Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Because kaChing prefers its portfolio managers to have a long track record, the marketplace launch (i.e., A portfolio manager’s entire track record & holdings had to be disclosed.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 5, 2017

Q1 was a busy time for our firm and portfolio companies, and here’s a brief recap of some of the various news clippings, fundraising announcements, and other happenings across the V1 community. The V1 portfolio was well represented in Techvibes’ recent Canadian Startup Awards. Portfolio companies in the news.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Neither is very strategic nor in the best interest of either set of customers that VCs have (portfolio companies & LPs). We brought Ryan Lissack down from San Francisco to become Maker’s CTO and the rest is history. He was a very key player in why Maker Studios was eventually sold for up to $950 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. million and opened another office in San Francisco. CEO Network – CEO’s from the portfolio companies are introduced to each other.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have two big winners in France, one in the UK and a couple in San Francisco. Andrea Benko , the founder & CEO of HDI, is simply one of the most talented CEOs we have worked with in our portfolio and that included 15 companies that have exited north of $1 billion.

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deal architect

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Set on a stage with a sweeping view of downtown San Francisco and the Bay it reflected the expansive portfolio it has built and acquired. Steve Miranda led an excellent session this morning on Oracle’s growing hortizontal apps empire. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP)'

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Version One Ventures

JULY 3, 2018

Other news and highlights across the portfolio. San Francisco Business Times had a great profile on how Shippo is taking on Amazon in the shipping fight. The post Recapping Q2 2018: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One. The Coinbase Index Fund is open for investment. Happy summer everyone!

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2017

One of our recent investments, offered by Founder Collective (FC) – an eight-year-old manager with offices in Boston and San Francisco – is an excellent example of what we look for when we invest in funds offered by other managers. We also know many of the entrepreneurs in their portfolio. It starts with the people.

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Haystack

MAY 4, 2019

Today, I am excited to share some data on the Haystack portfolio as it relates to geography. I’ve also been working on a project that I cannot yet discuss publicly, but that will be over soon, and we can resume regularly scheduled programming on this site.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

The fund views its portfolio startups as fulfilling one of the three layers of the “Big Data stack”: 1. When we first moved to San Francisco, they helped us find office space, introduced us to investors and worked with us on architecting a successful Series A.” San Francisco, CA. Upcoming Events.

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Diego Basch

MARCH 14, 2013

I don’t plan to allocate more than 5% of my portfolio to startups. Here they are: 1) I strongly prefer investing in companies located in San Francisco (city proper, not the Bay Area). One of my portfolio companies is about eight blocks from where I live, and another one is fifteen minutes away by Muni.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

We’re featuring some of the amazing events that will be held across our portfolio in the months ahead. Outreach’s Unleash 2023 : Seattle, October 3-5 This three-day experience will feel like “a sales kick off meets personal excellence retreat meets president’s club.”

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Austin Startup

APRIL 8, 2019

I’m not sure if they are “good” per se, but my investors regularly ask for a redacted version to share with another startup in their portfolio which needs an example of a good update. At the end of the month, I will be in San Francisco for a customer meeting but am padding a day on either side to meet amazing people.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Another portfolio company of ff Venture Capital that targets this market is Voxy , a mobile app that creates an immersive experience in teaching English as a second language. that cities such as San Francisco and New York have built.

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View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Another founder in our portfolio recently remarked at how her business is one that investors initially don’t immediately “get”, but tend to appreciate over time as they talk to more and more people about this market problem. They probably wouldn’t have to do this to the same degree if they were based in San Francisco.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

San Diego ›. View More in San Diego ›. San Francisco ›. View More in San Francisco ›. San Diego Events ›. San Francisco Events ›. San Diego Home. San Diego Events. San Diego Jobs. New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. Contact Us.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Managers in this area have to take a portfolio approach, promoting ideas that work and might make good candidates for further investment. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Talking to potential customers and competitors customers. The ideal R&D team is a small skunkworks that is off the radar of most people in the company.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 31, 2018

Since 2012, we have made over 40 investments and have been busy building our fund, expanding and deepening our network, and most gratifyingly, working with our portfolio companies in their pursuit to transform their industries and the world. Executing projects of your own direction that help Version One and/or our portfolio companies.

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View from Seed

JULY 21, 2022

For creatives, we’re a premium, value-aligned partner to help grow their networks and portfolios, and monetize their passions. We call this the Creative Gig Economy and it is made up of creative service providers who need tools to hone their craft, book jobs, and build their portfolios.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 28, 2013

She also runs the San Francisco Bay Area Skule Alumni Chapter for University of Toronto engineering graduates living in the Bay Area. She will also work with our existing portfolio companies on data & hiring projects. News Analyst Bay Area Palo Alto San Francisco Bay Area Toronto University of Toronto Version One'

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

He does this all round for the Capital Factory portfolio but this week he’ll be in high gear making hundreds of introductions and arranging hundreds of in-person meetings at Capital Factory. How will crowdfunded investments impact your portfolio? due in large part to the rising costs in San Francisco and economic booms elsewhere.

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A Crowded Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Don’t get me wrong – we love it when a company in our portfolio does exceptionally well and receives a lot of attention. We have founders and wonderful portfolio companies in Seattle, San Diego, Chicago, and Atlanta. And, of course, we also have companies in San Francisco that have been through startup incubators.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 20, 2012

It concerns whether companies in a shared venture portfolio should have any special rules of engagement about hiring from other companies in the portfolio. That said, I do know that a few of the CEOs in the portfolio have a “no poaching” policy when it comes to friendly companies.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. Half our portfolio is consumer. This is a recap of the more insightful tweets and comments from the event. At NextView, we invest across the US. Some say it’s a marketing and story-telling problem.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They’re looking to diversify their portfolio from just stocks and bonds. It will be easier to get in touch with VCs if you live where the startup scene is huge, such as San Francisco or New York. The requirement for accredited investors either $200,000 in annual income or over $1,000,000 net worth.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2019

What you learn is that they were not in Los Angeles; they were in San Francisco. You assumed you were giving them directions to get to San Diego from Los Angeles; they assumed you knew they were in San Francisco. Now you’ve lost a day, the problem isn’t solved, and you have no choice but to ask how they got here.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

But, at least twenty graphic design firms from around the world have proven to be the best in their field, with gorgeous portfolios filled with impressive clients and prominent design campaigns. Locations: London, New York City, and San Francisco. Headquarters: San Francisco. Headquarters: San Francisco.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We’ve recently opened 2 new locations in San Francisco and New York so our # 1 goal in 2021 is to make similar partnerships in new services areas and assist the underserved families in these 2 new cities. Thanks to Arash Fayz, LA Tutors 123 !

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

To give a high-level snapshot of the activity in just the investment community alone this past June, ATX Venture Partners closed a $150M fund, 8VC filed with the SEC regarding plans to raise an $880M fund and Mainsail Partners, a growth equity fund based in San Francisco, is planning to open an office in Austin this September ( Source: AustinInno ).

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

and Canada, offering portfolio companies strong networks and resources on both sides of the border. Our particular focus is in San Francisco Bay Area, Toronto/Waterloo , Seattle, and NYC. With Angela’s promotion to General Partner , we now have investment partners located in both the U.S. Acknowledgements and gratitude.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Twilio became a popular perk for Techstars companies globally over the years and many other Techstars portfolio companies use the product extensively. The company is based in San Francisco, with significant operations in Africa and elsewhere. #5: Today, the cloud communication platform is valued at around $33 billion. #4:

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View from Seed

APRIL 24, 2019

Our NextView portfolio company, Attentive Mobile , provides a tech platform for these retailers to employ these text campaigns.). In their first launch city of San Francisco, the service has become a mini-phenomena … nearly 25% of all of millennial-aged women in the city are members.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

Toronto has now firmly established itself as the third largest tech/startup ecosystem in North America (sorry Miami) while Vancouver has finally embraced its proximity to Silicon Valley and the advantages that come from being the only major international city in the same time zone as San Francisco. Thanks Chris !

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. Much more of our fee income poured back into our community, our offices, our staff, our portfolio company – where it belongs. Many more improvements afoot.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 14, 2014

Considering a large proportion of Version One’s portfolio is located outside Silicon Valley, I absolutely believe that major tech companies can emerge outside of the Silicon Valley bubble. News Los Angeles NYC San Francisco Bay Area Silicon Valley Start Up Toronto Valley' Is Silicon Valley a physical place or a state of mind ?

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

2) New market (less common form, examples are Lyft and eShares) and 3) New business model (least common, non-K9 portfolio examples are PriceLine and SolarCity). Hyper-Local, meaning the entire team should be based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We don’t have categories of interest. Frighteningly Early.

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