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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

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In fact, in the 70’s and 80’s, the distinction was almost entirely semantic, as the military and aerospace industry invested ungodly amounts of capital to create technology breakthroughs that eventually saw wide commercial adoption in the personal computing industry. These are businesses aiming for scale and impact, not merely monetization.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech: 2016 Update

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How about Jana , which brings internet access to the developing world and boasts 30 million global users? There’s Semantic Machines , one of the best collections of AI and ML minds in the world, led by serial entrepreneur Dan Roth. Want businesses with massive reach and international presence?

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NextView Investment Themes: A Search for Authenticity

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At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. Sector: Insurance in the Internet Age. We want to do more! leehower | LinkedIn.

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NextView Investment Themes: A Search for Authenticity

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At NextView, we’ve long had a set of ethos or guiding principles behind all we do, which includes internal work as a team, external work as investors, and the lens through which we view seed-stage startups and their founding teams. Sector: Insurance in the Internet Age. We want to do more! leehower | LinkedIn.

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