The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Real estate has long been considered a sound investment, and has become even more popular in recent years as historical data has shown the market’s relatively low volatility. On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Running a company is distinctly different from simply having operating experience – (working in bus dev, sales or marketing.) Today, you can start a web/mobile/cloud startup for $500,000 and have money left over. Every potential early-stage Venture Capitalist should take a year and do it before he or she makes partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). On the surface the narratives have been.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Success depends on finding startups that have identified acute customer pains in large markets where conditions are ripe for a new entrant. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

just having a sparring partner with a vested interest in your success can be useful. Others may not have the experience you want and they fill up a seat that makes retaining founder control more difficult if you ultimately raise large rounds of venture capital in the future. What happens at the A-round of venture capital?

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. provides big data driven marketing optimization. RSVP here.

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. provides big data driven marketing optimization. RSVP here.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

This equates to something in the neighborhood of a 10% IRR, which isn’t great given the illiquidity of the asset class and strength of the public markets. Over the last 10 years, we’ve been in a bull market with considerable froth in late stage financing activity and valuations. How Have the More Recent Vintages Performed?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

The move to remote work forced quick adoption of cloud technology and tools that were once having difficulties selling to large corporates, saw explosive growth – from Zoom to Hopin, new unicorns were born in record time. billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 Immersive ar/vr/xr.

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Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

To live to its potential as a core part of the Metaverse Meta has to overcome a challenging market and a confused brand. For that, Yuga labs partnered with London based Improbable. Full disclosure, at Remagine Ventures we are investors in Toya , a gaming studio focused on creating experiences for female-gamers on the Roblox platform.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

In one of the sessions I attended the room was packed with developers, and in the web3-focused session, most of the chatter was not on NFTs or Play to Earn, but on the potential of generative AI to reduce costs, increase productivity and test various aspects of the game creation value chain from ideation, to development and marketing of games.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. will be a great fit with the Salesforce marketing cloud. First check to Series B?—?congrats

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 28, 2014

They are one of the firms that inspires us here at Forward Partners , particularly for their operational model which we have adapted and extended so it works for early stage in the UK. The ultimate market size that this current generation of tech companies can go after dwarfs that of previous ones. Venture Capital'

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Technical Review Venture Capital Early Stage Cloud 125

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. In the Early Days.

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Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Friday, February 27, 2009.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2017

Point Nine Capital – 2017 team predictions – https://medium.com/point-nine-news/point-nine-capital-2017-team-predictions-837d1c7f80f7#.kpptndtd4. Norwest Venture Partners – 2017 Enterprise predictions – https://techcrunch.com/gallery/top-predictions-on-tech-in-2017-from-norwest-venture-partners/.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Unveilling of the Bessemers 10 laws of Cloud Computing and SaaS - Winter 2010 Release. The Cloud computing stack is currently defined by three levels: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 11, 2017

Vyze, a cloud-based financial technology company, has raised $13.1 million in venture capital to accelerate its growth and expand into new markets. Austin Ventures with additional investment from Fathom Capital and Starvest Partners led the Series C financing round. As part […].

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 29, 2014

million in Series A funding from Third Point Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners. The startup makes ultra-secure communications technology for Cloud-based data centers and focuses on the Internet of Things market. Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

Client-server has moved to the cloud (dramatically decreasing the cost of software development and deployment), and mobile apps are everywhere. A competitive landscape (particularly when laid out in a visual way) will identify gaps and opportunities in the market. Are you following, in sync, or ahead of the market?

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Advisory Board Cloud Venture Capital Vertical 70

David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

1) Corporate Venture Capital. Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund. Nike hosts a program called Nike+ Accelerator which offers 10 partner companies “Support As You Go,” during a 3-month period in which they are each given $20,000.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

It’s going to be fun to watch the enterprise collaboration wars and how each company is approaching the market! Google – has Gsuite for Google Cloud – do they add a collaboration layer or do they just buy someone else? In my mind it is a microcosm of many battles being played out with startups versus incumbents.

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Technical Review New York City Software Review New York 84

BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

2017 was another year of growing, learning, investing and partnering with amazing founders. Our partners include IBM and one unannounced Fortune 50. Tied to this will be a need for a hybrid, cloud/on-prem deployment and we are excited about portfolio companies like replicated that play to this future. 2017 Recap.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

1:30PM HILTON AUSTIN DOWNTOWN, SALON K SIMÓN BORRERO, Rappi RODOLFO GONZALEZ, Foundation Capital COURTNEY MCCOLGAN, Runa HR DANIEL VOGEL, Bitso Latin American startups are attracting a record amount of venture capital funding. public, private, debt, equity, market return, concessionary capital, etc. What gives?

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 25, 2016

On Friday it seemed like everyone in the venture capital industry was again reading about market turmoil, this time the news is that angel investors are pulling back and valuations taking a hit. I think that’s why you see people like Bill Gurley, Fred Wilson and Mark Suster publicly talking markets down.

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VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

More and more, established companies are leaning into generative AI by either adding generative AI features to their existing suite of tools or partnering with AI companies (mostly OpenAI or the open source HuggingFace) to launch entirely new products. There’s an interesting thing happening in the generative AI world.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. taketheinterview.com , New York, NY) is a cloud-based solution that streamlines the recruiting process.

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Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. and (2) their leadership position in multi-billion dollar markets will likely make them dominant players in the software landscape, even though they are still small today (SuccessFactors $2.5B Cloud Computing. (1).

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Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The book has been shepherded and edited by a great Japanese VC at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Takashi Tsutsumi, with help from Masato Iino. Leveraging my marketing skills, I successfully made what Steve calls an “onslaught launch”, generating a lot of press coverage and apparent early success.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Cloud Computing. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp.

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Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program. taketheinterview.com , New York, NY) is a cloud-based solution that streamlines the recruiting process.

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Cloud Computing. (1). sales and marketing. (10). at 11:03 AM.

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Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Cloud Computing. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp.

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Cloud 59

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Your results, thanks to our high performance compute cloud should be available within an hour. DNAnexus ( www.dnanexus.com ) is pioneering the combination of cloud computing and whole-genome DNA sequence analysis. Our team dabbles in everything from S3 and EC2 cloud services to SIMD and assembly code.

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San Francisco CTO Hire Developer EC2 92

ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

When we were trying to raise money for E.piphany, my last startup, I was negotiating with a venture capital firm called Infinity Capital. But it was my eighth startup and my partner Ben was even more experienced. I went in and pitched Bill the idea about how to automate the marketing domain. We can do $9.99

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Post-Money Valuation Valuation IPO Venture Capital 122

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A funny video of Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle on Cloud Computing. But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? Cloud Computing. (1).

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