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Why VCs Invest in Startups with Gravity

Genuine VC

Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g. From an investment perspective, we’re believers in the theme of an increasingly “distributed workforce” in which organizations are more frequently utilizing talent where talent is. But VCs want to know where a company is (going to be) located after they fund it.

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Why VCs Invest in Startups with Gravity

Genuine VC

Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g. From an investment perspective, we’re believers in the theme of an increasingly “distributed workforce” in which organizations are more frequently utilizing talent where talent is. But VCs want to know where a company is (going to be) located after they fund it.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. We also talked a lot about Geodelic , a portfolio company of Clearstone, who is trying to change the metaphor of how people discover location based information by partnering with large companies and brands. The race is on!

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SailPoint Closes 2010 with 40 New Global 2000 Customers and Two Strategic Transactions

Austin Startup

In the first transaction, SailPoint acquired Beacon Professional Services to supplement the company’s identity management consulting services and to deliver expert support and training to the company’s implementation partner network. SailPoint’s worldwide partner network saw dramatic growth in 2010.

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Changing the narrative on distributed teams in Silicon Valley

Version One Ventures

However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams. Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team. Slack, Zoom). Slack, Zoom).

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6 Forward-thinking Businesses That Are Making the World a Better Place

Up and Running

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, but I needed the time to digest all the other great posts on the topics by other investors, and to analyze specific portfolio data from Haystack over the last five years. Well, that time has finally come. Over the past two years, however, I’ve felt that something is out of balance.