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Observations from my trip to India

Version One Ventures

Version One has made only one investment in the region ( Headout , a fast growing marketplace for travel experiences) and I had written a small LP cheque into an emerging fund manager ( 1947 Rise , run by the awesome Shiva Sangwan ). I had only a few connections in India before this trip.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts.

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Bitesize Friday – Israeli Funding Recap

VC Cafe

Benchmark Capital and existing investors including Mangrove Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners funded the round for future product development, likely for iPad related Flash content (more here ). NGN Capital; Peregrine Ventures Buyer Funds: NGN BioMed Opportunity II LP. Battery Ventures. Feb-2-2010. Feb-2-2010.

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How to Go From Google Engineer to First-Time CTO

firstround.com

I was their first full-time engineering hire and I helped build out the team and set the agenda for product development. Leaving Google to join Redbeacon was one of the best decisions I ever made. Platform Team. First Round Capital. Management And Company Building. Categories. © 2013 First Round Capital. All Rights Reserved. ).

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

The first time I used the words “pre-seed” (yes, the initial use was in all lower-case, but then became upper-case over time) was on June 27, 2013, at the K9 Ventures LP Meeting. Where did the term Pre-Seed come from? Here are the two relevant slides from that meeting. They talk about how deal sizes and stages were changing even back then.