Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Now as projects are developing, it is clear that blockchain technology is still in the early stages. And finally, we wish to thank everyone who has been a part of the Version One community for this incredible year, from our LPs, peers, partners, entrepreneurs, friends, followers, and our families.

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Technical Review North America Seattle Deal Flow 124

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Real Ventures , an early-stage, Canadian-based fund, runs a two-day Founder Camp every six months.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2014

Tripp Braden gave a great piece of advice to those venturing into a start-up business, saying “no matter how innovative an organisation is at the early stages, they require a significant partner to enhance their brand within key larger accounts”. Be the First to Market.

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Acquisition Merger Europe Technical Review 193

VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Building on my post on ‘ Advice for startups in a downturn (May 2022 edition) ‘, this week I continued to follow with interest the impact of the current correction on startups and venture capital, particularly in early stage. Check out the 5 least trusted brands in America: 2022 Axios Harris Poll.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. Our unique approach to investing, coupled with a pioneering spirit, provides the vision to guide early stage growth companies beyond today and toward future success. That drives every decision we make.

Private Equity 48

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

the shift of America to a majority minority country by 2050. HBSAANY is comprised of New York City tri-state area Harvard alumni who are venture capitalists and other accredited investors investing in early-stage, private companies around the United States. domestic market.

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Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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PR Early Stage Software Naming 150

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It occurred to me that although we mentioned our new thematic approach when we raised our last fund in 2017, we haven’t really shared a broader manifesto about how we are approaching the early stage market. It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

I spent time talking to many mentors and friends, investors and founders alike, about what drives them, what makes an effective partnership, the evolution of early-stage investing, and what’s possible for the future of our industry. Together, we’ve co-invested and competed, commiserated and celebrated.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. – Thesis.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

That said, one limitation in early-stage investing particularly is that 2022’s growth sectors probably don’t fit neatly into a vertical we can define today. a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. – Thesis.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies. Juan Pablo was a partner in Patagon.com and was elected “Top 50 Entrepreneur” by Business Leader Magazine. What does our so-called inferiority complex have to do with the tech scene in Latin America? His blog can be found at www.jpc.vc.

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America Canada Brazil Mexico 164

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Bitter political partisanship continues to divide America. Anne-Marie is President and CEO of New America , a think tank and civic enterprise where I’ve been a board member since November 2019. Devastating wildfires, floods, and hurricanes leave no part of the country untouched. Now throw in a global pandemic.

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Technical Review America Government Silicon Valley 28

BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

2017 was another year of growing, learning, investing and partnering with amazing founders. Our partners include IBM and one unannounced Fortune 50. Corporate America is pressured to decrease costs and improve customer interactions and every Fortune 500 is a technology company. 2017 Recap.

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Cloud Cofounder Portfolio Advisory Board 60

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Two of them made some major product directional changes based on the founder’s judgment and the feedback he was getting from partners and customers. We just closed out in 2017 our 10-year early-stage venture fund started in 2000. People with whom you’re dealing come and go, especially if you’re chasing corporate America.

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Silicon Valley Atlanta Software Review Early Stage 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. After DataHero was acquired, I felt like it was time to try something new.

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Silicon Valley Canada Founder Early Stage 115

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

If Reid were to start a company today he’d probably have every VC in America offering to back him, but this wasn’t necessarily the case when we started LinkedIn out of his apartment in Mountain View at the end of 2002. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. We three partners are working hard. great insight.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Dynamo Labs was the first recipient of fbFund, a grant fund operated by the Founders Fund, Accel Partners, and Facebook. Gabriella is co-founder and managing partner of Tech Wildcatters, a Dallas-based seed accelerator. Previously, she was with HP Growth Partners, an early stage venture fund in Dallas.

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Dallas Intellectual Property Fort Worth Japan 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Please note that we expect our members to invest at least $25,000/year in early-stage investments, although there is no contractual commitment to do so. of the Americas, 46th Floor, enter from 42nd St. Wednesday, February 29th. Location: Cooley, LLP, Grace Building, 1114 Ave. Thank you Cooley for being our location sponsor!).

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Technical Review New York Accredited Investor IP 128

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

A few years ago, an entrepreneur was building an automated job matching site in Latin America. In the end, the fund that led his series was a fund that focused on Latin America. Many entrepreneurs waste time talking to investors who are at the wrong stage, sector or tribe. He is also a venture partner at several VC firms.

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Finance Silicon Valley Valuation Startup 205

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

We invest in the early stages of company creation , leading or participating in pre-seed and seed-rounds with cheque sizes between $500K and $750K. We invest across North America. With Angela’s promotion to General Partner , we now have investment partners located in both the U.S. About Fund III.

Silicon Valley 127

Silicon Valley North America San Francisco LP 127

David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

the America that is not just white men.). Competitiveness Project , which challenged the HBS alumni community to address America’s declining competitiveness. Following the first completed year of VCAP, NAIC conducted a review of the pilot program to determine how to best maximize its efforts and those of its partners.

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Los Angeles New York Miami Early Stage 114

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

It takes on many of the lessons MBA programs and Corporate America have been teaching about business for the past 50+ years and questions whether lessons from Apple might be more applicable in thinking about the future. I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston.

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Startup Early Stage Sales Cofounder 319

The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

The BMW Financial Services Collaboration Lab accelerator program provides entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small businesses in fintech and other fields with the opportunity to partner with BMW to develop and realize innovative solutions and game-changing new technologies. Collaboration is where innovation and implementation meet.”.

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Columbus Ohio North America America 91

Austin Startup

JANUARY 26, 2017

This blog is of critical importance to City Planners, City Leadership and to Austin Startups & Tech Companies that are partnering or plan to partner with the City of Austin as it develops and deploys CodeNEXT — as well as Austin’s new Smart City platform. This blog contributes a clear overview of the main issues at stake.

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Software Review Technical Review Austin Community 55

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Investors get board seats to assure themselves and their limited partners that they are duly informed about their investment. 3) An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. Angels In America. 1) It’s their fiduciary responsibility. The Wrong Metrics.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 292

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Investors get board seats to assure themselves and their limited partners that they are duly informed about their investment. 3) An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. Angels In America. 1) It’s their fiduciary responsibility. The Wrong Metrics.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 263

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Building and choosing your team is for me the most critical part of an early stage growth business, and even now that we are a little bigger (over 50 employees) I try to be in as many interviews as possible. Nowlin, Excel Global Partners ! #6- In Corporate-America its the exact opposite. Thanks to James R.

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Entrepreneur Costa Rica Artificial Inteligence Early Stage 102

David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

While working on my most recent startup, Navon Partners , we were fortunate to have Raul Trevino , a star former Citi investment banker and Columbia MBA, interning with us. Since he graduated, he’s now Founder and CEO of a Latin America-focused based startup, Participa.me (“I participate”). Participa.me

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Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

He grew up in Colombia, South America. You’ve got entrepreneurs and founders who are really – a lot of them are in the very early stage of their startup. ” Well, I really wanted to be a general partner but there weren’t a lot of general partner openings. I grew up in Northern California.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder San Diego Startup 337

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. ReachLocal, founded by Zorik Gordon, publicly traded company helping small businesses across America use the Internet for marketing [Woodland Hills. Third most powerful economic city in the world after NYC & Tokyo.

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Community Los Angeles Startup Silicon Valley 304

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates. Or have different liquidity assumptions beyond acquire or IPO.

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Syndicate Syndication South America Seed Stage 99

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. State of Independence in America. Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless.

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Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Forbes recently named The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill as "America's Most Entrepreneurial Campus.". Allen points to the support that StatSheet received from the NCIDEA , a program that grants very early stage companies funding. with over 5500 active members representing over 1,100 companies.

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North Carolina Raleigh United States Angel Groups 151

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. FPV’s portfolio has offices in 10 countries around the world – in those companies headquartered outside of the United States, we partner with local investors that we trust.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Dave Tisch, Founder & Managing Director, TechStars NYC.

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Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122