The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is an old French saying that translates literally as “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing” Before the Brexit vote there was a lot of debate about the trajectory of the venture capital markets and that has intensified considerably in the last couple of weeks.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Later posts will talk about these technologies and the startups that spun out of Stanford to build them. These posts cover two distinct periods – the first, the rise of “ Microwave Valley ” chronicles the decade of 1946-1956 as Stanford University became the hub of military/industry contracting in the Bay Area.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Emmanuel Macron during the workshop in Versailles In this context I was invited, together with a large dozen of foreign investors, to participate in a workshop to discuss what France could to do to attract more venture capital from global firms. PS: many thanks to Pia who joined us recently for her contribution to this post.

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Babbling VC

MAY 13, 2010

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. Sources of support and capital such as Seedcamp have established themselves. Even the governments are doing their part, like it or not, as is the case in France and Germany.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

Yesterday was Israel’s 68th Independence Day, and to mark the occasion, Calcalist , a leading business publication in Israel, ranked the 50 most promising private Israeli startups. NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Why are more US VCs investing in international startups? While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Companies founded by immigrants.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Why are more US VCs investing in international startups? While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Companies founded by immigrants.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York venture capitalists like HOF Capital recognize this trend, and more and more of us are opening our doors to invest in startups with international roots. I see four main reasons for this: Less capital intensive (and consequently lower valuations). Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

They’re not the only startup in this fight. An entire wave of new startups and scaleups are providing satellite imagery and analysis, satellite communications, and unmanned aerial vehicles supporting the struggle. government satellite in orbit. National Security is Now Dependent on Commercial Technology. In the U.S.,

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2021

Our current approaches – both in the past and current administration – to innovation across the government are piecemeal, incremental, increasingly less relevant and insufficient. At the same time, Russia has reemerged as a regional power. Venture capital and startups have institutionalized disruptive innovation.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 30, 2017

That probably won't have a positive effect on venture capital returns. I mean, think about it--how well do you think those late 1930's German venture capital vintages did? It's easy to take that for granted, but that's why places like Russia have trouble getting their startup community off the ground.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

If you read the headlines or talk with zealous friends you may well think cryptocurrencies are either our savior from bureaucratic, ossified governments or are purely speculative Ponzi schemes. More Stable Currency for Some Citizens of the World Some people don’t trust their governments with a national currency.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

joined a startup; has been reelected to his third term, representing the 8th district of Wisconsin; and is on the House Armed Services Committee. I think Biden said that the top threat to America was Russia. It wasn’t that they wanted to go to GSB and then make a bunch of money doing venture capital in Silicon Valley.

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