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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s link] Harry.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Flexible VC offers you this.

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

These corporate VC activities go hand in hand with other strategies of large companies including internal R&D, IP licensing, M&A, etc. . Normally I would counsel seed stage companies not to take strategic investment but that wasn’t the case here. 4) Are these investment partners for the long haul?

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The Four Main Things that Investors Look for in a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Mostly by early stage investors talking about getting smaller exits. But whether you’re talking with micro VCs, seed stage investors or series A,B investors they all want to believe that your company CAN be big one day. What about Product / IP? They might want you to start lean. during your meeting. It’s a P.

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Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

VC Cafe

Pure technology companies focus on IP, and need to compete with emerging markets, offering cheaper labor and potentially better economies of scale. Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48 ” the Economist observed that there has been a change in the Israeli startup landscape. billion of the total investment in 2011, a 90% (!)

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Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

VC Cafe

Pure technology companies focus on IP, and need to compete with emerging markets, offering cheaper labor and potentially better economies of scale. Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48 ” the Economist observed that there has been a change in the Israeli startup landscape. billion of the total investment in 2011, a 90% (!)

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Introducing NextView III and Our Focus on the Everyday Economy

View from Seed

The physical office hasn’t been rendered obsolete by any means, but IP video conferencing has fundamentally changed how and with whom many people work on a daily basis. Sunrise , a calendar app we invested in from our first fund, was used every single day by millions of consumers prior to their acquisition by Microsoft.