Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Should an investor really be expected to use the 10, 15, or 20 products in his or her portfolio? As an investor, using a portfolio company is easier when dealing with consumer apps and companies. The post Investors need to actually use their portfolio products appeared first on Version One Ventures. Investors, really?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 15, 2018

New products: creative solutions to enhance the products and services portfolio which can improve the customer journey. Opportunity to pitch at Hangar 51 Demo Day. Twelve start-ups have joined the Hangar 51 portfolio from previous programmes. 14th December 2018 – DEMO DAY. Industry recognition. Press invitees.

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David Teten

MARCH 28, 2019

Professionalizing best practices in portco growth across your portfolio. Nick Leopard, CEO; Michael Frey, Head of Engineering; and Amy Newlan, Head of Client Development will be leading the discussion and demo. When: April 29, 2019; 5pm mingling, 6pm demo & discussion, 6:45pm informal conversation. Space is very limited.

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David Teten

JUNE 3, 2014

For the third year in a row, ff Venture Capital is co-sponsoring the New York Demo Day for Georgia Tech’s Flashpoint Accelerator, along with HBS Alumni Angels of NY. We met Ionic Security, one of our portfolio companies, at their first Demo Day a few years ago. New York Demo Day Details: Wednesday, June 11th 9:00AM -12:00PM.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

Along with detail orientation I have a strong bias for “doers.&# When I ask for a quick demo and the CEO tells me that he’ll schedule a follow-on meeting with his sales rep because, “I’m not a demo guy. One of his investors called him, “the best CFO in our entire portfolio.&# ).

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

In addition, their portfolios look far more diverse than VC industry norms. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital , reports that “37% of our portfolio companies would be considered ‘impact’ qualified companies. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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Board Effect

JUNE 21, 2023

It includes training on financial statements analysis, loan portfolio management, interest rate risk, and other relevant financial topics. Request a demo and let us share how we help more than 14,000 boards in 48 countries. If you would like to learn more about how BoardEffect can support your board, we’d love to speak with you!

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

With two successful accelerators under our belts, we’ve proven that going back to basics with smaller cohort sizes and zero demo days works. I liked that there was no organized demo day at the end of the program.” – Lillian, ShelfLife. The culmination of this accelerator program isn’t a demo day or a big show.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 17, 2022

We’re also excited to report that Inflection is the first company to come out of Pienza (also a Version One portfolio company). Founded by Bird, Pienza is a B2B start-up studio that plans to launch a small portfolio of B2B software companies. P.S.: You can request a demo here!

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The risk manager should develop a risk portfolio, which can provide the basis for validating and prioritizing risks as they emerge. Request a demo today. The board must play a continual role in overseeing and monitoring the risk management program, as risks affect nearly every part of higher education.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. I'm saying this because I went to my first YCombinator Demo Day last Tuesday. How active are they?

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

HBS Alumni Angels of New York and ff Venture Capital are happy to be co-sponsors of Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day , September 13, 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM, held at Union Square Ventures. Some of their portfolio companies look very promising. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator program at Georgia Tech.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Knowing this problem firsthand (even if not in my day-to-day work), I immediately fell in love with Replay’s time-travel debugger demo when I first met the team in July 2020. The more “stuck” developers are in fixing bugs, the more printf statements they add in hopes to “see” the problem… and as you can imagine, it can get quite messy. .

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David Teten

JANUARY 12, 2012

ff Venture Capital and HBS Angels of New York are happy to be co-sponsors of Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day , Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM, held at Union Square Ventures. Some of their portfolio companies look very promising. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator program at Georgia Tech. eCommHub.

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A Crowded Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Don’t get me wrong – we love it when a company in our portfolio does exceptionally well and receives a lot of attention. Incubators and accelerators are breeding grounds of hype - they put lists of companies out there and have a demo day to display their wares. We try to avoid buying the sizzle when there is no steak.

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San Diego Software Review San Francisco Silicon Valley 60

David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Here’s their demo day pitch. I was “rider zero” when Uber launched in Colorado and we made sure people knew about Uber at all of our demo days around the country as they grew. It was originally called Romotive, and I still remember founder Keller Rinaudo just crushing it at demo day that year. 3: Twilio (2009).

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The Startup Lawyer

AUGUST 7, 2015

If you’ve been to accelerator or incubator demo days, you’ve likely seen a presentation that either flat out mentions the specifics of a financing round in progress or the details of a proposed financing.

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The Startup Lawyer

AUGUST 7, 2015

If you’ve been to accelerator or incubator demo days, you’ve likely seen a presentation that either flat out mentions the specifics of a financing round in progress or the details of a proposed financing.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 12, 2018

One of our portfolio companies recently engaged with an industry analyst for the first time with a very disappointing outcome. This analyst didn’t feel like the study warranted a deep look and used vendor demos instead. In this case, the company has created and is leading a new category.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As we change our portfolio, it’s critical that our board really understands the risks and issues.” To learn more about how a BoardEffect board management system can serve your mission-driven organization and support your governance best practices, request a demo today.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

But many Series A firms tell people they have a “revenue rule&# and then you look at their portfolio and see many exceptions. When you do get a follow up meeting tell them about your new revenue model, ask to show your new demo, talk about the progress you’ve made and what has turned out differently then expected.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

But the portfolio of options available to Admiral Nimitz and President Roosevelt were not limited to battleships. If you look at the Navy force structure today and its plan for the next decade, at first glance you might say they have a diversified portfolio and a plan for more. woke up on Dec. If the primary asset of the U.S.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Examples of such companies in our portfolio include WHOOP , which delivers personalized health insights via a wearable device, Devoted Health , which assists seniors in accessing Medicare Advantage, and Mighty Health , which helps individuals find a healthier path through coaching. Further capitalizing the company for success.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. Rather than a product demo – we believe in a “Learning Demo”. We think we can do better. Those days are over.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

VCs evaluate products by looking at demos and having a play themselves, by soliciting third party opinion and by looking at whether and how customers are using and paying for the product. VCs often use executives in relevant portfolio companies to do this expert review. Sometimes they use third party consultants.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Or maybe your projected earnings were reasonable, but your product demo went horribly wrong. To study up, get ahold of potential investors’ portfolios to understand the types of companies they invest in and how much they have been investing. The investor looks at your company as a much-needed addition to his portfolio.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. But the short answer is that the best intro is from a portfolio company of that VC or by other entrepreneurs whom that VC respects. This is a demo + a high-level deck. Build a relationship with your investors over time. ” (Zig Ziglar).

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VC Cafe

MARCH 17, 2023

The Generative AI gaming landscape Nov 2022 ( source ) In my small data sample (of Israeli gaming startups) a lot of startups in the generative AI gaming space are either missing in this map, or are choosing to remain in stealth until they have a solid demo out.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Visitors request demos. Tom Tunguz offers a framework that uses a scale from 1 to 10 to assess demand generation portfolios: 1. Eventually, expansion is necessary for every growing business; it also protects companies from the aforementioned risks of an undiversified portfolio. It’s an absurd standard. You have a website.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

From expert AMAs tailored to your pre-seed needs to hands-on mentorship from relevant, established entrepreneurs within the NextView portfolio to founder-only sessions that create a safe space for sharing and supporting one another, our programming is created to meet you where you are and propel you forward in the direction we believe you can go. .

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

The need for this arrangement is partially for the synchronized culmination of the program towards a Demo Day (see next point) and the coordination of an operational machine designed to scale with more & more companies with each class. The NextView Accelerator Doesn’t Have a “Demo Day,” but Instead Helps Founders Fundraise When Ready. .

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

So without further delay: Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company).

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Are any of your portfolio companies using {insert related technology/software/product here}? Show a live demo. Pitching over Zoom makes it even easier to give product demos. Zoom has made it natural and seamless to give product demos. Be prepared to show a live demo on the call.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 4, 2020

This time of year, we normally provide a portfolio update that highlights the various product launches, accolades and funding announcements from the past quarter. As such, we’d like to run through some of the “other” activities and accomplishments across our portfolio. . You can see a demo here and sign up here.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

If you are planning to start investing or have a couple of investments to your name, it’s crucial to have a properly diversified portfolio. To diversify your portfolio, you must have a good understanding of the different types of investments. Savings for Education. Retirement. Alternative Investment Products. Cryptocurrencies.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

Sun's space was for it's customer assistance unit and Cornell just had a demo space patched into a supercomputer back on campus. It connects them to all the companies they've met, invested in, the bigger companies that could acquire their companies and hundreds if not thousands of employees that have worked within their portfolio.

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