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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our last fund was $200 million but as you may already know since we raised that fund we added new partners Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman and Venture Partner Hamet Watt – all of whom are busy looking at new deals for the firm in addition to Yves Sisteron (the founder), Steven Dietz (also part of founding team) and myself.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. Joe Coulombe had an idea after running a small chain of convenience stores in southern California. 10- Elon Musk.

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008. California Avenue, Suite 110 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 T: 408-215-4627 ext. ▼ 2008. (11).

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Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. .

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

During the first year of the fund they took forty-eight trips to California! In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 Office Hours – Two or three partners post a sign-up sheet to meet with entrepreneurs. These partners travel to a city and take ten minute pitches from the entrepreneurs.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. So what’s left?

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned.

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