VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2022

As an investor in early stage startups in gaming and metaverse/web3 at Remagine Ventures , I naturally consume a lot of content on this topic, and this post also helps me digest and separate signal from noise. Now the mobile networks are good enough that it’s starting to be a lot more video. Industry reports.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 11, 2013

For example, at version one ventures, we’re focused on early-stage (seed and Series A) opportunities in e-commerce, SaaS, and marketplaces/platforms across North America. Vertical SaaS (investments: Frontdesk , Jobber ): In the new era of enterprise software, the winners will be purpose-built, vertically sliced tools.

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North America Vertical Venture Capital Early Stage 147

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 2, 2018

While a big incumbent is stuck working on their existing core business and platform, early stage startups can focus on new platforms or niche parts of the market to build up initial traction. 3) Niche Managed Marketplaces – Within many verticals, there are opportunities to significantly improve customer experience.

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Vertical B2B Early Stage Mobile 60

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2016

The rise of mobile and social technologies has made end-users more empowered and knowledgeable than ever before. The combination of mobile, social, sensors, wearables and cloud technologies has triggered a deluge of data. What are the latest trends that businesses need to take note of in the coming year to engage with their customers?

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Customer Advisory Board Asia Internet 100

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As is the case in other countries with a relatively new, rapidly growing tech sector, e-commerce is Russia’s fastest growing vertical. 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.

Russia 140

Russia Europe Government Vertical 140

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Once you’ve figured out whether you want to find a very early stage startup or a late stage one (the topic of my first post in this series ), the real hard work begins. DOs for a systematic rather than haphazard startup job search: Pick a specific vertical or theme (e.g.

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Startup Portfolio Later Stage Hiring 148

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Point Nine Capital uses Qwilr to create modern, mobile-native collateral. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself. the Untouched Vertical.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For example, if you’re an early-stage SaaS provider that is shifting from a horizontal solution to a vertical focus, your mission, culture, and competencies can stay the same and the pivot transition will probably go smoothly. It’s easier (but still hard) when you’re running a small, early-stage organization.

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Startup Silicon Valley Business Model Mobile 36

Rob Go

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Healthcare IT is another historically difficult category for early stage investors that I think might present more opportunities now than in the past. And some verticals like farming and agriculture have just been ignored or overlooked by internet entrepreneurs until quite recently. Ubiquitous computing. Seamless data.

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B2B Internet Vertical Early Stage 62

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development | Tagged: Customer Development , Early Stage Startup , Entrepreneurs , Tips for Startups « The End of Innocence The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution (part 1) » 21 Responses Kulveer Taggar , on August 27, 2009 at 11:18 am Said: Great post.

Silicon Valley 260

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 260

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

Our firm invested at a very early stage in retail brands including CostCo, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ulta, Starbucks and many more. I wanted a smart NorCal investor who had done more mobile investments than I had and Jon Callaghan had very relevant relationships & experience. I will describe this in a moment.

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Term Sheet Mobile Cofounder Early Stage 303

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. For example, in computing platforms, the mainframe was superseded by the minicomputer, which was eclipsed by the PC, which was subsumed by client-server platforms, which in many ways has been replaced by cloud and mobile computing.

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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

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. More subscription options » Mashable News In Your Inbox.

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PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

I was asked recently how NextView evaluates such early stage companies for investment. Here are a couple examples from our portfolio: Vertical Communities: One of the exciting attributes of GrabCAD in the early days was its rapidly growing, engaged community of mechanical engineers.

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Distribution Vertical Viral B2B 66

VC Cafe

JULY 11, 2011

It’s hard to be an early stage startup. 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. YellowBrck is a mobile app for moms and dads.

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Artificial Inteligence Turkey Boston 92

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

janryan (@janryan) | Twitter Kerry Rupp Kerry is a Capital Factory Mentor and founding partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in women-led companies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health verticals.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Reply Gibson’s Blog » For mobile, size does matter , on October 18, 2009 at 7:06 am Said: [.] Reply Links and Thoughts, Monday 10/19/09 | Recess Mobile Blog , on November 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm Said: [.] of huge losses made by Nokia. out of the building is a lesson for Langley. Customer development isn’t just for [.]

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Silicon Valley RSS Customer Development California 271

www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

First, the valuation of early-stage startups remains frothy and fraught with uncertainty. While all Google Ventures partners make some seed investments, the firm recently hired Digg founder Kevin Rose as a partner ; Rose focuses on early-stage and seed investments, drawing on his extensive experience as an angel investor.

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Silicon Valley Startup Valuation Venture Capital 54

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?

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. Our startup creates custom vertical search and decision making engines for people or businesses with structured data. Today in Mobile. Mobile Lists. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! Top Stories.

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