The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies. Another frequent partner for Hauser Private Equity is the Santa Monica-based Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. Digital Transformation.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Benchmark is an investor in Rover through a merger with DogVacay in 2017). The most noteworthy of these is likely Upwork (*), a company that formed from the merger of Elance and Odesk. VIPKid links students in China who want to learn English with native English speaking tutors in the United States and Canada.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why get into the venture capital side of the business? I first got into venture capital about 10 years ago and I love my job. Unlike many venture capital firms that invest in certain geographic regions or specific technologies and sectors, Foundry Group’s investing activity is largely driven by a thematic approach.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

2018 set yet another all-time record for the number of paper books sold in the United States, as has been repeatedly true during the era of Amazon. He also had backing from well-known venture capital investors like Union Square Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and even Richard Branson.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Jenny Lee, a partner at venture capital firm GGV Capital which has a presence in both the US and China, also observes that in the US, the willingness to pay for an app is pretty high — especially for a utility tool, which is what CooTek’s TouchPal X Keyboard essentially is. But on the other hand they have more time.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

For example, in the United States, freight railroads have a deep moat. It’s one that many venture capital–funded startups deploy. Moats built on efficient scale apply to a small number of businesses, like the aforementioned freight rail operators. Dig a deep moat. They own the tracks. Image source ).

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