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The Virus Survival Strategy For Your Startup

Steve Blank

And how much are variable expenses (salaries, consultants, commission, travel, AWS/Azure charges, supplies, etc.?). If you’re an early stage company, that number may be zero. Data from the last large crash in 2008 had seed rounds recovering early, but later stage funding cratered and took years to recover.

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Viola Private Equity Pumps $7 Million into Zend

VC Cafe

Zend has raised $37 million to date, most recently adding $9 million to its coffers in a round led by previous investors including: Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, Intel Capital,SAP Ventures. According to Linkedin , Zend has a headcount of 130.