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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. The Europe goal was shaped by three random things: My father is from South America and his native language is Spanish (although his father was from Romania and escaped oppression there).

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. He grew up in Colombia, South America. ” I said, “Why?”

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Mission accomplished: Startup Visa Canada is here

Version One Ventures

In 2010, Cristian and Mircea arrived in Vancouver from Romania to start a new company. This talented pair had a big idea, strong endorsements, and venture-capital backing from top tier investors like Accel. The initiative was inspired by the immigration struggles of the talented Summify team.

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Startup venture and alumni funds

VC Cafe

According to the 2019 Annual European Venture Report by PitchBook , European startups raised €32.4 Corporate venture capital (CVC) represented 45% of the total capital raised. The fund is done in partnership with several top tier venture capital funds including Accel, A16Z, KPCB, Spark Capital and others.

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

Both Sides of the Table

His father, my grandfather, ended up in South America after fleeing Jewish oppression in Romania. They called the partner in America responsible for the project, Grieg Coppe, put him on the phone and he said, “what the hell are you doing there?” I left Accenture a year before making Partner. My grandfather. Ok, maybe I was.

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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

VC Cafe

with less competition and a large market, Snaptu has been able to generate revenues through mobile ads and operated a revenue share with its partners. One of the differentiators of Snaptu, is that the company chose the feature-phone market as its core audience.

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2020 Accel Euroscape: Decacorn Unleashed

Cracking the Code

We've invested $5B+ in more than 250 companies and feel privileged to have partnered with category-defining companies such as Atlassian, Crowdstrike, Docusign, Dropbox, Slack and UiPath. The founders refocused their foundation to help fight COVID in Romania, achieving a massive impact. And Europe has shown even greater acceleration.

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