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Observations from my trip to India

Version One Ventures

Version One has made only one investment in the region ( Headout , a fast growing marketplace for travel experiences) and I had written a small LP cheque into an emerging fund manager ( 1947 Rise , run by the awesome Shiva Sangwan ). Sequoia, Accel, Lightspeed, Nexus, Matrix and Elevation came up in conversations all the time.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. Footwear brands Nike, Adidas, Converse and Tiger have all done very well bringing back designs from the 1980′s to leverage the trend. Cities are now becoming vertical again.

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