a unique Houston angle to it. applies to our startup portfolio. The Network Effect?—?applies

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. Of Indie.VC’s portfolio, 60% of investments are not in NY, CA, or MA. The INTRO tool is available to non-portfolio companies as well.

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