Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We’ve also worked with our Partner, Dana Kibler who is also our CFO for nearly 20 years. The Upfront VII and Growth teams are made up of 10 partners: 6 leading investment activities & 4 supporting portfolio companies including Talent, Marketing, Finance & Operations.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2012

Following is a guest post from Cyril about the program along with a link to their Demo Day event in San Francisco on June 18th. The remaining traps to avoid are in the fields of logistics, distribution, financing and fundraising, among others.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

However after spending a week teaching 130 entrepreneurship students, ~35% of them women, and then walking through ~100+ WeWork and TechSpace offices in New York, I get the impression that the number of women leading startups in New York is much higher than in the San Francisco Bay area. Lessons Learned.

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Silicon Valley New York City New York Venture Capital 120

SiliconHills

APRIL 10, 2020

The company, founded in 2010, is based in San Francisco but has a large presence and office in Austin. Austin-based Elsewhere Partners led the financing round. Airbrake, which makes software that tracks errors in web apps, announced this week it has raised $11 million in funding. Airbrake has an interesting history.

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San Francisco Austin Finance Web 141

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Accelerator facilities like Dog Patch Labs , launched by leading US venture capital firm Polaris Venture Partners, host music discovery platform Seevl , Guitar Hero-like software Riffstation and big data management tool Logentries , to name a few. The city also hosts the must-go tech conferences Web Summit and F.ounders.

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North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Avataar Ventures invests exclusively in companies which fit these criteria: “$15 Million + in Annual Recurring Revenues; Strong Tech-Led B2B & SaaS Companies; Core Operations in India/ South East Asia; Open to Active Partnering.” As such, there are 3 stakeholders when building a thesis: the investing Partners, the LPs and the founders. .

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Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. San Francisco, CA. San Francisco, California. Sometimes these loans have a valuation cap and/or a discount. We respect your anonymity feel free to directly email us. Crunch Daily.

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Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 29, 2013

In short, you’re going to want to look for the best funding partner (or collection of partners) possible, rather than just focusing locally. At the end of the day, you’ll want to find the best partner(s) that meets your specific needs and situation. Look global and local.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. 1) Twitter. 4) WhatsApp. 7) Shopify.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. Uber initially worked well primarily within the San Francisco city limits. It now has high liquidity from South San Jose to Napa. Coverage density.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Mark said that the beauty of Silicon Valley isn’t the money available for financing it’s the money available for exits. Mark also pointed out that the number of investments he personally makes in San Francisco has dropped by 90%. Often my sons are in the car when I’m talking with entrepreneurs or my partners about deals.

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Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley San Francisco Technical Review 105

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week.

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Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? he promised me he’d drop Corp Dev knowledge), who along with Aditi Maliwal (runs our FinTech practice) will be based in San Francisco.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2017

Lindel joined Foundry Group as a partner to lead the fund investing activity of Foundry Group Next. One of our recent investments, offered by Founder Collective (FC) – an eight-year-old manager with offices in Boston and San Francisco – is an excellent example of what we look for when we invest in funds offered by other managers.

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Founder LP Technical Review Seed Stage 75

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Through this journey, we have raised the visibility of fundamental issues like the causes of exorbitantly high infant entrepreneur mortality and alerted the entrepreneur community with a simple observation: Entrepreneurship = (Customer + Revenue + Profits); Financing is Optional. The rest of the services are for paying members only.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

San Diego ›. View More in San Diego ›. San Francisco ›. View More in San Francisco ›. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. San Diego Events ›. San Francisco Events ›. San Diego Home. San Diego Events. San Diego Jobs. View More in New York › ›. Ben Elowitz.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

To discuss this seismic shift, Rodolfo Gonzalez, partner at Foundation Capital and one of the only major Silicon Valley investors from Mexico, will be joined by the CEOs of Rappi, Bitso, and Runa HR?—?three due in large part to the rising costs in San Francisco and economic booms elsewhere. particularly in the Heartland?—?due

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. You can find a technologist to join you as a partner, for half of the company’s equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. We made changes and Greg was a gentleman throughout the process rather than berating us for our performance (it was our first partners’ meeting).

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Not surprisingly, San Francisco was the top startup region, with New York City in second place and Boston in third. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Have an account? You can check out all of the interesting startup data in LinkedIn’s infographic below.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Of all VC Partners studied, just 10% identified as Asian, 1% as African-American, and less than 1% as Latino.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Cofounder Technical Review 114

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

So went back to school, got my M B A from N Y U and had a very brief stint in finance. Felt like I had to try out finance just because I had my M B A from N Y U, and that's what people from Y U did. 70% of majors went into were finance majors, and I tried it, tried it out. At the time, there were about 10,000 other companies.

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Venezuela Cofounder Finance Global 73

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 20, 2023

He is co-founder of Monograph Capital, a life sciences venture firm in London and San Francisco, and was previously CEO of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford. He was the founding CEO of Ticketmaster-Citysearch and was a partner at McKinsey & Company. So in 2007, they had no position in consumer finance.

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Artificial Inteligence San Francisco Framework Cofounder 65

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

The Future of Search Series is presented by SES San Francisco Conference & Expo , the leading interactive digital and online marketing event. The Future of Search Series is presented by SES San Francisco Conference & Expo , the leading interactive digital and online marketing event. Top From Our Partners.

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Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

We are ready to go national with expansion deals already in place in Seattle and San Francisco. While the lack of proper access to financing is one of the premiere inhibitors of farm growth, it’s one of the least addressed. We view regulatory bodies not as hurdles, but as partners in the commercialization process.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Harvest Portfolio 91

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Last Tuesday, while I was enjoying a week off the grid, AvidXchange announced they had raised a $225 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures. This was an atypical investment for us as we participated in the financing through our Foundry Group Select fund. But then Mike called me about some more stuff a week later.

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North Carolina Finance Charlotte Advisory Board 70

allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

Looking at 115 financings of tech and life sciences companies, in Q2 the well-known tech-focused law firm saw “up” rounds accounting for 74 percent, while “down” ones were 11 percent. Two big-ticket financings upped the Q2 number, which would have been 70 percent if they were removed. Kramer and Michael J.

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Valuation Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review 45

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

The partners actually welcome the lack of separation between work and personal life — “if we are home and not working, we do not feel comfortable, and that is great.&# And don’t forget the other coworkers who could become potential partners or clients down the road. Have an account? instead of having to travel home.

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Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2013

By Ali Behnam, co-founder of Riviera Partners. Many CEOs want each department (Finance, Product Management, Sales, Board, etc.) Prior to co-founding Riviera Partners , Ali Behnam co-founded and acted as EVP, Operations & Services at PeopleMover. He and his wife and their two children currently reside in San Francisco, CA.

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Hiring San Francisco Due Diligence Cofounder 214

Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2013

” Michelle and her business partner Andrew Ekelem are the founders of Chariot Mobility, a company dedicated to updating the manual wheelchair to a low-profile, efficient and ergonomic chair that better serves the needs of its users. Within a year, Freja hopes to be selling VegiMeat in San Francisco.

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California Sacramento San Francisco Entrepreneur 66

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Young founders tend to complicate things too much, from structuring partnership agreements, financing, leases, etc. Some entrepreneurs think it’s a luxury to have accounting, finance, or other support functions, but it’s important not to be afraid of spending resources early on for administrative efficiency. startupcto'

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Inside Twitter’s New San Francisco Headquarters [PICS]. A year or so ago the news was that Google and or YouTube was going to help small partners/studios with funding that would be recovered by ADD revenue. Top From Our Partners. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners. Flag this comment.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

SiliconHills

JULY 16, 2012

Last week at San Francisco Bakery and Café on Anderson Lane, Paula Soileau, cofounder and partner at Affintus Scientific Hiring, sat down with me to talk about her startup. Before Affintus, Soileau worked at the American Heart Association as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer.

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San Francisco Cofounder Austin Startup 116

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I’m super proud to announce that DataSift has just completed a $42 million financing round coming at the end of a year where its revenue grew several hundred percent year-over-year. In the B round we invested the maximum amount we could alongside the lead – Scale Venture Partners. We knew we had a winner.

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Iran API San Francisco Nigeria 358

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Gordon is also operating director of Zynga and director at Amazon, both sFund partners.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

Business Tools: Salesforce.com opened their core services to partners via API, enabling them to innovate and extend Salesforce services. APIs may be deployed privately — for internal or partner use — or publicly for broadest dissemination. Top From Our Partners. Money and Finance Lists. 56,028 followers.

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API Cloud Web Social Media 68

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As an example, we estimate that ride-sharing revenues in San Francisco are well north of 10X what taxis and black cars were providing prior to the launch of ride-sharing. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days. Interested in “Unlocking Wealth” Yourself?

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