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The Next Generation Of Funding For The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Network Redux, a managed-service provider in Portland, Oregon, serves more than 1,100 clients globally, but could not secure credit after the 2008 credit crisis despite a 100 percent year-over-year growth rate. Another is Google Ventures, which works with portfolio companies full-time on design, recruiting, marketing, and engineering.

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

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Before making a decision to invest, we talked to each member of our advisory board to get their feedback. Their feedback, as one would hope from an advisory board, was direct, clear, and ultimately supportive. With that, we decided to invest and Mike got me to join the board after all.