Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Some countries in Europe may have lost their AAA ratings, but they have not lost their appetite to innovate and create new online services. It is interesting to note that this model has been invented in Europe (Blablacar started in 2006) and while there have been some similar and more recent initiatives in the US (e.g., Portfolio. (3).

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2015

billion in revenue in 4Q14 – signifying that the iPhone has been cemented at the core of the value propositions of Apple’s entire product and services portfolios. billion and demand has only begun to reach a fever pitch – has begun to mirror the success Apple has had, and continues to have, in developed markets such the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Matt Blumberg, who runs one of Fred’s portfolio companies, Return Path, follows up with an additional three : Don’t be a bottleneck (make sure you aren’t holding up people’s work). I had developers who thought that the chief architect was a bottleneck – having to be involved in every decision.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

There is not enough flexibility in them to really embrace change and use creative, innovative and hungry developers to the best of their abilities. Let's face realities here: it's no doubt tempting and cool for many developers to work for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook or Twitter to name but a few.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Always seek input.

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Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. Hence anything from them is going to be based on information that truly represents the situation in Europe. . Look at Wooga or Wimdu.

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Transformify

JULY 25, 2016

There may be immediate political implications in continental Europe. This is worth recognising if there are more positive developments. “We now face a period of uncertainty as the exact terms of Britain’s exit from Europe are negotiated,” said Neil Woodford of Woodford Investment Management.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Big companies can throw money at candidates with hard-to-find skill sets, an option that isn’t available to most startups or smaller app development businesses. Interview processes are an important part of the effort to add creative talent — in-person meetings, panel interview formats, portfolio review, etc.,

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

The most pervasive has been the expansion of passively managed portfolios, such as index funds and ETFs, which allow both retail and institutional investors access to a broad spectrum of investment opportunities at a much lower cost. How are investors thinking and protecting against volatility in their portfolios?

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

KPCB, Sequoia) developed their core IT investment practices,” Ocko tells me, “It’s driving the same kind of multi-hundred-billion dollar economic transformation.” The fund views its portfolio startups as fulfilling one of the three layers of the “Big Data stack”: 1. Enterprise. Smartphones.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As we do at the end of every quarter, we’ve summarized some of the key highlights and activities across our portfolio. . And, Drover announced $26M in funding to take its car subscription marketplace to Europe. Flow is the next-generation blockchain developed by Dapper Labs (creators of CryptoKitties ). Announcements.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 1, 2020

And while these past three months have been far from typical, there was a lot of activity across our portfolio. The funding will be used for product development and to continue their geographic expansion (more in Europe and eventually Asia). At the end of every quarter, we publish a quick recap. New Investments .

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Unlike 1st generation discs, their discs have an elastomeric core that provides a more natural range of motion, and have already received CE mark in Europe and are in clinical trials in the U.S. C8 Sciences ( [link] ) markets web-delivered cognitive development programs based on Yale IP of integrated computer and physical exercises.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

I enjoyed giving a short interview on BBC radio the following morning, after which a dozen Halo members participated in a workshop I led on portfolio strategy and post-investment relationships. These efforts were organized by Merit Imala and the Arengufond Estonian Development Fund team. Isaac’s Cathedral.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You start traveling around Europe, starting working for them overseas. Or did I want to move to Europe? I only went because I wanted to live and work in Europe. DEREK 8:33] So you’re working in Europe. 00:12:57] DEREK: This was in Europe? I don’t know, I was just always dicking around with computers.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more

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Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 77

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The US market is worth more than $25 billion and Europe is the same. And our software allowed us to offer: tighter pick-up windows, better utilization of “uploader staff” and to launch new products & services that I won’t discuss because they’re in development now. So, let’s start with the basics.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

A sales and marketing tactic as much (or even more) than a customer development one, try setting up a Customer Council Advisory Board. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. Plaid is a developer-first company making it easy for financial data to move between apps.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A well-developed compliance program should include clear, written policies distributed to employees and a mechanism for reporting issues and concerns. EU competition law could impact private equity firms that process the personal data of European Union citizens, even if those firms aren’t located in Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The bad news is that patent trolls (non-practicing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the continuing mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. Different rules around the world.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Before Kraken, I was planning and running public research infrastructure projects across Europe. Talking to banks and regulators in Asia, Europe and the US, I kept hearing the same issues: they couldn't monitor transactions, no one understood the return of funds, and - most concerning - crime couldn’t be investigated.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. In the late year of 1995, IBM acquired Lotus Development, makers of the Lotus 123 spreadsheet and a proprietary Internet predecessor, Lotus Notes, for $3.5B—more

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Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 44

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

Today is a very interesting time for the SaaS industry: Europe has shown it was capable of creating successful SaaS businesses, and it’s only the beginning. SaaS startups need to have a VC that understands the SaaS model, including market development strategies, upsell dynamics, sales incentive plan, etc.

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API Silicon Valley Europe Differentiation 48

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2018

There are approximately 170 million potential new customers in Europe alone, and this is one reason why mega-corporations establish headquarters in international locations as well. Sjamsul Nursalim of Indonesia invested in Singapore property development to increase his $830 million net worth. International Talent.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 6, 2012

Most of our portfolio companies open international offices in the US and many of them have development in eastern Europe and encouraging travel between the different sites is the key to getting the face time necessary to build trust and help keep everyone pulling in the same direction.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 29, 2013

It was much harder for a “remote” company in the Mid West, Europe, or Canada to draw any attention to themselves. Many firms have developed specific areas of focus and these type of investors can be extremely helpful in strategic matters. What does this new dynamic mean for today’s start-up seeking funding?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Sisu is currently expanding its product portfolio and geographic scale to develop additional cutting-edge, patented, clinically proven medical devices, and to create a system for medical device commercialization in emerging markets. Our top goal is to break into new markets and add new products to our portfolio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

This patent holding company is charging infringement and demanding royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. In Europe, software is already deemed not patentable, and other parts of the world are somewhere in between. Different rules around the world.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. They tend to have a multitude of side projects, Github portfolios and hacking workshops on the go at once. Is there a junior or senior developer from a previous gig who will respect you for a previous role and be ready to build their own baby with you? The Kernel.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Instead of increasing the tax burden on these companies driving job creation, why not take full advantage of this evolution of the tax law to position France as the most attractive country for entrepreneurs in Europe? France is indeed a country with a proven track record of developing innovative business models. for France vs. 26.5%

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). We discussed European VC, which is rumored to be down by up to 82%. Read more: PaidContent.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

This means we invest in product-driven engineering teams where all of the development is done in house and where rapid iteration is a key to success. While this sounds simple, there is a ton of work that goes into helping our portfolio companies get to a successful Series A. The other big theme is one of big data.

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Seed Stage Agile Viral API 110

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

How to build a portfolio of startup investments. How to add value to a portfolio company. What to do when your portfolio startup pivots. Karen Bantuveris has 15 years experience as a consultant in customer centric- leadership development, marketing strategy and business process design. How to source great deals.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

I believe I am qualified to talk about this as I spent ~6 years at Google in strategic partnerships (commerce), as head of Campus London (Google’s first physical startup hub), Head of Google for Entrepreneurs Europe (now called Google for Startups) and eventually general partner for Google Ventures. M&A – Acquisitions.

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Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

Transformify

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Another factor is studying in Europe. Despite being in different countries this was a far cheaper alternative than going to study in the UK, in short, the amount I would spend on 3 years around Europe equates to nearly 1 year in the UK, and at the same time, I’m gaining an international experience with a network around the world.

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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 ). Most indices are cap-weighted - more in line with a concentrated portfolio (i.e. startupcto

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. If you are a content producer or a freemium app or game developer, you would know, instantly, what I am talking about. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs.

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