The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Mobile phone technological advance. Beginning of 2009, Mitul designed and sold a solution that enables mobile operators across the globe to seamlessly exchange SMS, while taking care of billing, settlement, and routing. Transformation of Mobile Handset business. billion in market capital. Giving back to the community.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. Why Eastern Europe? mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Amsterdam-based startup accelerator Rockstart last year launched a program to find and support ten teams of startup founders in Europe. The startup accelerator also announced that it will incorporate lean startup methodology as a key aspect in its upcoming program, and will be the first in Europe to do so.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. “We’ve been seeing at least one post per week on TheFunded concerning mentor compensation”, said Adeo Ressi, the founder of both Founder Institute and TheFunded.com (a site focused on revealing the inside truths of the Venture Capital world).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And we had these vans and mobile kegs in the back, and we would go to golf courses. You start traveling around Europe, starting working for them overseas. Or did I want to move to Europe? I only went because I wanted to live and work in Europe. DEREK 8:33] So you’re working in Europe. Tell us about that.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. I continue to be excited about the Mobile Web (as distinct from the Mobile App).

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Jason Ball

FEBRUARY 16, 2008

I joined the Qualcomm Ventures Europe team earlier this month. Qualcomm, Inc ( NASDAQ: QCOM ) announced their European fund last May , in addition to Qualcomm Ventures in the US, China and India.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

” “ end quote (some people on mobile devices having a hard time seeing where quote starts / ends so I want to be sure I’m not attributed with Mr. Perkins letter). The venture capital firm that bears his name. Danielle Steel of course being Tom Perkins ex wife. Kleiner Perkins. Is Google to blame?

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution. Starbucks has also built successful retail mobile payment experience, albeit a closed loop one.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

Fortunately, Europe and Asia as well as Africa are making great breakthroughs in technology such as mobile payments, blockchain and distributed ledgers and artificial intelligence as well as robotics. China has built up beautiful and diverse tech hubs that will make anybody forget about Silicon Valley existence altogether.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure of giving a keynote in La Red Innova conference, speaking about mobile search and its impact on ecommerce. trillion GDP of Europe in total. Spain is growing also in terms of online and mobile penetration, albeit slowly: Following a surge in 2009, growth is continuing at less than 5% per year.

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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). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Russia currently has the largest online market in Europe. These steps will help to increase transparency and ensure effective cooperation between entrepreneurs, investors, and state agencies in the field of venture capital investments in Russian online projects. Asia Entrepreneur Europe Insider' Russia in numbers.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 7, 2010

Perfecto Mobile Handset Cloud service now on Sony Ericsson - According to Forrester Research, testing is the fastest growing segment of the applications outsourcing industry. Israeli start up Perfecto Mobile is well-positioned to capture the value from the growing number of applications with its Handset Cloud service for mobile app testing.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

(Many of these founders generationally have been conditioned to the see the benefits of online/mobile marketplaces in their own lives, so it would make sense to want to apply this model to other problem areas or opportunities they discover.). For instance, Rekki is in Europe and Faire is expanding through North America.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

To date our messaging has been clear, but we also could not ignore the fact that companies like Plain Vanilla Games took off quickly and became known as the fastest growing mobile game in history. focus on the mobile, agile, and smart enterprise". The big trend in technology today is the growth of mobile.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For mobile app developers, the impressive figures are enticing. After all, it’s all about reach for mobile apps. In this aspect, China’s huge market seems ripe for the taking — and which firms are better-placed to do so than homegrown startups, especially app developers looking to conquer the mobile market? billion people.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

In the past I’ve covered the rise of corporate venture capital and the growing number of Fortune 500 companies who are actively launching CVC arms or investing in startups/funds. Applications for various programs in Europe and Israel are open. Start on Android – is a suite of tools aimed at mobile app developers.

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Jason Ball

APRIL 1, 2008

Continuing with the Startup Events theme , I thought I’d start posting what I’m seeing around Europe. Conor over at Argolon gave me the low-down on what’s happening on the green isle: Dublin has traditionally been the mobile dev centre here (Movidia, Newbay, Xiam, Puca, S3, Rococo etc etc) and I think that is still the case.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

Even in 2006, when I joined Bessemer Venture Partners, there was still a lot of skepticism in the Silicon Valley around SaaS (one of my first blog post in 2006 was titled: “W hy I disagree with Tony Zingale — CEO of Mercury Interactive — on the future of SaaS "). More and more champions will be built out of Europe.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

The quantitative combination of an initial approach that is high-volume, but later selectively filtered results in a higher percentage outcome of winners, and larger dollar-weighted bets on companies that are successful. startupcto

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. Deutschland.

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Babbling VC

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

There's a saying in venture capital that goes "Bet on the jockey and not on the horse!" When you ask me what I like about venture capital and why I again, no matter how hard I try not to, get jealous about not being in the Valley, it's this. We have a couple small mafias emerging here in Europe too.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 1949, with the detection of the first Soviet nuclear weapons test, the Iron Curtain falling across Europe and the fall of China to the Communists, Cold War paranoia drove the U.S. military to rearm and mobilize.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Reply – Quote Markku says: 21 June, 2010 at 23:03 I would appreciate a a pointer towards a lo-cost, hi-Q iPhone developer Reply – Quote Dario Fornarelli: Tipsandtrip, un Taccuino Per i Viaggi Via Web e Mobile - Creoweb says: 22 June, 2010 at 00:41 [.] fonder une startup pour moins de 10’000 [.]

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Instead of increasing the tax burden on these companies driving job creation, why not take full advantage of this evolution of the tax law to position France as the most attractive country for entrepreneurs in Europe? Indeed, France enjoys the highest penetration rate for broadband in Europe (32.7% for France vs. 26.5%

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Babbling VC

MAY 13, 2010

Am I delusional to think that we’re not going to feel the effects of Greece in Europe or any of the other macroeconomic problems? Money is available for start-ups in Europe and in my opinion, the consolidation of venture capital and the private equity scene is past the worst. You can make money focusing on Europe.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

Booking.com is the unquestioned leader in online travel in Europe, and represents a substantial portion of TPG’s astounding $35B market capitalization. Booking.com was not always the online leader in Europe – in fact they were a disrupter stealing the flag from other large incumbents. But it didn’t play out that way.

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Jason Ball

MAY 7, 2009

Today we announced the Qualcomm Ventures Business Plan Competion. It's open to startups in the US, Europe, China and India. Semi-finalists from each region will win $100k, and then compete for a further $150k at the Qualcomm Ventures CEO Summit in November. Mobile platforms. Tags: Venture Capital.

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gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

The company has raised a $5 million in venture capital thus far from First Round Capital, IA Ventures, NEA, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, Ashton Kutcher, Max Levchin and Aaron Levie. Cloud Computing News. Collaboration. Ex-Facebookers launch MemSQL to make your database fly. By Derrick Harris. 4 Comments.

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Jason Ball

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Started off as mobile content player, expanded into everything – including tv. Tags: Venture Capital. Also, I was at Noah earlier in the month; company after company spewed out fantastic stats: Betfair- online betting, 6.5m trades per day, 5 bn pageviews per month, 2.5m Zed- entertainment ( [link] ).

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Some examples: AI will be the new mobile. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Billion in VC funding.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

www.readwriteweb.com

JUNE 13, 2011

startupcto

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

The Brisbane-based creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride were acquired by Onan Games in 2012, but still deserve an honorable mention for being Australia’s answer to global mobile gaming giants King.com and Rovio. Accelerators.

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Jason Ball

JANUARY 11, 2011

Spotify is a great example of a company that has taken Europe by storm because it’s a Great Product (mobile product is not great though. They did exactly the same with the iPod (which was more like the iWhat? back when it launched). which is too bad…keep working on it guys).

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. Mobility, Cybersecurity and health have seen a number mega rounds and acquisitions in the last two years Israel enjoyed a bumper year in 2019, with exits totalling a record $4.1

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