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. Look global and local. In short, you’re going to want to look for the best funding partner (or collection of partners) possible, rather than just focusing locally.

Silicon Valley 161

Silicon Valley Global Finance New York City 161

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Ressi estimates that the debt note now accounts for over 50% of all angel and early stage deals. Yokum Taku, Corporate and Securities Partner at the Palo Alto, California Office of Wilson Sonsini agrees, “I can’t think of a good reason not to shift early stage seed financings toward convertible equity away from convertible debt.”.

Equity 87

Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

Cracking the Code

APRIL 21, 2021

Founded in Bucharest, and now headquartered now in New York City, UiPath rang the bell this morning at the NYSE, becoming the largest public cloud company born in Europe. Born behind the iron curtain and despite the humble beginnings of UiPath, Daniel had global ambitions from the offset. The Global Partners of Accel.

Leadership 62

Leadership Hockey Stick North America Europe 62

The Next Web

OCTOBER 23, 2013

SparkLabs , the company behind the accelerator program in Korea , is expanding its scope with its first seed-stage fund that will “help great startups go global.”. The founding team totals six, and is spread across the US, Israel, Europe and Korea. The caliber of its founding team is impressive.

Seed Stage 139

Seed Stage Asia Silicon Valley 139

Gust

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The European/International counterpart to the ACA Summit, the annual EBAN Congress rotates among different countries in Europe. There is probably a 25% overlap in attendance between the two conferences, with the leaders of the largest North American and international angel groups (known as BANs in Europe) typically attending both.

Angel Investor 125

Angel Investor Global Angel Groups Europe 125

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

To put things in context, global venture funding in Q2 2023 reached $65 billion, an 18% decline quarter over quarter, and a 49% drop compared to the second quarter of 2022, when startup investors spent $127 billion, according to Crunchbase. That includes the $10 billion round into OpenAI, the $1.3

Generative AI 88

Generative AI ChatGPT Startup 88

Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

Having seen the success of escape rooms spread through Hungary and greater Eastern Europe I had a feeling they would catch on here in the States at some point. It was at this point that I decided to start Success Partners Australia, a sales training and consulting company. Thanks Ben Lai, Success Partners ! #5

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Hungary Software Review Cofounder 100

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

by Marek Danyluk, managing partner at Space Executive. Venture capital fundraising can be divided into three stages: seed, early stage, and later stage. According to the same report by KPMG, the median deal size is the largest for later-stage funding, at $26 million. Allows startups to scale up easily.

Venture Capital 196

Venture Capital Asia Artificial Inteligence Later Stage 196

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Amidst an increasingly connected world, globalization is the order of the day. However, while the benefits are many (including more efficient communication and greater potential for collaboration), today’s digital age can put increased pressure on young businesses to expand globally — and to do so quickly. from France.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2019

During this time she began showing increasing signs of early-stage dementia. I learned firsthand about the everyday challenges those living with early dementia face, including using the telephone. Thanks to Yotam Alroy, Mindspace – Global boutique coworking provider ! Photo Credit: Tavis Schriefer.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur LLC San Francisco Mexico 116

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Box has announced the launch of Box Accelerator , a global data transfer network that pushes the speed, security and scale of the Box service for business and enterprise users for a faster and more streamlined service. times faster than the closest competitor, globally, and 3.1 times faster than its closest competitor in the U.S.).

Europe 114

Europe Entrepreneur United States San Francisco 114

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group. David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia. All things being equal, seed and early stage startups are not usually well suited to take strategic investments.

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Then, what’s missing — clearly an engineer — and why do I want a partner? This was actually a great piece of advice, because ideas change and evolve in the early stages of the startup, it’s about the other person not the idea as much. Prior to that, she worked in venture capital at OpenView Venture Partners.

Cofounder 47

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. Ramping up too quickly will burn precious cash reserve and could sink the business.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. While focus is essential in early startup days, we live in a hyperconnected world, and a global network and perspective is becoming essential to startup success.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. While focus is essential in early startup days, we live in a hyperconnected world, and a global network and perspective is becoming essential to startup success.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

David Cowan , the Bessemer Managing Partner who pioneered early stage investments in automated subscription services ( Verisign , Postini , Netli.), Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Europe Consumer. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Global warming: a plague for humanity?

Software Review 66

Software Review Metrics Valuation Technical Review 66

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. Our first big institutional round was $16.5

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

Pascal's View

MARCH 8, 2009

My core point is that the fundamental nature of global competitiveness has changed. This culture is either missing or less developed in Europe and Asia (except perhaps Israel). "The reality is that we are deflating the risk associated with early stage innovation and therefor deflating the exit values it spawns.

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley Harvest America Government 28

Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2011

Prior to joining the PetsMD, Mr. Calvoz served as General Manager of Picosa Investments, LLC (an early stage venture firm) and has served on the Board of Advisors of PetsMD since January 2010. Before joining 3M, Mr. Calvoz worked for eight years as a trial lawyer and Litigation Partner specializing in civil matters.

Advisory Board 63

Advisory Board Merger LLC Europe 63

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant. Now it’s glutted.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

The Bank of Israel played an important role guarding the Israeli economy from the effects of the global financial crisis. Israel became the first non-European state to head the EUREKA Network, the leading industrial R&D initiative in Europe and the largest of its kind in the world with investments of 1.5 billion euros every year.

North America 68

North America Brazil Argentina 68

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. The key is to ask the right people what they think – not your friends, parents or partner. When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. www.elance.com and hire from eastern europe.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44