Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. web site, they create another 100,000 VPN users.

China 324

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 324

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I presented to thousands of entrepreneurs, talked to 17 startups, gave 12 lectures, had nine interviews, chatted with eight VC's, sat on four panels, talked policy with two government ministers, two members of parliament, one head of a public pension fund and was in one TV documentary. A government that's trying to help, but gets in the way.

Finland 158

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

” Global Money Flow – From the West to Asia. It was also evident that Asia is becoming the darling for technology innovation, and is increasingly attracting the attention of financiers – venture capitalists, angel investors etc – from all over the world. ” The flow is not limited to money as well.

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Singapore Technical Review Technology Incubator 198

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? Of course we can’t.

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. The Global Small Business Blog. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. Follow us on Twitter. Emergent Research. Disclosure Policy. Smart Mobs.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. web site, they create another 100,000 VPN users.

China 216

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 216

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. Moderator: Kris Balderston, Special Representative for Global Partnerships, United States Department of State.

Tunisia 114

Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

financial probe digs into a murky industry , "So far there is exactly one person [Don Chu of Primary Global] who works for an expert network with any specific allegations against them." How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies.and Buy a Company with Private Equity Backing.

Networking 122

Networking Private Equity SEC Software Review 122

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Venture Capital is a popular buzzword in China.

Venture Capital 44

Venture Capital China Technical Review Due Diligence 44

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020. Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups. As per a report by InformationAge , by 2040, Asia is projected to top 50% of global GDP and drive. billion in 2018.

Asia 171

Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

David Teten

MARCH 4, 2021

Free tech accelerators: No equity, no cash. Free money and support from the Fortune Global 500 and Fortune Global 500. Free government money and support. We have added a large new section to the Versatile VC website with some of the best sources of free money for tech-enabled founders. Free consulting. Startup contests.

Startup 78

Startup Equity Global Government 78

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing. money for an early-stage venture catering to a foreign market is abysmally low.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2013

The Canadian government announced on Thursday it will launch a new program on April 1 to encourage startup founders who will (hopefully) create new jobs and spur economic growth in the country. Entrepreneurs will require the support of a Canadian angel investor group or venture capital fund before they can apply to the Start-Up Visa Program.

Canada 167

Canada Programming Private Equity Incubator 167

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Healthcare companies typically face tougher challenges in their start-up years than those faced by their counterparts in other sectors, due to heavy up-front capital and, at times, lengthy high risk research. There are also a growing number of government led initiatives and assistant programs that can help kick-start your company.

North America 100

North America Singapore Marketing Government 100

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 6, 2013

At the Series C level and above startup financing is an increasingly global market but below that level inter-continental deals still aren’t that common and the laws of supply and demand have limited price rises in the under-financed European startup market. Venture Capital'

Valuation 162

Valuation Venture Capital Startup Europe 162

Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

The global healthcare industry is in flux like never before. Not only that, but global equity funding to digital health companies reached $3.67 Because of complex government regulations and a lengthy incubation period, funding a healthcare startup is more difficult compared to financing a tech startup. Wrapping up.

SBIR 73

SBIR Startup Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 73

Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

First, the National Venture Capital Association has published data revealing that over 90% of the jobs created by venture-backed companies occur AFTER they go public—and this relationship holds over the past 40 years.

IPO 28

IPO Silicon Valley Merger Sweat Equity 28

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. These efforts range from physical infrastructure to content.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

But then the credit crunch and global recession took hold, and 2015 is a markedly different landscape for small businesses in need of finance. Generally, these grants will be funded by either the British government or the European Union, but the distribution mechanisms tend to be very local in their scope. In the U.K., Business Grants.

Angel Investor 60

Angel Investor Venture Capital Finance Finder 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

Programming 280

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 280

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. STOIKY is his callsign. Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2019

We're excited to be working with @theohubs to forge the path towards true diversity, equity and inclusion this @sxsw. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT.

South Africa 49

South Africa Venture Capital Austin Africa 49

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As I recently shared in my post on the 32 Israeli Centaurs , the rare breed of SaaS companies that reached $100 million in ARR, there are now over 1,000 unicorns globally. While they can outspend you, a startup offers real ownership (equity/options), more impact per employee, and the chance to change the world/industry.

Founder 187

Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

Babbling VC

APRIL 3, 2011

It's kind of funny that the majority of people coming to me are obviously looking to raise venture capital and don't have this discussion with me. I have no idea whether any other VC would so openly say this but if you can avoid taking venture capital, do so at all costs. Venture capital screws everything up.

Venture Capital 81

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Global Valuation 81

Pascal's View

OCTOBER 9, 2011

and invited anyone with constructive, practical ideas on how to revitalize IPO’s in the United States to contact me so that I could pass along their ideas to my colleagues at the National Venture Capital Association. venture capitalists. has broad, negative implications for continued risk taking by U.S.

Equity 28

Equity IPO Venture Capital United States 28

The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is an old French saying that translates literally as “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing” Before the Brexit vote there was a lot of debate about the trajectory of the venture capital markets and that has intensified considerably in the last couple of weeks.

Europe 60

Europe Venture Capital Ukraine Russia 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

Programming 172

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 172

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

As we all know, the last ten years has seen a near-total collapse of the innovation cost curve, thanks to the perfect storm of open-source, cloud infrastructure, and “free” global distribution via search, social and app stores. When the cost to start a company fell dramatically things started to change.

Silicon Valley 97

Silicon Valley Cost Startup Boston 97

Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. Median age of a venture backed company hits 8.7 years in 2007- the longest gestation period since 1991: What has driven these changes to the capital markets and are they permanent or temporary? i. Pre bubble period 1991-1996 totals $28 billion. cents or 6.25

Equity 31

Equity Securities and Exchange Commission IPO Marketing 31

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As opposed to taking a potentially smart risk on equity). You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. I think a lot of entrepreneurs don’t fully understand how venture capital works.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As opposed to taking a potentially smart risk on equity). You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. I think a lot of entrepreneurs don’t fully understand how venture capital works.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Campus Entrepreneurship

JUNE 1, 2010

Arenare is managing director and general counsel in the New York office of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity investment firm. Star is the principal of Cliffstar Corp., a private-label juice manufacturer headquartered in Dunkirk, N.Y. The program goes beyond general coursework to provide specific, useful skills and information.”.

Artificial Inteligence 31

Artificial Inteligence Private Equity New York Venture Capital 31

Pascal's View

APRIL 19, 2009

mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">   mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> The Q1 2009 venture capital investment statistics. moderated at Stanford on March 18 th at ITSEF III , I pointed out that one developing impact of the global financial crisis that was not yet evident in the financial statistics would be accelerated declines in.

Venture Capital 31

Venture Capital Early Stage Washington California 31

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Pitchbook Data released a new report on the state of Private Capital in Israel 2020 , covering private equity and venture capital. I’ll focus on VC only here as it’s the core focus of this blog. Israel based startups raised $4.1 billion in 2019 and are pacing for a high showing in 2020 as well.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Europe 186