David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The use of data and technology will disrupt the premium, guaranteed media buying segment in the coming year resulting in an open, transparent marketplace for audience-based transactions. The aggregation of such high-intent traffic is what makes Google a formidable force on the Internet. A Lightspeed Portfolio company.

Internet 114

Internet Media Social Media Advertising 114

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Large companies were acquiring technology startups just to get in the game at the same absurd prices.

Silicon Valley 235

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 235

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. Candidates must have a proven track record of scaling consumer applications, growing world-class technology teams, and delivering fast iterative business results. A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? What is the risk-benefit calculus for developing and protecting proprietary technologies vs. buying or licensing them (“ build vs. buy ”)? How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? Barriers to entry ? Easier said than done!)

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Version One Ventures

JULY 19, 2018

We love their network effects and continue to invest in them. In that handbook, our goal was to aggregate all the amazing content out there. The broker, after all, represents an inefficiency that one can possibly eliminate with technology. The answer is YES! We purposely kept the tone factual rather than prescriptive.

Disintermediation 110

Disintermediation B2B Differentiation Aggregator 110

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

Today, I’m thrilled to publicly announce NextView’s Talent Exchange, a program helping both top talent and NextView-backed startups connect with each other more easily, beginning with Boston companies (which make up just over half our portfolio). These great people are in our network. Even more of them are within our network’s network.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2012

We had representatives from the entire value chain, spanning content creators (major studios such as HBO, A&E, Warner Bros, Sony Pictures), distributors (Turner Broadcasting, Sprint, Akamai) and underlying technology players (Cisco Systems, Technicolor). Technology was also seen as enabler of future success.

Business Model 159

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up.

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09! To date, Salesforce has been focused on small tuck-in technology acquisitions, so it is an interesting move for them.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 4, 2020

I first met Joe when he was working as a General Partner for Entrepreneur First , a Greylock -backed early stage tech fund which has gone on to raise and run $200 million in capital for start-ups, creating a global portfolio with an aggregate value of more than $2 billion.

United States 28

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The investment will fund key initiatives in the company’s core business areas and accelerate the delivery of innovative digital reading technologies. This investment will enable us to go to market faster and bring new technology offerings to our customers across all three media types.”. Reeder, President and CEO of LibreDigital.

Aggregator 54

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. Clint Korver, Partner at Ulu Ventures , remarked: “I’d compare this technology transformation as akin to what happened in public company investing. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. Portfolio. (3). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network.

Software Review 48

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Over the past several weeks, I have been rolling out a series of Spotlights on the Lontra Ventures portfolio. Transformations, aggregations and joins at massive scale is where BlazingDB wins! BlazingDB is the third in this series, after RackN and Appbase. By now, a few trends are emerging.

Peru 58

Peru Fractional CTO Artificial Inteligence Database 58

Hippoland

JUNE 19, 2018

It also means that you will be tied to horrible health care providers if your employer bought a cheap plan with a limited network. One of our portfolio companies called The Pill Club, for example, sends women birth control right to their doors. So, let’s change this up. Why are many parents reluctant to use home daycares?

San Francisco 48

San Francisco California Cost Software 48

Hippoland

JUNE 19, 2018

It also means that you will be tied to horrible health care providers if your employer bought a cheap plan with a limited network. One of our portfolio companies called The Pill Club, for example, sends women birth control right to their doors. So, let’s change this up. Why are many parents reluctant to use home daycares?

San Francisco 48

San Francisco California Cost Software 48

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Estimated 100 – 200 total entities Friends & family – basic networking. This is a technology-enabled solution to compliment the existing, traditional process. Intermediaries. Financials (e.g.,

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

29:24) We talk about the social and economic impact of all the technology we've all been using to make our lives possible these last weeks. (35:09) ER : Do you mind talking a little bit about your conversations with startups in your portfolio, people who have reached out to you for advice about how to handle a crisis like this?

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th. Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. Utilizing a recently developed innovative technology, BetterView leads a revolution in the content world. Betterview - Company Website.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

B2B on-demand is the perfect combination between two of our existing portfolio strengths: The fact that half of our investments are business-focused startups, and our expertise with consumer on-demand services like Paintzen , TaskRabbit , and Scratch. What will broadcast television and the networks and providers behind them have to say?

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

B2B on-demand is the perfect combination between two of our existing portfolio strengths: The fact that half of our investments are business-focused startups, and our expertise with consumer on-demand services like Paintzen , TaskRabbit , and Scratch. What will broadcast television and the networks and providers behind them have to say?

Search 120

Search B2B Artificial Inteligence Semantic 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Some VC firms have eschewed taking direct investments from public pension funds, as state laws now sometimes require these pension funds to publicly disclose information about their investments that VCs consider sensitive, confidential info, like fund-level returns or individual companies in the portfolio. Endowments. new buildings, etc).

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. No separation between the technology organization and the product organization. We focused too much on technology. Too much money.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Some VC firms have eschewed taking direct investments from public pension funds, as state laws now sometimes require these pension funds to publicly disclose information about their investments that VCs consider sensitive, confidential info, like fund-level returns or individual companies in the portfolio. Endowments. new buildings, etc).

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

“Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science. The British mobile payments and messaging aggregator will become part of Amdocs’ OpenMarket US mobile transactions hub. Electronics components maker TTI Inc, a Berkshire Hathaway company, bought Net-Aye Technologies Ltd.,

OTC 68

OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

To do this, we need to apply new technologies to the primary tool of traditional certification, the diploma. And then we need to take that record and make it part of a fully networked certification platform. After centuries of usage, that was the big upgrade to this technology. Then, paper diplomas began to appear. But they are.

Non-Compete 78

Non-Compete New York Metadata Programming 78

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Each account manager should have a portfolio of existing customers, and you should model the expected CMRR from this group net of up-sells and churn. The incumbent technology leaders like IBM, Oracle, or SAP, have done very little in online marketing, and thus have given their smaller challengers a huge opportunity.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

4G/ LTE (Long Term Evolution) -the fourth generation of networks, enabling faster downloading in 4G phones (100 megabit per second compared to today’s 21 megabit/sec in 3G phones). Allot Service Gateway solutions for mobile broadband are compliant with 3G, 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). This invite-only event for our portfolio companies and close friends of the firm was designed to be fairly intimate and interactive. Labels: Portfolio , SaaS , software.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. Ceedo Technologies. Amos Spacecom. BoomeRing Communication.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Those categories represent roughly 84% of all portfolio companies. The internet business is a game of scale (network externalities). A few more stats make that picture look worse. Add to this that 72.7%

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Social networking. Ad Serving Technology. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Mailing lists/groups.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

The next wave of internet will come from companies aggregating these various data sets and leveraging them to provide more value to the user. This opens a large opportunity for water purification related technologies (in particular technologies to convert sea water into drinking water). Portfolio. (3). Feedburner Network.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

This is a good time as ever to examine whether financial focus is now shifting towards Impact as an opportunity for companies, and how technologies that intentionally tackle social and environmental issues are becoming business models with strong returns. Tech best sub sectors include cloud computing, machine learning/A.I. and big data.

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