VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

From consumer level applications such as blockchain gaming like our portfolio company Rebel Bots , to infrastructure level of 3D content management systems in the cloud like our portfolio company Echo3D.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

The Innovation Portfolio. Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. If the startup is acquired for its IP, talent or revenue, it should be rapidly integrated into the acquirer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

So when I meet with GRP portfolio companies that do enterprise sales I try to emphasize the following: 1. Importantly, make sure that you retain IP rights to your custom work which needs to be part of the engagement contract. At a minimum co-ownership of the IP. [it's all in this article if you want the details].

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But the value that a strong patent portfolio can give your company is unmatched. A wiser strategy—especially for key revenue-potential products—includes a portfolio of patents protecting the product’s various unique functionalities and component parts. Proper alignment between the patent portfolio and revenue is financially savvy.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. If high U.S. However, the U.S.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

The NFTs are owned by celebrities, tech execs and investors, and the NFT owners own 100% of the IP on their Apes and are able to generate derivative income from creating products bearing the apes picture: music, fashion, food/drink etc.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

They own the IP. Our portfolio company Madskil is pioneering an interesting approach in this space. Players may have a dream job, but the game publishers have all the power, as recently picked up by Wired magazine : “Publishers made a game. They sell the game. Anything having to do with the games has to go through them.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. This allows a VC to put more capital to work in their past portfolio companies with relatively little extra effort. – Provide hands-on operational support for portfolio companies.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Mistake #2 : not buttoning-down IP ownership issues (at 10:20). Mistake #2: Not Buttoning-Down IP Ownership Issues. CA exception – CA Labor Code Section 2870: (i) different space, (ii) not using employer’s facilities and (iii) idea/IP is not based upon work done for employer. Are they good guys or jerks?

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Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies? Prior to the event, I conducted a legal workshop entitled “The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make,” which I have uploaded below. Are they good guys or jerks? Can they be counted-on and trusted? Do they share your vision for the venture?

Software Review 111

Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Instead you need to find the patterns, where I can build a single piece of IP or technology and then “sell it” to all the combatant commands and services equally.” It’s working on a portfolio of 32 products in 6 verticals across the DOD. You’re not finding the one-off custom projects to come build. Lessons Learned.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement IP United States 174

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

You can buy shares in several different stocks, sure, but that doesn’t truly diversify your portfolio. You’ll still be at the mercy of stock market trends, and you may lose your entire portfolio in an especially bad market. This is because there’s no limit on how much the value of an IP can increase.

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Intellectual Property IP Stock Equity 99

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I called a bunch of portfolio companies and asked them to check it out. And even more pertinent to you specifically at your startup … The number of companies I talk to (or even portfolio companies) who are dismissive of their competitors is enormous. I think that’s pretty cool in the way Pandora helps me explore new music.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

C8 Sciences ( [link] ) markets web-delivered cognitive development programs based on Yale IP of integrated computer and physical exercises. Cell>Point ( www.cellpointweb.com ) is a late-stage biotech-molecular imaging and therapeutics company with strong IP. Docphin ( [link] ) is the Bloomberg for doctors.

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Technical Review New York Accredited Investor IP 128

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

If the companies in their portfolio don’t have much in common with yours, it’s usually better to look elsewhere. If that’s the case, and they don’t consider investing in two competitors to be a conflict of interest, ask them how they protect founder IP and other proprietary assets. Draw upon connections to help get an audience.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 118

Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

This produced two successful intra-portfolio acquisitions where one team joined a larger startup we previously seeded (Chime and Bowery Farming were the buyers) and a whole bunch of other transactions. If over the course of the next year you see any Homebrew portfolio company try this out, I’ll let you know! Very different.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. Ask other portfolio companies how your VC acted when / if they got in a cash pinch. Would they be willing to put a bridge loan in place if need be? Do they think you ought to be cutting back on expenses to give you a longer runway to raise cash?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement IP Startup 259

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? I want our associate to have empathy for the customers we serve — our portfolio companies. I finally called bullshit. Was I too harsh?

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . One major player pushing forward this vision is Jack Mallers’ Strike , a simple app that allows anyone to use the Lightning Network with a USD bank account.

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Networking Global OTC Security 168

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. Your deck should be so good that a VC asks you for permission to show it to his or her portfolio companies.

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IP Differentiation Salary Sales 239

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The underlying tech was developed at Cornell (like many of the companies in the CVF portfolio). There are actually four people named on the IP and it was a multi-disciplinary project…This was the first product to come out of our department.”.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review IP 65

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

As more investors have more touch points with a “Softbank round” in their portfolio, a picture emerges — rounds here often take a long time to close. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. The fear of them investing in a competitor is real. In the meantime, we have what we have today.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

We talked about several markets — security, defense, professional (DSLRs), consumer (Point-and-Shoots), mobile (cell phones), IP licensing, lens adapters, etc. Almost every VC firm came back with how they either don’t do hardware, or they don’t do IP licensing plays.

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Technical Review IP New York Portfolio 134

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2021

How does the portfolio of all our activities – owned, earned, paid media, promotions etc. Our innovative approach… Due to non-public IP, it is a cluster I can’t tell you much about. It answers the hardest questions a CMO asks: What is the true incrementality of all my marketing spend? What is the bottom line (ex.,

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Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131

VC Cafe

MARCH 17, 2023

Echo3D , a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, works with developers to manage their 3D assets in the cloud and make the content work smoothly across platforms (VR, PC, Mobile, etc) and get model level analytics. “It Also, it’s hard to change habits in existing workflows IP concerns (who owns it? is it protectable?)

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Generative AI Stealth IP San Francisco 195

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

The physical office hasn’t been rendered obsolete by any means, but IP video conferencing has fundamentally changed how and with whom many people work on a daily basis. For example, Upserve , a NextView portfolio company, is an all-in-one tech platform (POS, payments, CRM/loyalty, BI) to help restaurants better serve their customers.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Allot Communications -a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology. Fring - fring is a mobile social communication hub that lets users communicate and share web-based experiences over IP all from one integrated contact list on their mobile devices.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio.

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Intellectual Property Social Media Non-disclosure Agreement Media 237

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 29, 2022

For example, our portfolio company Hour One allows you to create videos straight from text featuring virtual presenters, driving the cost of video creation down. . In the near-term we will have to figure out copyright, proper accreditation and IP issues. The long term impact could erode trust and turn us into cynical human beings.

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Generative AI Media ChatGPT Social Media 88

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

Another great strategy is to ask to meet with some of their portfolio companies if you think your tech would be relevant to them as potential customers. That way your VC meeting becomes a sales lead AND the VC can get input from a trusted source (a portfolio company) without having to immediately commit more time. Compelling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2012

Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Accountability. Team members need to feel responsibility for on-time delivery.

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Intellectual Property IP Valuation .Net 247

David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. You can’t be stopped. You have a window. The time is now. All the A players will work with you now if you are strong. All the rewards go to those who can survive. Techstars is here to help. We’re going to keep growing and keep investing.

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Founder Valuation Startup IP 174

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Flexible VC offers you this. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. The Start-Up Genome Project , which aims to map, model and analyze what makes start-ups tick, identified IP as a top source of competitive advantage for start-ups. Finally, start-ups should explore their options for either bringing IP tasks in house or outsourcing them.

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