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Altgate

 Obviously, WSGR has a much larger sample size and the fact that they make it public (in aggregate) is impressive.   There are three categories (startup, equity financing and bridge loans) so we can expect more to come.   Building that must have been crazy. .    Building that must have been crazy.

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09! This is a significant guidance revision, which shows the current focus and mindset of the management of these companies.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Upon closing the deal, Essilor will fully consolidate Shamir Optical while keeping the Israeli management team of Shamir Optical in place. Founded in 2007, Percello provides innovative and customized solutions that address the key business and technological challenges of equipment vendors in the emerging Femtocell market.

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Impact Investing: a time for problems to become opportunities

VC Cafe

Impact Investing has been around for a long time, most prominently since the 1960’s as companies and governments began engaging with the concept through private equity and debt investing in developing economies. Impact tech investors include Bridges Fund Managements, DBL, Accion, Elevar equity and Patamar, among others.

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The VC Shakeout: Are We There Yet?

Agile VC

The IPO market remained closed to IT startups, but there were big acquisitions like Google buying YouTube for $1.65B (Fall 2006) and late stage financing rounds for companies like Facebook (Microsoft round at $15B valuation in Fall 2007). Kevin Rose was on the cover of BusinessWeek. So at a fund level (e.g.

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

Most project creators describe their project using aggregate framing. If you help manage a crowdfunding platform, consider publicizing the names of people who show interest in a campaign. Equity-based – Equity returns (e.g., Among their findings, one primary factor was efficacy. The problem? How can you apply this tactic?

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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

The incubators invest usually for an equity stake and buy equity at a extremely low valuation (for example, 7% for $15,000, which implies a pre-money valuation of less than $200,000). The institutional funds typically manage a relatively large pot of capital (~$300M or higher per fund, with multiple funds running). Individual.