2012 Equity Finance Silicon Valley 
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JANUARY 4, 2018
The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.
Steve Blank
APRIL 14, 2013
But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. Many of these returnees have worked in Silicon Valley and startups or went to school at MIT and Stanford.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 14, 2013
But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. Many of these returnees have worked in Silicon Valley and startups or went to school at MIT and Stanford.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. We don’t have any equity or control over the business….”. “As Bigfoot Capital. Decathlon Capital.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
The World Economic Forum has published the Technology Pioneers report for 2012. DoubleVerify recently grabbed headlines for its latest funding round of $33 million led by JMI Equity and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), based on a $200 million valuation.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Although Sharktank has been running reruns on Fridays the last few weeks, the show ran a Sharktank 2012 Holiday special on Tuesday night. As O’Leary said, this isn’t an equity investment. Barbara Corcoran seized on a comment from the founders that an investor would get their money back within two years. Fat Ass Fudge.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 25, 2011
There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. You’re a small fish. This team is talented.
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