Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. Where are we today? and hasn’t abated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Jeff Bezos , CEO of Amazon, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

This can set up a perfect storm if early-stage companies don’t manage their expectations and reality properly. Mattermark (a portfolio company) looked at the matriculation rates for a class of startups. Likewise, early-stage investors may not appreciate just how much follow-on support their portfolio companies will need.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The explosion of mobile phones has led to a boom in inbound click-to-call traffic that has proven to convert at a higher close rate and increase average-order-value over web-only sales & marketing. For some of my more skeptical portfolio companies I simply asked them to run a trial of inbound sales calls and they were shocked.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The tech market is filled with many stories of early-stage funding. Our investments focus heavily on the financial services industry, digital media, mobile applications & infrastructure, SaaS / Cloud and retail innovation. Lyn Kirby ran Ulta Cosmetics from its early days through its successful IPO.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. They have a mobile app and I felt like it crashed too much for my liking. And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. You Manage What you Measure. On measurement.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Check out this interesting piece on PEHub talking about how Stanford is discreetly looking to sell it’s asset portfolio ! So I believe that now is the perfect time to build a company and the perfect time for early-stage investors to bet on innovation. It is also a result of pent-up demand.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

Our unique approach to investing, coupled with a pioneering spirit, provides the vision to guide early stage growth companies beyond today and toward future success. A New Kind of Venture Firm AutoChrome Autochrome is an inception and seed stage venture capital fund. We solve problems and dominate critical markets.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is there an early mover advantage for being early on a technology trend? think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. Unity’s recent $4.4 Niantic has already made several startup acquisition in the space of 3D content.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Over the last 12 months, there have been a handful of acquisitions of mobile start-ups like RapSphere * (by Appsense), Nukona (by Symantec) and most recently Zenprise (by Citirix) that help enterprises better manage mobile devices. A Lightspeed portfolio company. Follow us on Twitter @lightspeedvp. *A

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

10 Top Financial Tips for Early-Stage Startups | StartupCollective – crowdspring.co/1qWvaC4. 7 Rules of Perfect Portfolio Websites – crowdspring.co/1ytzvGO. Applying Participatory Design To Mobile Testing | Smashing Magazine – crowdspring.co/1ytzwdT. Before the Startup – crowdspring.co/1rGYDDQ.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. Next, Douglas Villalobos from Costa Rica pitched GeoInvenio, a mobile application development platform. These resellers buy devices from the U.S. GeoInvenio.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 25, 2015

At the time, no one was investing in early stage consumer companies — it wasn’t a “thing” yet. Every aspect of our lives are being disrupted with technology (specifically the mobile phone) and not one category will go untouched. So when Kirsten described her vision for Forerunner, I was hooked. EK: It’s a great question.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. msuster looking for an inspired post on when an exclusivity deal (w/ major industry player) works (cons as well) for an early stage tech co. — PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

But the problem with this is that most VCs in the Valley, especially early stage ones, only like to invest in companies that are within driving distance from their offices. The rest of Asia is still developing with far more angel and early-stage investors than mid-to-later stage folks.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 26, 2021

At first glance, Preemadonna with its consumer hardware and beauty products, doesn’t seem like the typical startup in the Version One portfolio. And perhaps more importantly, CEO and founder Pree Walia is one of the most compelling and mission-driven founders we have ever met.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Please note that we expect our members to invest at least $25,000/year in early-stage investments, although there is no contractual commitment to do so. Remedy Systems ( www.remedysystems.com ) designs and builds practical mobile product platforms that lower the costs and improve the quality of healthcare.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. VC Financings: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Brian Cohen , chairman of the New York Angels, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Prior to joining First Round in early 2006, Mr. You can reach Mr. Tisch at Tisch@techstars.com and @davetisch.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

And, there’s a good reason why; it includes back-to-back essays on mobile, high-growth startups and technology. On Haywire, Semil Shah shares stories about his investments, giving a behind-the-scenes view on why he’s working with the companies in his portfolio. It’s one of my favorites on this list. A Smart Bear. Above the Crowd.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

During that time, we watched the first wave of mobile apps take off — Foursquare, GroupOn, Instagram, Twitter, etc. 3) Rebalancing — we rebalance portfolios monthly. Josh runs a series of Capital Factory-affiliated venture funds and is the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2013, according to Pitchbook.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

And if you don’t hit one or two right, you end up with a mediocre portfolio. When I put all of this together, what I see is: In the Bay Area, the seed stage is getting squeezed from all sides during this summer solstice of. We know the web and mobile internet have hit critical mass and embedded into our lives.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Meanwhile, Micro VC has focused on sweeping changes in technology and consumer internet adoption that have enabled dramatically reduced capital requirements for building new software companies, as well as accelerated access to customers via search, social, and mobile platforms. and no, we didn’t. Isn’t this just a lack of focus?

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Im still not convinced that "gut feel" isnt a good way to invest at the early stage, but this can certainly get rid of over-thinking and provides diversification and investments in entrepreneurial teams that would be otherwise overlooked. ProfessorVC. at 2:32 PM.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Mobile Advertising: Twitter Sales Are Double That Of Facebook In A Google-Ruled, $2.6B Common portfolio mistakes (and how to fix them) – [link]. Staffing your startup? Pick the right kind of staffer – [link]. I’ll take a gigabit to go.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

In this capacity I can tell any entrepreneurs raising early-stage capital that I would have Matt on my short list if I were raising. You hear about the proverbial Silicon Valley VC who cuts bait in tough times and moves on to other, less problematic portfolio companies. That’s not Matt.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Salon H Monday, March 12 How Smart Venture Money Isn’t Smart But You Can Be with Mass Challenge Texas Director Mike Millard Research shows most venture funds under perform relevant public market indicies, yet the diversification strategies practiced in the public markets can enhance the risk-adjusted returns for investors in early stage companies.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

HW: You’re on the verge of ending the role of COO at InVenture, a business that provides mobile-based credit scoring and direct lending in emerging markets. Social benefit companies also have access to impact investors which can provide 6 & 7 figure zero-dilution grants, which are an early stage secret weapon.

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David Teten

MARCH 8, 2013

How to add value to portfolio companies after you invest. At Commerce Ventures, Dan focuses on investing in mobile, payments and retail innovations. Prior to Commerce Ventures, Dan spent 6 years at Highland Capital Partners, where he invested in several early-stage mobile, payments and consumer media startups.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral.

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View from Seed

APRIL 7, 2015

Dirty Secret #1: An early-stage startup’s design actually does matter. It probably shouldn’t be the case, but the look and feel and polish of your materials makes a big difference for early-stage investors. But at the early stages, it’s surprisingly impactful.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

A family office, meaning an investment firm run for a particular family, Wild Basin invests in a broad spectrum of early stage companies. By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Wild Basin Investments has an interesting spot in the Austin angel world.

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