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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. In 2007, launched “America’s Giving” challenge with Facebook and Parade magazine. Aggregate America’s startups. in aggregate commitments. We wanted to direct some of that energy.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. 2010 Net Income: $8 million. 166M round closed Dec 2007. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. billion), and 33 percent lower than proceeds in 2007 ($3.79 The British mobile payments and messaging aggregator will become part of Amdocs’ OpenMarket US mobile transactions hub. billion in 2009, compared with $10.8

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

abovethecrowd.com

Would that help retention and NPS (Net Promote Score)? Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. Their proceeds are delivered net of the banker fee of 5-7%! It took courage for Zach Nelson and the team at Netsuite to also use a Dutch Auction in 2007.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

PMC-Sierra is buying Wintegra for a net purchase price of $213 million and will pay up to an additional $60 million based on growth and performance milestones in 2011. billion net profit. PMC-Sierra, a premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, is purchasing Wintegra Inc. , billion, of which $2.5

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The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summit

Cracking the Code

2007 was a turning point for the SaaS industry with the successful IPOs of NetSuite, SuccessFactors, DemandTec, Salary.com, Aprimo and Constant Contact. The 23rd started with a quick overview of the achievement of our Software and SaaS portfolio in 2007 presented by Byron Deeter, the co-head of our West Coast SaaS practice.

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Impact Investing: a time for problems to become opportunities

VC Cafe

The term “impact investment” was coined in 2007 — an approach that deliberately builds intangible assets alongside tangible, financial ones. We definitely see continued growth in impact investing beyond what’s captured in the survey,” GIIN CEO Amit Bouri told Karma. Business as usual is no longer an option,” they conclude.