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Snowflakes in the Valley: What Happens When 40 Nordic Entrepreneurs Visit Silicon Valley

ReadWriteStart

The Internet might be truly global then, but the world of startups still revolves much around Silicon Valley. This makes for a more fluid deal flow, with more standardized and competitive terms, with more contacts and experience on top. It is also unclear whether we have any superangels (e.g. we don’t).

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Why B2B Marketplaces Are Red-Hot

Haystack

1/ Consumer feels dry: I can’t prove this but simply based on how our deal flow has changed and frankly what is getting funded by the top institutional funds, consumer is increasingly harder to get right. For instance, Rekki is in Europe and Faire is expanding through North America.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Investors And Incubators Need To Look At Pre-Incubation

ReadWriteStart

On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. Today, the Indian scenario has improved greatly, but still the issue of lack of a mature deal flow remains. PartingOut. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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Dow Jones VentureSource Press Release: Q3 Investments Slow Down, Europe Slowest, China up 32%

VC Cafe

billion in 995 deals for companies based in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Israel, Mainland China and India, according to industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. billion put into 1,025 deals during the same period last year. billion put into 1,025 deals during the same period last year. NEW YORK (Nov. About Dow Jones.

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