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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. ShoeDazzle.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces.

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Investing in the pillars of the Metaverse

VC Cafe

Jonathan Lai, General Partner, A16Z Gaming fund. billion crypto fund, went particularly viral as Marc struggled to articulate the use case for Web3. As a firm that prides itself in being a media company, the backlash/gloating was particularly bad. Let’s define the building blocks of the Metaverse.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners.

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. The following chart compare the impact of the tsunami in 2005 on the website traffic vs. the viral marketing campaign that they launched in 2007 with Popular Media.

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. This unpaid work component is sized in dollars, added to any funds contributed, to represent the total contribution of a founding partner and converted to an equity ownership percentage in a new startup.

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Cracking The Code: Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII.

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Labels: Portfolio , Venture Capital.