VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Building on my post on ‘ Advice for startups in a downturn (May 2022 edition) ‘, this week I continued to follow with interest the impact of the current correction on startups and venture capital, particularly in early stage. How much of the slowdown in venture capital is real vs. ‘doom and gloom’ headlines.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico). Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder. NextView is a thematic, seed-stage VC firm focused on the Everyday Economy with $200M+ of committed capital under management. Our goal is to conduct a broad and inclusive search for this role. A Final Note.

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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. Clearlake Capital Group’s role in the investment will be supporting the global leader’s efforts to innovate products, accelerate growth and bolder M&A.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2022

You can search, compare, sample, quote, and buy chemicals on one platform on Knowde’s website. One can search, compare, request samples, and order chemicals from thousands of distributors and manufacturers to get competitive offers. It provides a whole sourcing experience for searching, sourcing, and buying chemicals.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

The Innovation Portfolio. Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. Is the Potential Acquisition Searching or Executing? Not all new ventures are at the same stage of maturity.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 24, 2019

You may recall that we opened a search for an associate last summer. Unfortunately, we didn’t find someone who was the right fit for us – and decided to take a short break from the search. Working with existing portfolio companies, including helping out with hiring, financial modeling, and research.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Every potential early-stage Venture Capitalist should take a year and do it before he or she makes partner. Venture capital as a profession is less than half a century old. Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). venture/operating partners to get them into new industries.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This never existed a decade ago.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. Hacker News.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In search of Europes next tech stars. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. Portfolio. (3). Venture Capital. (3). Explore Venture Capital.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 13, 2015

I’m going to assert it’s a parallel universe of happiness based on the successful companies in our portfolio that I would categories as capital efficient. The Most Capital Efficient U.S. Venture Capital Tech Exits of 2014. Capital Efficiency’ doesn’t exist. Was it just b t?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

We are excited to announce that as of November 30, ff Venture Capital closed on a $27 million fund, ff Silver. Our investment philosophy – part of what makes us successful – is our search for sustainable long-term growth areas. Keep an eye out for the next generation of great companies in the ff VC portfolio.

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Venture Capital Portfolio Search 141

ReadWriteStart

JULY 19, 2023

In the fast-paced world of technology and venture capital, a new player has emerged, poised to significantly impact the startup ecosystem. Big Sky Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm , has recently announced the launch of its inaugural fund, with $20 million in capital commitments.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Founders can now access the largest pool of risk capital that ever existed –in the form of Private Equity (Angel Investors, family offices , Venture Capitalists (VC’s) and Hedge Funds.). At its core Venture Capital is nothing more than a small portion of the Private Equity financial asset class.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I left Insight to search for opportunities to work at the intersection of data science, people development and entrepreneurship. The post Why Venture Capital is the Perfect Fit for Me appeared first on Version One Ventures. Along the way, I met Boris and knew that joining Version One would be the best move forward.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.". Know thy self.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. Simply put – I’d be in search of a VC who had an intuitive sense of my product, my customers, my organizational issues, my competitors, etc. And so is venture capital. look at their portfolio list. Nail on the head.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The same is not true for venture capital of course, since the underlying startups VCs invest in aren’t publicly selling their equity. 4) Venture Is Driven By Exceptional, Not Average Outcomes - The entire VC business is based upon outlier outcomes, not the average. 3.0x+ cash on cash) is profitable.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Last week I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer, President at Tackk (a portfolio company of my firm, ff Venture Capital ), about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: How to Recruit an A-Quality Designer for Your Company. ” Understand the core competencies of your team .

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VC Cafe

JULY 31, 2020

Last year I published on VC Cafe a post titled the 7 habits of highly effective people… in startups , and this time will I apply the book’s principles to the world of Venture Capital. Let’s dive into the 7 habits of highly effective people and how they can be reflected in the world of venture capital.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

A startup called Corpora made headlines for all the wrong reasons after tech bloggers ran an image search to find the company logo. However, they remain key to your email identity, and fundamental to your marketing and even capital-raising. or raised tens of millions in venture capital.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Following is a guest post from ff Venture Capital winter intern Max Segan , a Colgate senior majoring in computer science, who is starting at Facebook this summer as a software engineer. You are searching for the largest one by starting at the beginning and iterating through, storing the current largest number at all times.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. So how does a company act like a startup in search of new business models while still continuing to successfully execute? Act Like a Startup. Ultimately this is not just another staff function.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. We have another investment in the Ag Tech space but as I couldn’t find it in any Google Search I’m assuming neither party has announced the relationship. Far from it.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). First it was Fortnite and Epic, now it’s Facebook and soon other players will team up to reduce the revenue share with app stores. This may also trickle down to Google and Amazon. The Information and VentureBeat have more on this.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 19, 2010

A couple of months ago, we created the Key Hire Wire e-mail newsletter, which highlighted the best opportunities in our portfolio. Our portfolio company Modcloth , for example, just made a great Product Manager hire out of Google. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology. We're reversing the model.

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View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

And finally, the best place to build your business may not also be the place where the most venture capital is readily available. Second, embrace that early stage fundraising is always a search for true believers. But this typically takes a fair bit of time to marinate. I know this all sounds like a lot of work, and it is.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Limited partners (LPs), who manage the capital that gets deployed into venture capital funds, can play an important role in diversifying the funding landscape. They decide which VCs receive capital to invest in entrepreneurs. Often these are referrals from existing fund managers.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 2, 2019

To get an insight into how successful start-ups approach team building, we spoke to Sylvain Utard, employee number 1 and VP of Engineering at Algolia, an Accel portfolio company. Algolia has been doubling YoY since we invested in 2015 and has now more than 300 people, including 90 engineers.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. Monetate Mobile adds mobile-native navigation, search, GPS store location, cart access and more, to any site, overnight. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. " "Hit it."

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Portfolio. (3). Venture Capital. (3). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Explore Venture Capital. McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Blog Archive. ▼ 2012. (1). ▼ 01/15 - 01/22. (1). ► 2011. (2).

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Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. Hypothesis 3: Insufficient diversification in European VC managers’ portfolios . I've been arguing this for some time.

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