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Hologram: Everyday IoT Reaches Scale

View from Seed

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. They were wrapping up participation in an accelerator program and Ben was planning to move back to Chicago to build the company there, having previously worked at Groupon before moving on to other tech companies in Asia, as well as a brief time in California.

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Hologram: Everyday IoT Reaches Scale

View from Seed

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. They were wrapping up participation in an accelerator program and Ben was planning to move back to Chicago to build the company there, having previously worked at Groupon before moving on to other tech companies in Asia, as well as a brief time in California.

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Hologram: Everyday IoT Reaches Scale

View from Seed

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. They were wrapping up participation in an accelerator program and Ben was planning to move back to Chicago to build the company there, having previously worked at Groupon before moving on to other tech companies in Asia, as well as a brief time in California.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Before Giftly, Dan was a Booth Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. with Honors) in International Relations from the University of Chicago where he won numerous awards. Dan has a B.A. On Sushi and VC.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Our venture was selected for competitive accelerator spots & recognition from media and mentors from Austin, Chicago and Silicon Valley to work on this problem and capture the value its solution provided. Ada Ryland continues to help founders gain clarity and navigate through some tricky territory in the early stages.

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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

I think we are *on our way down* as an early stage startup hub unless we start to fix some of our problems around here. I also look at the “pan-midwest”: Chicago, Cincy, Indy, et al. And if your company ends up getting to a certain growth stage, then it makes sense to open an office in the SF Bay Area.

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Why I invest outside the Silicon Valley

Hippoland

I think we are *on our way down* as an early stage startup hub unless we start to fix some of our problems around here. I also look at the “pan-midwest”: Chicago, Cincy, Indy, et al. And if your company ends up getting to a certain growth stage, then it makes sense to open an office in the SF Bay Area.