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Venture Capital is About Human Capital

Both Sides of the Table

We help founders through difficult moments, we help coach, we act as sparring partners, we help them resolve conflicts when they’re fighting with co-founders and we help them deal with adversity as well as successes. Fundamentally venture capital is about human capital. The role of VC is sparring partner.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. For example, I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital in: – Plated.com is a meal kit company, delivering you the recipe and fresh ingredients to make a gourmet meal in your own kitchen.

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How can startups engage Amazon and AWS

VC Cafe

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). Deliveroo), but in comparison with Google and Microsoft, Amazon has yet to launch an official Corporate Venture arm (read more about the rise of corporate VC here ).

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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. Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. VC Financings: 1. 15mm in Series A.

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17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading

Up and Running

And, there’s a good reason why; it includes back-to-back essays on mobile, high-growth startups and technology. The Andreesen Horowitz blog is the work of the famous VC firm’s partners and covers all things software in Silicon Valley and beyond. Hunter is a partner at Homebrew and previously led consumer product management at YouTube.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising.

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Meet the 32 Israeli Centaurs that reached $100M in ARR

VC Cafe

The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Scaling to $100 Million from Bessemer Venture Partners. It’s more of a reflection of investor appetite and belief in future growth potential.