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Founder-Investor Fit

VC Cafe

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. Alon shared the importance of “fit” from the founder side.

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Your cloud data needs a reality check: our investment in Cyera

Cracking the Code

, it’s fair to say that migration to the cloud is in full swing. That said, some large sectors like financial services and healthcare only started to migrate their core workloads and data to the cloud more recently. On top of the move to the cloud, the volume of data continues to grow exponentially.

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Recapping Q2 2017: Portfolio News and Activities

Version One Ventures

Q2 has been busy for Version One and our portfolio companies – here’s a quick recap of select news coverage, funding announcements, and product updates (at least the things we can announce publicly): . Portfolio Companies in the News. Manifold officially launched to the public – it’s the place to find, buy, and manage cloud services.

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The rise of the female founder

Version One Ventures

Women are underrepresented as engineers, management, investors, and founders. venture capital deals go to women founders and CEOs. However, there are signs that the situation, at least when it comes to female founders, is improving. There are no articles, blogs, conferences, or reports focused on the number of male founders.

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2021: The Version One year in review

Version One Ventures

Every company is now a tech company and multiple technology cycles are going on at the same time – from mobile and cloud to AR/VR, crypto and climate. We have seen more and more interest from people working in tech to become founders and pursue their passion with their own start-ups.

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

One or two of the best companies may continue to appreciate, but most of a VC’s portfolio has probably been realized, written off, or has maxed out its value. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. That 10% might start to look more like 12% or 15%.

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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

and co-founder Dr. Paolo Coppola, and two years later the company was sold to CityMD––the leading urgent care provider in the New York metro area––after its rapid growth saw the company receive a compelling acquisition offer even sooner than anticipated. Organic and Inorganic Growth. Manufacturing.