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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups? What are you working on now?

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. Startup companies inherently have no brand; we leverage our brand and networks to promote theirs. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.

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Deal Opacity

Haystack

5/ Copycat Culture And Stealth Mode Back En Vogue: I’ve alluded to this above and below, but now when a category gets hot, founders and capital flood it. Today in 2019, this deal information among the top VC brands is only really moving through smaller, trusted networks. In other ways, it is a significant change.

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Crisis Shmisis: Q2 2010 Closes with 40 deals and more than $400 million raised in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

The company is still in stealth… May 24, 2010 - Taykey announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a round of funding from new investor Sequoia Capital. TASE:MAYN) Infinity Private Equity Fund; Suzhou Ventures Group Co., Viola Private Equity Buyer Funds: 28. Viola Private Equity, L.P.

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Crisis Shmisis: 40 deals, more than $400 Million raised in Q2 2010 in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

The company is still in stealth… May 24, 2010 - Taykey announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a round of funding from new investor Sequoia Capital. TASE:MAYN) Infinity Private Equity Fund; Suzhou Ventures Group Co., Viola Private Equity Buyer Funds: 28. Viola Private Equity, L.P.

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Bitesize Friday – Israeli Funding Recap

VC Cafe

An undisclosed round in stealth startup ToyToyToy, which offers an online service that links websites for actual toys. Below is a recap of the private placement transactions of the last three months. Multiphy Networks Ltd. BrainsToVentures AG; Israel Cleantech Ventures Buyer Funds: b-to-v Private Equity S.C.S.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

Neural networks make up the backbone of deep learning. The “deep” in deep learning refers to the depth of layers in a neural network.) The difference between the network’s guess and the ground truth is its error. This reduces network bandwidth issues and eliminates latency issues. Examples here , here and here.