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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

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But it turns out the majority of the company’s revenue comes from outside the US & Canada … about 54% of revenue in Q1 2011 came from the International segment (non North America).

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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If Reid were to start a company today he’d probably have every VC in America offering to back him, but this wasn’t necessarily the case when we started LinkedIn out of his apartment in Mountain View at the end of 2002. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

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Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre [Silicon Valley] –> Itself an outgrowth of the venture investing arm of the original Bank of America (based in SF), Merrill Pickard backed many startups that ultimately went public.

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Square IPO: Is Square A Good Payments Business?

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Processor/acquirers like Vantiv, Total Systems, First Data, Paymentech (a division of JPM Chase), BAMS (a division of Bank of America) all do processing and take on some of the financial risk for merchants they serve.

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