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Love and Venture Capital

Feld Thoughts

If you’ve missed me, it’s because I spent a week in Australia. The post Love and Venture Capital appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Ten days ago, after being there for a few days, I came down with salmonella poisoning. I’m finally starting to feel normal again although I’m still exhausted.

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StepOne Closes on $ 4 Million in Venture Capital

SiliconHills

StepOne, an Austin-based startup that makes customer support software, announced that it secured $4 million in venture capital. LiveOak Venture Partners led the round with participation from Silverton Partners. Austin LiveOak Venture Partners Silverton Partners StepOne venture capital'

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BigCommerce Lands $30 Million in Venture Capital

SiliconHills

GGV Capital led the funding round with participation from existing investors including General Catalyst, Revolution Growth, Softbank Capital, Tenaya, Split Rock, Telstra Ventures and American Express Ventures. BigCommerce, founded in Australia in 2009, has previously raised $125 million.

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A week in Australia

David Cohen

I’m writing this on my way back from Australia. It will probably not be a big surprise to you to know that there is already vibrant startup activity there, as well as some strong venture capital funds. Now Brisbane and many other cities in Australia are hubs of activity and the ecosystems are really evolving nicely.

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Entrepreneur and Consultant Luke Lazarus Replicates His Success for the Benefit of Clients

The Startup Magazine

Colleges and universities across Australia and even several from the United States tried to recruit Lazarus to attend their school after his high school graduation. He became a business owner for the first time at just eight years old and continued to own and operate his own businesses until he graduated from high school.

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Lightspeed is growing our Consumer Investing team

Lightspeed Venture Partners

I grew up in Australia and I played rugby when I was younger (and much, much fitter!). In Venture Capital as in rugby, a well functioning team is so much more than the sum of its parts. I was never very good. But one of the things that rugby teaches you is the importance of relying on your team.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

As we end 2012, Gust is the official, exclusive platform of virtually every national federation of business angels in the world including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, France, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, India, even China, all in their native languages.

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