The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Russia currently has the largest online market in Europe. These partnerships are ideal for helping high risk projects receive serious capital at an early stage, especially as private investors are more willing to commit funds when the state acts as a guarantor. Asia Entrepreneur Europe Insider' Russia in numbers.

Russia 140

Russia Europe Government Vertical 140

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). The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Those umbrellas would have a QR code and an account can be opened via an app on a mobile device. ” That 45 was distilled down to a final ten who had five minutes to get their idea across to early stage investor Hussein Kanji, Belinda Parmar, CEO of Lady Geek, Nick Holzherr, CEO of Whisk and yours truly.

Startup 123

Startup Europe Early Stage Social Media 123

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.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies. and Canada combined – mainly thanks to the great migration to smart mobile devices. He is also the co-founder of Idea.me, Sauber Energy, and the LAB Miami. His blog can be found at www.jpc.vc. Today the world has shifted.

America 164

America Canada Brazil Mexico 164

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And if we want them to understand what life outside the classroom in an early stage venture will look like, then they need to experience chaos, conflicting data, uncertainty and good-enough decision-making for 10 confusing weeks. If you can’t see the presentation click here. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

Eritrea 253

Eritrea Lean Libya Silicon Valley 253

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And if we want them to understand what life outside the classroom in an early stage venture will look like, then they need to experience chaos, conflicting data, uncertainty and good-enough decision-making for 10 confusing weeks. If you can’t see the presentation click here. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

Eritrea 253

Eritrea Lean Libya Silicon Valley 253

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. We would have never started the business, we would never have built mobile and desktop apps, and we just wouldn’t have executed it the way we did.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Software Review Cofounder Early Stage 120

Babbling VC

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Almost everyone saw the most hurdles for funds focussed on seed and early-stage in general. Heard almost nothing about Southern Europe. Mobile remains the space where people see the most opportunity. VC's were most concerned about raising future funds. Lifestyle angels" were seen as a burden at times.

Germany 69

Germany Europe Early Stage Mobile 69

VC Cafe

JULY 30, 2012

I’ve been contacted by several members the VC Cafe Network on LinkedIn who are asking for assistance in fundraising for a web startup or a mobile app. 6) Equity Crowdfunding – I’ve covered the different types of Crowdfunding on the post Startup Equity Crowdfunding grows in Europe.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Startup Equity Due Diligence 113

www.readwriteweb.com

JUNE 13, 2011

startupcto

Programming 45

Programming Silicon Valley Ireland Startup 45

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But if youre in the US for example, then your development cost will be anything from 5-10 times higher than offshoring to India or Eastern Europe. Sun Microsystems has a program called Startup Essentials [link] thats designed specifically to help early stage startups get into some great equipment, free software and other great stuff too.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 2, 2013

Early Stage Distractions | Nick Francis – [link]. Fab Lays Off More Than 100 Employees in Europe | AllThingsD – [link]. Apple’s remote customer support program seems to have a very strict culture. I wonder how much turnover they have – [link]. The Ten Myths of Innovation – [link].

Social Media 98

Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

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. She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces. HTML5 Mobile App Hackathon. Follow her on Twitter at @eknopf2.

Cofounder 47

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

For example, angel funding is more prevalent in the United States than in Europe. In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. Also make sure to research which type of investors fit your business.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

Most of the companies that raised these mega rounds are relatively early stage in terms of product and monetisation (if at all) and about half of the companies that raised large sums, are developing LLMs, which generally requires deep pockets to cover 1) cloud costs, 2) expensive deep learning engineers 3) get the data to train the models.

Generative AI 88

Generative AI ChatGPT Startup 88

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

B y definition, early stage startups don’t have lots of money and resources. The iStreamer by AllofMe.com is a new mobile application, specifically designed for Apple’s iPad. We transform the customer’s mobile device to “loyalty cards” and provide rewards when they enter the business – based on their loyalty level.

Finder 128

Finder Startup Social Network Mobile 128

VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2011

Facebook Expands Credits Offers to Europe Via SupersonicAds – a huge deal for the Israeli startup, perhaps thanks to its UK office? Facebook users in Europe will soon have the opportunity to earn Facebook Credits by completing hard offers through the offer walls of social games. Caplinked – check out the resources section.

United Kingdom 107

United Kingdom Venture Capital Taiwan 107

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Does it make sense to spend this time speaking about your early stage start-up when your product has not even entered Alpha testing? Typically its way more important to build product, and pull in early users to give you that feedback vs. speaking about it.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Recently several funds increased their funding activity in Israel including Index Ventures (who has partner Saul Klein living in Israel), Greylock Ventures (who raised a $150 million fund dedicated to Europe and Israel) and Innovation Endeavors (who added Doron Alter to focus on Israeli investments this year). " (Ofer Sela, KPMG).

Startup 106

Startup Europe Early Stage 106

VC Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

Nowadays, the focus has shifted to more “capital-efficient&# businesses in Internet, media and mobile apps. The article mentions that there’s a bright side too – Israel is starting to get traction in consumer Internet and mobile products, the biggest ‘train’ missed by Israeli startups so far.

Venture Capital 94

Venture Capital Early Stage Europe 94

Pascal's View

MARCH 8, 2009

One additional point: as a nation, we have had the advantage of a risk culture, and mobility. 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

VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

It’s hard to be an early stage startup. event, following 14 similar ones in Israel, Turkey and Europe. CallApp – is an end to end call management platform and a mobile application that reinvents the way people communicate over the phone by making the call experience more social, productive, and fun.

Artificial Inteligence 92

Artificial Inteligence Turkey Boston 92

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

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 approval for its treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a lung-damaging condition that is mainly found in Europe and North America.

North America 68

North America Brazil Argentina 68

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

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Yeah, you should get out more Just Because Google Exists Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things Skype Demands Mobile App Nimbuzz Remove Support, Effective October 31st Shunned By Apple, Adobe Embraces Android With AIR 2.5 This is the third in a series of posts on how to form your own startup from scratch.

Cofounder 66

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

It’s among the very best CRO events in the world, and of course in Europe. 3 Growth hacks for early stage startups: Find your scaling lever (HouseTrip, Facebook). Mobilize your whole organization to be successful at all areas of marketing: Growth = People + Processes. Use marketing to amplify your product.

PPC 48

PPC Analytics Video Non-Compete 48

VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

A Goldman Sachs report on the future of Web3 described Metaverse as “a successor to mobile Internet that will 1) elevate physical world experiences, 2) be co-created and built responsibly” Framing the Future of Web3 (Source: Goldman Sachs ). This is still all very early. Some might find this definition too limiting.

Cofounder 179

Cofounder Venture Capital Equity 179

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. 11 – Mobility. I started I needed mobility. I’m also not originally from the U.S., having grown up in Hungary I came to the States over 12 years ago.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Hungary Software Review Cofounder 100

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Twilio : Need to call/txt get a phone number from your web/mobile application? Mobile Ap Creator create quick mobile apps.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

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