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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

2018 Recap. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth. We are truly grateful for your support.

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Nobody Announces Their Seed Round Anymore and That’s a Mistake

View from Seed

Case in point, according to CrunchBase, NextView has made only two new seed investments this year in 2018 … the actual number is: eleven. Typically, one that is orthogonal to the Founders’ network that wouldn’t have surfaced otherwise. There are legitimate reasons for a startup to be in stealth mode. What’s going on?

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SXSW Startups: AirPop Makes Healthy Air

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 4, 2018 At the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event on March 10 and 11, 50 startups from around the world will attempt to impress a panel of judges with their skills, creativity and innovation. What does AirPop hope to achieve in 2018? We’ll triple our user base in 2018, which is currently around 1.5

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. It’s part of the reason why people like network effects as a way of doing this. But they look at that lock-in. And so, all of those things come into how you think about it.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. It’s part of the reason why people like network effects as a way of doing this. But they look at that lock-in. And so, all of those things come into how you think about it.