Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. We spoke briefly about why.

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Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. Kenshoo , the SEM automation startup and Sequoia’s darling, has raised a fourth round of $8-10 million from Sequoia. Innovid raised $4.1

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. And it turns out that we click a lot. Early evidence is good.

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Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, November 7, 2008 Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online service, step-by-step If you want to build an online service, and you dont test it with a fake AdWords campaign ahead of time, youre crazy. Start an AdWords campaign. We finally settled on a $1.99 Nothing made any difference.

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Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

The company is still in stealth… May 24, 2010 - Taykey announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a round of funding from new investor Sequoia Capital. Given that Sequoia is also invested in Kenshoo for SEM campaign management, we can help but wonder if the fund is doubling down on advertising management solutions?

Private Equity 98

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity 98

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

The company is still in stealth… May 24, 2010 - Taykey announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a round of funding from new investor Sequoia Capital. Given that Sequoia is also invested in Kenshoo for SEM campaign management, we can help but wonder if the fund is doubling down on advertising management solutions?

Private Equity 98

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity 98