Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

They have data from surveys they did with corporate development officers (e.g. Montgomery believes there will be 50 IPOs in 2010 as there is pent-up supply and a higher risk tolerance amongst institutional public investors harmonizing at 40 deals / year for the 3 years starting in 2011.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It provided an industry-leading graphic development interface, but was not so strong on modeling and simulation. As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

The book has been described by a few CEOs who read it and commented early for me along the lines of “The Lean Startup movement is great, but this book starts where most of those books end and takes you through the ‘so you have a product that works in-market – now what?’ What About Sales & Marketing?, questions”.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

VC firms see thousands of deals and have a refined sense of how the market is valuing deals because they get price signals across all of these deals. In a market where there is always another great deal to evaluate, why sign up to one where you know there are going to be bruised egos from the get go? The “how much have you raised?”

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Most of those companies will still require seed capital to assemble their team and fund a year or two of initial development and experiments. We typically advise our portfolio companies to avoid taking on strategic investors at an early stage for this very reason. SAFT agreements and perhaps even SAFTE agreements).

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Most of those companies will still require seed capital to assemble their team and fund a year or two of initial development and experiments. We typically advise our portfolio companies to avoid taking on strategic investors at an early stage for this very reason. SAFT agreements and perhaps even SAFTE agreements).

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Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? A bank can help you balance fund raising with running your company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Releasing without making sure others are integrated and working would be in poor taste (but obviously legal). We talked about Facebook.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2011

Yosi Glick, Jinni’s CEO and Co-founder said: “Completing the Series B funding round allows us to focus on what we do best: Developing an innovative product that is designed to fundamentally improve the entertainment experience. Previous backer DFJ Tamir Fishman (led the previous $1.6 million round a year ago) also participated.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

“Patient Conversation’ s 1-800-brands are well positioned to capture significant market share in the pre-appointment industry,&# said Donald W. a leading eRecycler, and several strategic investors, is a strong endorsement of our prospects.&# Hackett, CEO of PCMi. “Securing equity investments from ROUND2 INC.,

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Conversion Media Strategic Investors Green 48

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Building a New Network: Fireside Chat with Frank Mong, COO at Helium Time : Tuesday, September 24th, 3:45pm-4:15pm Location/Track : Capital Factory, Developer Track This Fireside Chat will feature Frank Mong, COO at Helium, and Kelsi Kamin, Investor at Silverton Partners.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

In it, he describes our philosophy around seed investing and differentiates it from what others (but not everyone) in the market is doing. This mapped with some of the ideas Niel was thinking about as well and over a series of months we tossed around a number of different ideas in search marketing.

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 74

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

or look for major large chunks of money from partnerships or strategic investors? I went to an affiliate marketing meetup recently (kind of by accident) and was knocked out of my chair by the size and sophistication of this world. It hasn’t decreased the need for innovation, salesmanship or marketing prowess.

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Revenue Early Stage Affiliate Strategic Investors 22

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2018

With technology making communication, collaboration and connection easier, more VC firms are now actively investing in companies located in non-traditional markets. Connect with local investors. Strategic investors not only provide capital, but also provide early customer opportunities and other resources to develop your product.

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The Next Web

APRIL 22, 2013

Fast forward to today, and Geeksphone is gearing up to start selling the first units of the (developer preview versions of its) Keon and Peak smartphones running Firefox OS. Tomorrow or next Wednesday, its online store will open and developers will be able to order the first devices. Betting on Mozilla’s new mobile OS.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

C eleno Communications, developer of Wi-Fi chips for high-definition multimedia and entertainment home networking applications, has raised $12 million in a financing round. Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. Israeli Startups Funding Rounds.

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