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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 first goal was rooted in childhood – I grew up playing with technology and it has always been my passion. Sure, you can get away with less, but why? I wanted to work there.

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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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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. His father came from Romania. So my goal was to transfer into the deeply technical part of Andersen Consulting so people would see me as a technologist because I love technology. ” I said, “Why?”

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The Silk Road Patron

Start Up Blog

In fact, what we are doing has been on line for some time for those who wanted to seek it out – the secret , has been out a while on this Ignite talk I did at a global digital event as linked below: A Stranger From Romania. Normal everyday people having a crack at creating part of the technology narrative. Our Modern Day Medici.

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

VC Cafe

Unlike its normal ‘relocation’ of acquired companies to Palo Alto, Facebook plans to maintain Snaptu’s development office in Israel, which suggests that Facbeook is planning to start a development center in Israel (following the footsteps of many other large technology companies).

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2020 Accel Euroscape: Decacorn Unleashed

Cracking the Code

The founders refocused their foundation to help fight COVID in Romania, achieving a massive impact. As doctors are embracing new technologies, we think this is only the beginning of the digital transformation of medical practices and hospitals, and we expect a lot more innovation in this vertical in the coming years. What’s Next?

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