ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 1, 2021

We are so consumed today in our digital lives that nearly every trending story pertains to the digital space — NFTs, Defi, cryptocurrency, social networking, cloud gaming, SaaS, metaverse, OTT streaming — all related to the ones and zeros that our lives have become so dependent upon. In reality, digital has eaten humanity.

Portfolio 161

Portfolio Venture Capital Social Network Cloud 161

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

In the stealth phase , prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists (VCs) start investing in an industry or market segment that others have not yet found. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. Filed under: Venture Capital.

Silicon Valley 327

Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

There’s no use banging your head against a VC’s door with a social network venture if they only invest in biotech companies. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too. Any legitimate investor who finds you through Gust will also contact you through Gust!

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

Smart Money are prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists who started investing in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud 3, 4 or 5 years ago. Do the new wave of social/web/mobile/cloud companies going public have valuations which exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin?

Investment Bankers 310

Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 310

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). New financial services and healthcare regulation will also create the need for related IT solutions.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Global 110

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 1, 2021

We are so consumed today in our digital lives that nearly every trending story pertains to the digital space — NFTs, Defi, cryptocurrency, social networking, cloud gaming, SaaS, metaverse, OTT streaming — all related to the ones and zeros that our lives have become so dependent upon. In reality, digital has eaten humanity.

Portfolio 78

Portfolio Venture Capital Social Network Cloud 78

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 20, 2014

Canary is the world''s most easy to install home security device , connecting to its homeowners via the cloud. The trend isn''t connecting within the home--it''s a trend of physical devices being made better because they''re connected to the cloud. Venture Capital & Technology' We don''t use the Yahoo! home in the home.

Cloud 104

Cloud Venture Capital Internet Web 104

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

#facepalm Spammed within an hour >> 2012/02/28 RT @mikeloukides : best customer may not be the 1 who buys the most, but who has the most influence on social networking. Cloud Computing (5). Social Networking (22). social networking. Adventures In Venture Capitalism. Categories.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To be fair, the Day 1 categories were primarily infrastructure companies (Enterprise, Cloud and Mobile). Day 2 featured the consumer and social media, which were more interesting for me and much of the audience. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Venture News.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Innovation Uncensored, is a two-day master class from the world’s most innovative companies for those who think of themselves as an innovative business leader in fields as various as technology, design, marketing, entertainment, venture capitalism, energy, infrastructure, non-profits and branding. InfusionCon.

Las Vegas 165

Las Vegas North America Silicon Valley New York City 165

gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Cloud Computing News. The company has raised a $5 million in venture capital thus far from First Round Capital, IA Ventures, NEA, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, Ashton Kutcher, Max Levchin and Aaron Levie. Social Networks. Collaboration. Ex-Facebookers launch MemSQL to make your database fly.

Database 73

Database SQL RSS PHP 73

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ). startupcto

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. This should not deter you.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Roberts is in the news this week because of his high-profile critique of Angellist , the hot new investment network Robert Scoble has called the new Silicon Valley hype machine. Roberts celebrates 10 years in venture capital this month. startupcto

Silicon Valley 46

Silicon Valley Semantic Social Network Cofounder 46

Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 24, 2011

Raising venture capital is like adding rocket fuel to your company… — which leads to a lot of bad behavior.” starting at 16:01) “Try to raise 18-24 month capital.” “You have to get the best anchor investor you can get… and the reality is everyone else is all sheep.” How Much Should I Raise? Where Are We Headed?

San Francisco 49

San Francisco Entrepreneur Venture Capital Social Network 49

David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

The trick is delivering business insights over this channel: use social networks to support relationship management. BROWN: Impersonation on social networks is a big problem. Social networking is governed by SEC 17a4, and SEC hasn’t opined on this. DAVIS: What services in the cloud are you using?

Fractional CTO 122

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Azure 122

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice.

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Hosting: pay-as-you-go cloud servers, mostly free in the beginning. The app obviously geolocalizes every info and integrates with Facebook and other social networks. Iphone icon: a dutch designer made a professional icon for $350 Internationalization: translations in german, french and spanish. MyGengo.com and Tolingo.de.

Bootstrapping 49

Bootstrapping Italy Sweat Equity Europe 49

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 10, 2013

Guest author John Fearon is CEO of Dropmyemail.com , which backs up emails in the cloud. As the movie “The Social Network” and Facebook’s About Us page attest, Mark Zuckerberg got his initial capital from his then-best friend, Eduardo Saverin to start Facebook. Instead, look at yourself. Let’s face it.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Equity Valuation Social Network 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. million in a second round led by previous backer Genesis Partners and joined by T-Venture , the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom.

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The idea, termed “an implicit social network,” intrigued many innovators and media types, including ReadWriteWeb founder Richard MacManus, who once predicted that Color would be the next Twitter. A sketchy company gets way too much money and everybody says that the entire venture capital market is about to implode.

San Francisco 146

San Francisco Cofounder Social Network Venture Capital 146

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. 6mm in Series B; total raise of $10mm – Investor: Egan-Managed Capital, Sigma Partners – Read more: TechCrunch.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The idea, termed “an implicit social network,” intrigued many innovators and media types, including ReadWriteWeb founder Richard MacManus, who once predicted that Color would be the next Twitter. A sketchy company gets way too much money and everybody says that the entire venture capital market is about to implode.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Cofounder Social Network Venture Capital 128

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider. Venture News.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Cloud services. Cloud storage. Venture capital. Social media. Social networking. Social games. At the end of the incubation period, Microsoft hopes to help the companies find their first round of venture funding through its venture capital partners — or perhaps acquire them itself.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

thebarefootvc

APRIL 28, 2010

When I first saw the company present at SXSW in March, it was clear that this company, a spinout from SRI International , was onto realizing the promise of personalized data that works FOR individuals, ie, all of us who are creating massive databases in the cloud with each click.

Acquisition 45

Acquisition Database Mobile Search 45

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Sometimes your technology platform changes, and you need to pivot from on-premise to the cloud. For example, let’s say you’re an enterprise software company that delivers an on-premise product, but now wants to pivot to delivering a SaaS product in the cloud. It’s a major change of direction that requires major changes.

Startup 36

Startup Silicon Valley Business Model Mobile 36

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz , has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. While most of the social networks, cloud computing, web and mobile app companies we see today will fail, a few will literally remake our lives.

Internet 295

Internet Silicon Valley United States .Net 295

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The idea, termed “an implicit social network,” intrigued many innovators and media types, including ReadWriteWeb founder Richard MacManus, who once predicted that Color would be the next Twitter. A sketchy company gets way too much money and everybody says that the entire venture capital market is about to implode.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Cofounder Social Network Venture Capital 60

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The point is their opinions werent clouded by any vested interest or lengthy analysis. Labels: due diligence , financial analysis , venture capital. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

San Jose 33

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). Kenshoo – Programmatic advertising in search engines and social networks (Raised $65M). MyHeritage – Family tree based social network (Raised $49M). Ctera – Private cloud for corporates (Raised $45M).

Software Review 60

Software Review Analytics eCommerce 60

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc. In the last five years, there’s been this sort of acknowledgment of the consumerization of the enterprise, which is consumer product development, design methods applied to business software, of which SaaS and cloud and all these things are examples. Nothing is going to stop cloud.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

VC Cafe

JULY 24, 2017

The early days of Venture Capital Cafe. It was a social network for the blogger community (later acquired by Yahoo in 2007), which when installed, showed where your visitors come from, what they read and where they go. There were also alerts, RSS feeds, tag clouds, various types of comments. Stats were addictive.

Social Bookmarking 74

Social Bookmarking Social Network RSS Viral 74

blog.nahurst.com

JULY 19, 2010

Ex: theyre primarily a back-end programmer, who can code basic front-end specs, and who can administer cloud hosting. 3] Non-technical cofounder has significant connections or experience -10%: Connections include: relationships with key people in the companys target market, social network connections, blog readership, etc.

Technical Cofounder 43

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Equity Salary 43

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators.

Java 79

Java Database Argentina 79

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. Sales of avatars in social games nearly 50% of total revenue eclipsing revenue from affiliate transaction, ads or paid games (slide 97). couponing, vertical social networks, Internet TV, etc.

Asia 188

Asia Southern California China Japan 188

VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2011

According to Israel Venture Capital (IVC), Ra’anana-based Advasense raised $31 million in 2005-07 from Giza Venture Capital , BlueRun Ventures. Zerto brings disaster recovery to the cloud – Ziv Kedem, Zerto’s CEO: “[disaster recovery] is something you only want when you really need it.

United Kingdom 107

United Kingdom Venture Capital Taiwan 107