VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is there an early mover advantage for being early on a technology trend? In the first five months of 2022, more than $120 billion have been invested in building out metaverse technology and infrastructure, according to McKinsey. Also, their $1.6 Every month, there are 5B downloads of apps built in Unity.

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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. Patent Trolls.

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ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Cayuga Venture Fund recently closed an investment in a company called Agronomic Technology Corp (ATC). The underlying tech was developed at Cornell (like many of the companies in the CVF portfolio). The resulting product adapt-N has become the initial offering of Agronomic Technology. Pioneering Better Ag through Big Data.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review IP 65

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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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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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business. In the startup world, opportunities are fleeting, and obstacles are ubiquitous.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I use technology precisely to try and develop an intuitive feel about what will work and what won’t” The management team got it. I called a bunch of portfolio companies and asked them to check it out. I talked to one company who had build really differentiated IP and had great customer traction.

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Startup Guerilla Silicon Valley IP 313

David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

The evening is sponsored by a Fortune 500 medical technology company. 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.

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Technical Review New York Accredited Investor IP 128

K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

” Ren and I started brainstorming about the potential for commercializing his technology in 2005. We would chat almost every day, and sometimes spend hours hidden away in one of the empty offices across the hall doing whiteboard sessions around what would be a viable plan for taking this amazing technology out to market.

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Technical Review IP New York Portfolio 134

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

Some conclude that certain sectors or technologies — like AI, blockchain, VR — will define the next decade. Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. The impact of civilization-shaping technologies unfolds over many decades.

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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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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. Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers. Cost control & mobile least cost routing implementation.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

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? Your financial risks of starting most technology companies these days are so low. I finally called bullshit. Was I too harsh? I don’t think so.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As the technology becomes more sophisticated, we can expect to see even higher quality and formats. 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. . Troll farms are going to have a field day with this technology.

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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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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2021

It takes too long for humans to process the data through themselves, their team, the bureaucracy, the agencies, and the technology stack to convert real-time data into action. How does the portfolio of all our activities – owned, earned, paid media, promotions etc. From 2006: Is Real-Time Analytics Really Relevant? ).

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Analytics Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Campaign 131

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. Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company. Technology-centric businesses.

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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. Additionally, start-ups should know whether a country has patent laws affecting their technology.

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Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 150

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

These corporate VC activities go hand in hand with other strategies of large companies including internal R&D, IP licensing, M&A, etc. . It’s not just technology companies that have VC arms these days but also automobile manufacturers, financial services companies, energy companies, and others. .

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Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

HBS Professor Tom Eisenmann is creating a course next spring on "Launching Technology Ventures" where he is going to delve into lean start-ups, finding product-market fit, what are the key start-up activities before product-market fit and what are the most important activities afterwards, and other salient topics.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. IP Location Tools. Ad Serving Technology. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. SVPG : They want to share senior level experience and best practices with technology companies. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

Most people I think at least in the technology community know you as the inventor of Soylent and the company by the same name. It seemed like it was a field that was held back a lot mostly by people misunderstanding the technology or sloppy use of the technology. The technology is called, "Lateral flow assay."

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Technical Review Software Review Finance Technology 68

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

These corporate Innovation Outposts monitor Silicon Valley for new innovative technologies and/or companies (as emerging threats or potential tools for disruption) and then take advantage of these innovations by creating new products or investing in startups. Startups are developing IP relevant to the disruption.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

A finalist in the Health and Wearable category , which will pitch at 5 pm Sunday, March 10, X-Biomedica l is a medtech spin out from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), formed to capitalize and commercialize on cutting-edge, next generation, portable surgical visualization technologies, developed over several years in labs at CHOP.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Fresh combinations of technologies, processes, materials, people, trends, concepts, and other factors are what creates innovation. Do this experiment: Make a list of the new digital technologies (AI, Social Media, Internet of Things, Robotics). Then, make a list next to it of your existing products and IP portfolio.

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Intellectual Property Framework Agile IP 51

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. Additionally, start-ups should know whether a country has patent laws affecting their technology.

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Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 84

Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Even after the team introduced Mosaic, the world’s first browser, almost nobody thought the Internet would be significant beyond the scientific community­—least of all the most important technology industry leaders who were busy building proprietary alternatives. The implications of the propriety vision were not good.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co.

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Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

According to Pitchbook, the data and technology provider for the global private equity and venture capital markets, the year’s total for this region was a record $2.4 CrunchFund: The early stage venture capital firm invests in and works with information technology companies at any stage. Pacific Northwest. billion in 2014 and $1.4

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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. Additionally, start-ups should know whether a country has patent laws affecting their technology.

Intellectual Property 60

Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 60

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

is a $6.25M fund that is designed to do concept and seed-stage investments in technology companies. K9 expects to be an active investor in portfolio companies and will typically make only 4-6 new investments per year. Either protectable IP or at least hard IP. K9 Ventures, L.P. Twilio (Seed and Series A).

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VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Adding Convergin products to Oracle Communications portfolio is expected to enable customers with next-generation solutions to address network migration to an all IP core at significantly lower integration and hardware costs. Formerly known as PhoneDo Networks, Convergin was founded in 2000. DVTel, Inc., DVTel, Inc.,

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IP Analytics Portfolio 68

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

As he grows, he can simply focus on increasing the restaurant portfolio and getting more corporate clients. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Next week, we are focusing on entrepreneurs in Latin and Central America. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

If your idea is simple, it not only means it's easier to deliver, but also easier to sell: your app/technology is probably easier to integrate and meet another company's needs if it has a limited scope. However, this will impact the value of your IP. Blindtype posted a video on Youtube that showcased its technology. Create Buzz.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Free roaming technology – unique roaming solution which eliminates roaming costs in more than 150 countries. Ceedo Technologies.

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Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Ben's Blog

MAY 10, 2011

Skype’s founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, held an IP claim against Skype. The shifting technology landscape would tilt the playing field away from Skype. From a technology standpoint, at the time, it was impossible to field a high-quality web client or mobile product, but that time wouldn’t last.

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