ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 28, 2021

round with participation from Mark Cuban, Balaji Srinivasan, Tiny Capital, Compound, Inflection, Portico Ventures, Capital 6, Rasool Rayani, and Kamunting Street Capital. In this process, hundreds of native tokens have been launched that represent governance and/or economic rights in those protocols that power DeFi.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Opening Night Happy Hour and Keynote with Scott Kupor: Secrets of Sandhill Road | Fundraising Track Joshua Baer , Founder and CEO at Capital Factory, delved into the transforming realm of venture capital with Scott Kupor , Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The agenda ( full agenda here ) includes the following discussions: DEIS in Corporate Governance & Board DEIS in Human Resources & Talent Acquisition DEIS in Procurement DEIS in Edge Technology Product Development & Corporate Innovation DEIS in Go To Market DEIS in Venture Capital & Investment DEIS in Impact.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Current worldwide statistics as of 10 May 2020, (from gisanddata.maps) show that there are over 10 million people infected with this virus and just over 503, 500 deaths. One of the many challenges facing the world’s governments is the fact that no one really knows how this virus behaves. ” This virus is unmatched.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing. Google Adwords advertising. That sounds great. Photo by [link]. Discuss.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they trillion in 2020. In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here?

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Intuit 2020 Research Report. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. government policy. Intuit 2020 Trends Report. venture capital. Reports and Resources. Disclosure Policy.

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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. The Network Effect?—?applies applies to our startup portfolio.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. These experts will help you decide which hot-button issues to battle by aligning to your org’s culture. 1:30PM Hilton?—?Room

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

Congratulations, class of 2020. In 2020, entering the real world means staying at home, sheltering in place. And you didn’t need to get permission from the government or corporate gatekeepers. So what’s the YouTube or the Facebook of 2020? But for you, in 2020, when jobs are hard to come by, what does that mean?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2020

After finishing a second national lockdown, amidst weeks of protests against the government and with borders largely closed to foreigners, you could safely say that these are not ‘normal’ days for Israeli startups or the Israeli economy. In the first 3 quarters of 2020, Israeli startups raised $7.5 Silver linings.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Since its Series C in November 2020, Chainalysis has increased ARR by more than 100% year-over-year, doubled its client base and now supports more than 100 digital assets across 10 native blockchains (around 90% of cryptocurrency economic activity). We had to be US-based. ? It worked pretty well. But this isn’t how change happens.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

CCS Insights forecasts that 411 million smart wearable devices, worth a staggering $34 billion, will be sold in 2020 (up from 274 million this year). In his words, he focuses on the intersection of “Mobile + Digital + Apps + IoT + Wearables + UX + Cloud + Enterprise + Monetization + Government + Agile.”

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. billion in 2019 and are pacing for a high showing in 2020 as well. billion in H1 2020. billion in H1 2020. Israel based startups raised $4.1 billion in 2019 and $1.5

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I was living in Sacramento and had worked in venture capital with Intel Capital and a Sacramento-based VC fund. What technology would you call the Myspace of 2019…in other words, something we won’t be thinking so much about in 2020 and beyond? The Fantag team came together at the end of 2015.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

No investment is possible without that validation, whether it is government grants (and there is quite a bit of that available for clean energy projects) or angel or venture capital. It is not possible for financial investors to gauge the viability of this technology without some help from scientists and researchers. Discuss.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

This past month, SXSW called on the community to enter proposals for conference sessions at all SXSW 2020 events— and so the buzz begins. Now is the time to show your support for the innovative and creative thinkers we are lucky to work with at Capital Factory. Support Your Fellow Entrepreneurs, Vote in SXSW 2020 Panel Pickers!

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Helen Warrell, “ From Desert Storm to Soleimani: How US Drone Warfare has Evolved ” Financial Times , 2020. Horowitz et al., “ China Has Made Drone Warfare Global ” Foreign Affairs , 2020.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

billion raised in 2020. According to Crunchbase , Global venture investment reached $643 billion in 2021, compared to $335 billion for 2020—marking 92% growth year over year. The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. Strong foundations.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But analyzing data will go beyond capital gains and be used to create smarter policies for those in need, as noted in Gartner Group’s “Top 10 Data and Analytics Trends for 2021.”. In 2020, the total amount of data created, captured, copied, and consumed in the world was 44 zettabytes (ZB) – the equivalent of 44 trillion gigabytes.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2020

A new report on global venture capital investment volume shows that H1 2020 investments in startups reached $129 billion (this includes all stages as well as CVC activity). On a regional basis H1 2020 VC investment activity shows varied impact: Europe down 20% ( Source ) ? Israel exits report H1 2020 ( Source IVC).

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Cracking the Code

JULY 15, 2020

The Accel 2020 Euroscape will be presented at SaaStock in October. This is what we will attempt to discover with the 2020 Accel Euroscape. Applications are now open , and if you think the name of your company should be on the list, you can apply HERE – applications will close on 9th September 2020. at the time of this post.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 9, 2019

The Texas Startup Manifesto The roadshow was a successful trip that we will definitely repeat in 2020. This is all part of the Texas Startup Manifesto which is about uniting the state of Texas into one startup ecosystem and helping entrepreneurs recruit talent, find customers, and attract investors from across the state.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2020

If appropriate, offer to sign a longer agreement in exchange for lower cash payments in 2020 and 2021. Some companies, and perhaps some governments, may default. Make a list of all vendors, by $ spend amount. Call all large vendors and ask for lower prices. Review all marketing programs. Cut marketing by x%.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2020

For those of you who need a reminder of the complex chain of events triggered by the results of the referendum, I've included a full time line up until the trade deal was agreed on 24 December, 2020 below. In the meantime, let’s go back to May 2016. Then, the expert views on the outcome for the UK were fairly negative.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It is the “venture capital” of the Navy and Marine Corps. Founded in August 1946 in the aftermath of World War II, ONR provided support of research projects at universities when government funding to universities had dried up. We’ve got to get to 2020, or 2018, or 2015. We’ve got to break that pattern.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As the company is still growing, we can easily guess that in 2019-2020 time frame, Airbnb will be delivering around $50B per year to home-owners who were previously sitting on highly underutilized assets. This is a major “unlocking.”.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Huston-Tillotson (@HustonTillotson) | Twitter Eugene Sepulveda CEO, Entrepreneurs Foundation Director, Capital Factory Sr. Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

After all, in the year 2020, investors that had access to VC-backed IPOs, earned $206 million in average one-day gains for each of 165 separate offerings, for a total of $34B in one-day wealth transfers (including over-allotments). Last year, 2020, the AVERAGE IPO was underpriced by 47.9%! Here is the real gut-wrenching punch line.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Facebook tried to build a crypto-alliance with Libra, but that seems to have fell flat out of the gate; at the same time, the Chinese government counter-intuitively signaled their interest in using blockchain technologies in a centralized manner for state operations.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

Or one in which to get a government license to build a crypto trading platform, you need to pass background checks to make sure you haven’t been too disruptive on your way to building financial disruption. Venture capital is supposed to make a high multiple of return for the risk. Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) May 28, 2020.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” . Cohen asks.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. A lot of these challenges became grossly apparent in 2020: social instability, climate crisis, public health crises, national security crises, disinformation. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands.

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