Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Finnish startup successes on a global stage include MySQL , F-Secure , Rovio , Habbo , Playfish , The Switch , Tectia , Trulia and Linux. Startup Accelerators: Startup Sauna and Vigo which includes Lifeline Ventures , KoppiCatch , and Veturi. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. Startup Blog: Arctic Startup.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital.

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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. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? Of course we can’t.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

That’s on average the time venture capital investors spend on a pre-seed pitch deck, according to the latest Dropbox/Docsend funding research report. Stake – can the fund secure it’s minimum stake in the business? 2 and a half minutes. The time spent on reviewing decks went down compared to 2021.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Venture Summit | West , presented by youngStartup Ventures, is one of many upcoming events helping both startups seeking capital and exposure, and investors seeking new deals. Click Here to Register Now and Secure your Place , or to offer to present as a startup or venture capital investor.

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David Teten

JULY 29, 2011

A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital ‘s summer intern class. Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The pandemic has caused a severe downturn in global economies. Venture capital firms have become more discerning where they put their limited funds to use, and banks have always been anti-startup in their business dealings. Several larger companies already had infrastructure and security protocols to enable a quick switch.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Among these opportunities, the chance to pitch an investor and secure funding is perhaps the greatest of all — at least in the early stages of your startup career — as it can ultimately determine the long-term fate of your company. Ultimately, these advantages helped us secure the funding we needed.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

And if they do, they complain about lack of global potential or misunderstand my product completely. “Do Not all entrepreneurs are aware of the responsibilities associated with receiving venture capital. The truth is that venture capital is not for every entrepreneur. Why a ‘no’ can be a good thing.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

They had unique technology, but needed help better explaining why that mattered to buyers who were stuck in the old ways of thinking about network security risk, products and categories. When FireEye became my client, their revenues were stalled in the low millions of dollars a year.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 19, 2023

In the fast-paced world of technology and venture capital, a new player has emerged, poised to significantly impact the startup ecosystem. Big Sky Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm , has recently announced the launch of its inaugural fund, with $20 million in capital commitments.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 29, 2022

Latest estimates are that the 65 zettabytes (1 zettabyte = 1 billion terabytes) of global data in 2020 will have nearly tripled by 2025**. The situation is untenable, leading all companies we spoke to have put cloud data security on their list of priorities for this year. You have to eliminate the headache.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. ”Copying, adopting and adapting,” is not the same as ”competing, innovating and creating” in a global market.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Finnish startup successes on a global stage include MySQL , F-Secure , Rovio , Habbo , Playfish , The Switch , Tectia , Trulia and Linux. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. Yet Tekes does that and is trying to act like a government-run Venture Capital firm. And they should give themselves a 5-10 year plan to do so.

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2017

Chris Rust – Clear Ventures – Predictions for Enterprise IT 2017 – https://medium.com/@chrisrust/clear-predictions-for-enterprise-it-in-2017-2605a5498954#.e6nr2sa9x. Deloitte – Global TMT Predictions 2017 – https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/tmt-predictions.html.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 21, 2023

seed round , alongside Third Kind Venture Capital, SPEILLLP , Sancus Ventures, 500 Global, and Balaji Srinivasan. dShares (Dinari Securities Backed Tokens) offer access to securities such as Apple, Google, and Tesla stock. We are excited to announce our investment in Dinari’s $7.5m

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

We were roommates at the time and launched two different companies out of a kind-of dumpy apartment: We both went on to raise millions in venture capital and build meaningful businesses in interesting spaces. We look for projects and protocols that can rethink major classes of global commerce. But we never lost the finance bug.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. ”Copying, adopting and adapting,” is not the same as ”competing, innovating and creating” in a global market.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Disruptive innovation leads to the creative destruction of businesses that once seemed pre-eminent and secure. Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. Apple owned 0%.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As a testament to the growing power of “the creator economy,” visual content creation app development startup Lightricks has secured an impressive $130 million investment round, at a valuation of $1.8 Hanaco Venture Capital is a fund located in New York and Tel Aviv that invests in developing and late-stage startups from across the world.

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Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 144

SiliconHills

JULY 15, 2015

Ziften, which develops security software, Wednesday announced it has raised $24 million. The Austin-based startup reported that Spring Mountain Capital led the funding with participation from Fayez Sarofim, an early investor in Ziften. The company plans to use the money to market its products globally.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Opening Night Happy Hour and Keynote with Scott Kupor: Secrets of Sandhill Road | Fundraising Track Joshua Baer , Founder and CEO at Capital Factory, delved into the transforming realm of venture capital with Scott Kupor , Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Prior to working with Citius, he helped global businesses generate up to $200M in annual recurring revenue and realise valuations of $1Bn+. Mitul also has a tremendous knowledge of sales systems, having built and led global GTM teams of 70+ people in Sales (inc. billion in market capital. Passenger Processing in the Pandemic.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Brett started his career in technology development at a large global management and was a very strong performer. However, as with many young consultants, Brett became interested in going back to graduate school to secure an MBA. Its mission is to be the global place where those who analyzed and shared data collaborate.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

financial probe digs into a murky industry , "So far there is exactly one person [Don Chu of Primary Global] who works for an expert network with any specific allegations against them." How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies.and Buy a Company with Private Equity Backing.

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Networking Private Equity SEC Software Review 122

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

When he had his prototype solution for DataSift and had secured re-syndication rights (the rights to resell Twitter data – which only 3 companies ever had) I knew I wanted to work with him. He travelled tirelessly to clients, data partners and to the UK to make sure the global organization was synchronized.

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Founder CTO Hire Silicon Valley Leadership 309

VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2023

As Dina Sherif of MIT and Pia Sawhney of Armory Square Ventures point out in their excellent OpEd in CNBC last week , and as Elisabeth McBride and I discussed in much longer form writing in The New Builders , smaller banks provide critical infrastructure for our entrepreneurial communities – especially women and people of color.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley Community Portfolio 87

Pascal's View

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Kelly Slone, director of the Medical Industry Group of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA ) posted an important article on October 7 on the NVCAccess blog, clearly calling out that the unintended consequences of FDA regulations have precipitated a full-blown crisis in medical innovation in the U.S.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Rapid technological innovation has altered global business patterns and relationships, and left individual workers, companies, and even entire industries wondering what the future holds for them. Now throw in a global pandemic. But inequitable access to seed-stage capital is a pervasive structural issue.

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Technical Review America Government Silicon Valley 28

Campus Entrepreneurship

MAY 6, 2013

Some thoughts on impact investing from Cohen and Sahlam in HBR : We believe we are on the threshold of a major change not unlike the early days of the modern venture capital industry. In the mid-1960s and early 1970s, a new type of investment vehicle was created: the professionally managed venture capital partnership.

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David Teten

JUNE 3, 2014

For the third year in a row, ff Venture Capital is co-sponsoring the New York Demo Day for Georgia Tech’s Flashpoint Accelerator, along with HBS Alumni Angels of NY. We met Ionic Security, one of our portfolio companies, at their first Demo Day a few years ago. SUNY Global Center , 116 East 55th St. New York, NY 10022.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 24, 2010

My remarks explained the relationship between the long-term decline in America’s global competitiveness, the impact of the capital markets crisis on new investment in research and development, and specifically addressed Senate Bill 515 , the pending U.S. legislation that will transform the U.S.

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Intellectual Property Global San Francisco Technical Review 52

David Teten

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Speakers confirmed so far include: Paul Bianco , CEO, Graphite Financial (ff Venture Capital spinoff). Mike Ryan , Co-founder + CEO, Bullet Point Network.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Rise of Global Tech Hubs An exciting shift in recent years is the emergence of new technological hubs across the globe. This global expansion means startups now have a wider array of ecosystems to choose from, each with its unique advantages, resources, and challenges.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2017

Decentralized connectivity in my mind is not just blockchain, but the combination of edge computing, advanced data analytics (including AI and machine learning), better security, and the internet of things. This global, truly connected (peer to peer, not through intermediaries), and smarter network will benefit all of humanity.

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Finance Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Internet 53

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It took me some time to figure out a title and I eventually settled for “Building European Champions” as the region has proven its ability to generate very successful venture outcomes and will continue to be the birthplace of many successful technology companies. This low entry barrier should accelerate the pace of innovation.

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