Version One Ventures

JULY 2, 2019

We also invested in Guesser whose mission is to make prediction markets more accessible to mainstream users. And last but not least, we announced our investment in Celo , an open-sourced crypto-powered global payment platform. Ada , a market leader in automated customer experience , launched Ada Glass.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Dries Buytaert is the co-founder and CTO and Acquia , a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for open source content management system Drupal. While entrepreneurship and startups have spread tremendously in Europe, a lot of aspiring young entrepreneurs leave Europe for the United States.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. It consists of a highly intelligent and opinionated founder – Nick Halstead. Wallflower – yours truly. Always seek input.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. While Facebook’s numbers have grown, internet usage (now mostly mobile even in developed markets) continues to evolve in a pace that rivals innovation in the past.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Speakers include: - Kareem Amin, Co-Founder, Frame. - Rami Essaid, Co-Founder & CEO, Distil Inc. - Yao-Hui, Founder, The Hatchery. - Andrew Mitchell, Managing Partner, ZIG Capital. . Europe-Maghreb renewable energy projects are creating new investment opportunities.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2020

by Alan Jenkins, founder and CEO of Quadrant2Design. Famous investor Warren Buffett is noted for his dislike of gold, having said: “It doesn’t do anything but sit there and look at you” Try telling that to global investors, who have piled into gold leading to a seven-year high of around $1,745 in recent days.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

This is where a lot of founders get stuck. Not to mention, once the founder and advisor have nominally agreed to a relationship, law firms enter the mix and seed the new advisor with a mountain of paperwork — legal agreements, options agreements — documents stuffed with legalese and binding statements. Enterprise.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 12, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. 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. Find the right co-founders and advisors.

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The Next Web

JULY 26, 2012

Exclusive - Founder Institute , the early-stage startup accelerator that aims to ‘globalize Silicon Valley’, is doubling down on Europe big time. Over the past two years, Founder Institute says it has helped launch 538 tech companies, 94 of which are based in Europe (or roughly 19%).

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2017

The conference will take place at the Radisson Blu in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 3 rd of November 2017 and will gather all stakeholders and influencers in the African FinTech ecosystem, from start-ups to banking powerhouses, from the key markets across Africa and internationally. Contributed by Ethico Live Limited, a UK registered company.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 8, 2019

Today, John Fielding is the founder of Array Marketing, formerly known as IDMD, a global retail merchandising service with clients that include Ulta, Chanel, Estee Lauder, Sephora, and more. Fielding remains a shareholder of Array Marketing and serves on the company’s board of directors. Ethoca Solutions Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2013

We grab Epirot Ludvik Nekaj (pictured above), the founder And CEO Of Crowdsourcing Week , for a quick chat on where crowdsourcing is headed in the coming years for this part of the world. This approach is better than producing 10 different things and only starting then to market it which will cost much more.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Founders Den co-founder and angel investor Zachary Bogue has joined forces with seasoned big data VC Matt Ocko , Metamarkets founder Michael Driscoll and Prismatic CEO Bradford Cross to launch Data Collective , the world’s first Big Data-only early stage investment fund. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Co-founder Naval Ravikant explains that 18 pilot companies in the program, including Transcriptic, Double Robotics and Tred, received $6.7 Investors included Founders Fund, 500 Startups and Marc Cuban. As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You. Enterprise. Smartphones. Headphones.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Silicon Valley can frequently be too provincial in its views of entrepreneurship, strategy, and markets. In my previous podcast with my friend and entrepreneur Wences Casares, we talked about the ability of entrepreneurs down here to see global markets that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs might miss.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

By Christian Arno, Managing Director Is your business tapping into foreign markets? If you haven't broken out of your domestic market, you are missing out on a big business opportunity. The internet can provide a whole host of innovative strategies for businesses of any size to break into foreign markets. domain name (e.g.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 8, 2014

Borys Musielak is the founder and CEO of Filmaster. Traditionally, Web companies in Poland were focused on the local market of 40 million people, which seemed big enough to scale their business. They looked for startups with global ambitions, something the Polish ones lacked. Entrepreneur Europe Analysis and Opinion'

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. Charity Water is a great case study for this.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

We discussed various segments for John's go-to-market strategy and pricing model options. Interesting technology, and I will be working with him to build a comprehensive go-to-market strategy as part of the premium program. The answer to that question, I believe, is the 1M/1M Premium Lounge.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

One commonly used approach is to identify widely felt “pain points” in the target market; build a workable solution to address them using particularly effective or efficient means; and if the business model pencils out, work like crazy to execute, execute, execute.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. We are also seeing significant companies come out of Europe. But there's also a real lack of understanding of what it takes to bring a venture to market. It needs to be chiseled.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

It’s been quite a journey getting here and there’s still a way to go as cryptocurrencies integrate with our global financial system. I sat down (virtually) with Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Gronager to discuss his learnings from almost seven years at the helm of a high-growth company. What attracted you to entrepreneurship?

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

image source: [link] If you are a startup co-founder in Central and Eastern Europe, when you hear about about US entrepreneurial communities, you usually hear of course Silicon Valley, but more and more often now east coast as well. And here I hear about writing them a message on LinkedIn and some of them will respond.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Early start-up stage: The vision of the founder or founders prevails during the initial stage. The founder clearly sees the future of the company and overlooks near term obstacles or road- blocks. I was the founder of a hardware company in the communication space. The market did not evolve.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Geoffrey Arone , the founder of FLock, who is now an Entrepreneur-In-Residence in our Menlo Park office, mentioned this company to me and I thought it was worth writting a post about it. Labels: internet , sales and marketing. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10).

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This has led to some very competitive financing rounds, which from afar is a signal various groups see the market potential of these models. I have a lot of respect for founders and investors who focus in these areas and try to go big. For instance, Rekki is in Europe and Faire is expanding through North America.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

This is a guest post by Scott Allison, CEO and founder of Teamly.com. This is a guest post by Scott Allison, CEO and founder of Teamly.com. The problem with non-technical founders is that they don’t know what they don’t know, until they’re in way too deep. Enterprise. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Editor’s Picks. Disrupt NYC.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As Brennan and Aaron wrote in the announcement …“T his new round of funding brings us one step closer to our goal of radically scaling unified climate action across the global economy.”. We recently wrote about why we’re so excited about Bikky and Abhinav Kapur (a mission-driven founder!). . Read about it here. .

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some. Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil. A typical symptom is thinking and acting local.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Airbnb’s bookings have rebounded to roughly 70-80% of what they were in 2019 pre-COVID whereas global hotel companies like Marriott and Hilton are operating at roughly 35-40% of where they were in fall 2019. Source: Airbnb S-1. Airbnb’s Secret Sauce. So Where Does Airbnb They Go From Here?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

I’ve given advice in this area to many entrepreneurs, and I pose this lesson to you as food for thought (the right answer very much depends on the unique nature of the startup and its co-founders). At some point, you need to aggressively come out of stealth mode and market and sell like crazy to win. We paid Jacob in stock only.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2015

by Mark Fabian Henkel, co-founder and CEO of Paymill. E-commerce continues to grow worldwide, according to the Global E-Commerce Index by A.T. The global market volume is estimated to grow 18 percent, up to €994 billion, by the end of 2015. However, the latter can be confusing if a product doesn’t fit to the market.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D. muru - d.com/apply/global. Singapore’s startup scene looks set to become even more vibrant with the entrance of Sydney-based startup accelerator muru-D. The first nine Australian-based startups under its wing have already attracted more than S$3.15

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2018

When you’re an eCommerce startup founder, or you’ve been running an eCommerce business for some time, you may decide that you want to expand and sell to other countries. However, there are things to consider before you can start selling to people on a global level. In Europe, there’s the value-added tax or Vat. Taxes and Duties.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

was a great outcome for the company (kudos to Josh James, their visionary founder & CEO!) After Google buying Postini, the SaaS M&A market continues to be full of surprises. Europe Consumer. (1). sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Global warming: a plague for humanity?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020?

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