BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

6 portfolio companies raised Series A financings including Manifold , Hypr , and 4 unannounced, 1 raised a Series B (unannounced), and Security Scorecard raised a $28mm Series C. Expect this trend to continue and what this means is that CIOs will take a portfolio approach, make some bets, and double down on their winners.

Cloud 60

Cloud Cofounder Portfolio Advisory Board 60

YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2020

It is simple to add to your existing portfolio of products providing a broader spectrum of products and services for your customers. For example, if you are an MSP, SIP trunk reselling is a straightforward addition to your services that don’t require any additional staff to manage. SIP Reselling Is a Win-Win. SIP Trunk Providers.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review IP Internet Audio 147

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, Of Indie.VC’s portfolio, 60% of investments are not in NY, CA, or MA.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed. Yet in the face of all this change, traditional firms continue to embrace a management ethos that values efficiency over innovation. To manage these employees companies create metrics to control, measure and reward execution.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

This presents a big change for Microsoft , who in a different era would’ve have looked so favorably toward open source — they will sunset internal repository Codeplex in an effort to bring Microsoft tooling to a new cadre of developers. 4/ “Readjust Your Comps” With GitHub price at $7.5B

Acquisition 71

Acquisition Azure Open Source Seattle 71

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. Too often, investment structures force the management team to make decisions between misaligned growth and investment (return) objectives. Early liquidity.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2013

Short run manufacturing is getting cheaper and cheaper due to robot manufacturing and improved supply chain management techniques. Arduino and other open source hardware platforms are reducing costs in the same way open source software reduced costs for web companies.

Open Source 102

Open Source Venture Capital Software Review Aggregator 102

ConversionXL

MAY 6, 2021

From sales pages to your products, or even your About page, the content management system you choose can make a big difference in growing your business and driving sales. If you’re a large organization, switching your content management system comes with a high cost. Image source ).

Software Review 91

Software Review Technical Review Hosting SEO 91

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Of course it’s much harder to identify “emerging managers” who it turns out have been some of the best performers over the past 5-7 years such as Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, First Round Capital, True Ventures, Greycroft, Foundry Group, Thrive and Upfront Ventures. and the bigger funds can’t get in directly.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year was a banner year as boldstart portfolio cos raised over $150mm of follow on capital from some of the top Series A and B investors (highlights below). This means more collaboration with the Fortune 500 and more go-to-market experience as our portfolio companies navigate their path to first customers.

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2019

Yet there are clear advantages to the parallel approach, if you have the moxy, resources, energy bandwidth, and the ability to multi-task effectively: A portfolio approach versus all eggs in one basket. Investors have long argued the value of a portfolio to hedge and leverage the risk, so why shouldn’t entrepreneurs do the same?

Bandwidth 247

Bandwidth Portfolio Cofounder Angel Investor 247

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The largest and most successful US franchises — Blackrock (founded 1988), Vanguard (founded 1975), and Fidelity (founded 1946) — are now managing close to $20 trillion in assets. . We’ve had the pleasure of working with both of them at our portfolio company Top Hat. Gadze is the brainchild of Mike Silagadze and Andrew McGrath.

Finance 78

Finance Portfolio Open Source Differentiation 78

BeyondVC

JANUARY 5, 2022

With COVID raging at the beginning and end of the year, it is all the more amazing what our portfolio companies have accomplished the last twelve months. A number of open source projects will become a DAOs (decentralized autonomous organization) instead of pursuing the classic venture backed model. 2021 Recap.

Stealth 78

Stealth Cofounder SQL Open Source 78

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A month ago, we hosted the second virtual hangout with data teams across our portfolio. We covered a wide range of topics but I want to share three questions that surfaced surrounding the theme of data management. It turns out, much of our portfolio has some sort of wiki for their data – whether that’s on Google Docs or Github.

Wiki 68

Wiki Management API Portfolio 68

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

8- More home buyers, low mortgage rates, data management, virtual reality and automated advertising. Now, open source and low code tools make it easier for developers and product teams to start experimenting and executing AI/ML into their own products and processes. Thanks to Amanda Doherty, Amanda Doherty Press ! #8-

Artificial Inteligence 110

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 110

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Companies like Fold (and soon V1 portfolio company Lolli ) offer cashback rewards for shoppers via Lightning, a Trojan horse for many people to acquire their first bitcoin. Some early open source projects include Whatsatt and Juggernaut. Other businesses are pushing mainstream Lightning adoption for shopping.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

However, you also need to know how to network, manage a business, and learn about business trends. Your flexibility will be rewarded, and you can grow your graphic design business portfolio quickly. Create A Portfolio. Your portfolio might only have a few designs in it, but you should share these things with your clients.

Design 91

Design Intellectual Property Social Media Portfolio 91

Version One Ventures

JUNE 24, 2020

Today, one of our newest portfolio companies, Cape Privacy , announced their seed fundraise in conjunction with the public launch of their privacy platform. The platform is flexible, adaptable, and open source. You can read more details about the launch here. Congratulations to the entire Cape Privacy team.

Artificial Inteligence 78

Artificial Inteligence Cofounder Open Source Portfolio 78

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Portfolio construction favors early-round capital allocation vs. company life-cycle allocation. Of course CapEx has been transformed into OpEx via changes in the tech infrastructure layer (open source, virtualization & cloud computing, offshoring, etc.). That’s no secret.

Seed Stage 175

Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Task Management. Project Management Tools. High Quality, and open sourced! Mantis (Open source). Nagios (open source). Panda (Open source). Managing APIs.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2017

Yet there are clear advantages to the parallel approach, if you have the moxy, resources, energy bandwidth, and the ability to multi-task effectively: A portfolio approach versus all eggs in one basket. Investors have long argued the value of a portfolio to hedge and leverage the risk, so why shouldn’t entrepreneurs do the same?

Bandwidth 152

Bandwidth Portfolio Angel Investor API 152

VC Adventure

APRIL 22, 2021

Today, Bolster released their Board Benchmarking survey analyzing the diversity, composition, and compensation of 250 private company boards (including over 50 Foundry portfolio companies who participated) and 650+ individual board members. Half of boards have open independent director seats they expect to fill in the next 12 months. .

Portfolio 54

Portfolio Early Stage Open Source Networking 54

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2013

. “People and machines are producing valuable information that could enrich our lives in so many ways, from pinpoint accuracy in predicting severe weather to developing customized treatments for terminal diseases, says Boyd Davis, vice president and general manager of Intel ‘s Datacenter Software Division.

Distribution 154

Distribution Software Open Source Framework 154

The Startup Toolkit

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Streak – simple CRM plugin for gmail to manage and share your sales leads. Trello – digital kanban board for project management. Basecamp – I use it for project management with external teams who don’t know our Trello workflow. Meldium – team password sharing and management.

Software Review 56

Software Review Founder Widget SMS 56

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Yet there are clear advantages to the parallel approach, if you have the moxy, resources, energy bandwidth and the ability to multi-task effectively: A portfolio approach versus all eggs in one basket. Investors have long argued the value of a portfolio to hedge and leverage the risk, so why shouldn’t entrepreneurs do the same?

Bandwidth 230

Bandwidth Entrepreneur Portfolio Angel Investor 230

BeyondVC

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Before diving into the standard year-end predictions on the enterprise, I thought I would share some data on our firm and our founding teams from 2016: we welcomed 9 new enterprise founding teams to the portfolio including Workrails (started by venture partner Jeff Leventhal), BigID , Hypr , Init.ai , and 5 stealth companies.

Stealth 60

Stealth Canada Azure Architecture 60

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Google buzz Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Expert Rackspace Hosting MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS ConVerdge Communities About Us Submit a Tip!

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2014

Tesla Motors announced yesterday it has opened its patent portfolio in hopes of encouraging other companies to create new electric vehicles. In a blog post, CEO Elon Musk said this was done “In the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.”

Intellectual Property 200

Intellectual Property California Open Source Portfolio 200

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. He also sits on the board of the Mozilla Foundation and created Second Life.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. We do this by combining elastic cloud computing abilities, powerful and efficient service management tools, and a wide range of enabled experiences – far exceeding video streaming. Craze - Company Website.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Ben's Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

Now personally responsible for the aforementioned massive risk, Alfred volunteered to leave his position as Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer to be the General Manager of the then tiny Weblogic division in the crowded, nascent Application Server market. outcome, go about starting a new company?

Acquisition 78

Acquisition Cloud Architecture Revenue 78

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Craft a killer portfolio : Now’s the time to strut your stuff. Show off what you can do with a portfolio that will really knock their socks off. Go open source : Participating in open source projects isn’t just a great way to learn and gain experience; it’s an incredible resume-builder.

Hiring 196

Hiring Startup Open Source API 196

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

You can also get great recommendations from your existing network; just be sure to research portfolios, websites and references thoroughly before making a decision to work with a particular developer. Have appropriate expectations, listen to the professionals in your employ and don’t micro-manage a design or development project.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Management plan. This section outlines your legal and management structure. A photographer’s calling card is their portfolio and work samples. There are self-hosted open-source portfolio apps available that allow you to combine your uniquely branded website with a gallery of your work.

Business Plan 64

Business Plan Small Business Administration Hiring Social Media 64

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. 7 Handy iPhone Apps for Managing Empl. Marketing Manager at Fanscape (Lo. Groupon Adds Self-Serve Deal Platform.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

David Teten

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

A similar, open-source, highly visual tool focused on VC is Venture Dealr. Ravi Bhagavan, Managing Director, BRG Capital Advisors, said, “A low-cost and often convenient form of capital for small businesses is SBA loans, which are guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. Merchant cash advances/factoring.

SBIC 60

SBIC SBA Cap Table Database 60