Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I’m super proud to announce that DataSift has just completed a $42 million financing round coming at the end of a year where its revenue grew several hundred percent year-over-year. Considering our revenue is SaaS revenue this achievement is even more remarkable.

Iran 358

Iran API San Francisco Nigeria 358

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

They finance companies that invest in new technologies, new ideas and new products. The ability to copy and disseminate banned ideas undermined repressive regimes from Poland to Iran to the Soviet Union. A bubble is simply the redistribution of wealth from Marks to the Smart Money and Promoters.

Internet 295

Internet Silicon Valley United States .Net 295

The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

Funding is still “friends and family” We never did an institutional round of financing. Viber is currently blocked or disrupted by Iran and Vodafone. The only interference we see is from Vodafone in some countries, and in Iran. The company is based in Cyprus with development centers in Belarus, Israel and China.

Mobile 125

Mobile Iran Belarus Cyprus 125

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 43 U.S.-based Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’m sure the head of the Federal Reserve Bank could spook the market or the heads of state of the US, China or Iran could. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult. Individuals simply can’t spook a market into behaving how it wants because it is, well, a market! And so it goes. Back to my non-VC example.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In class 1, we learned that national power is the combination of a country’s diplomacy (soft power and alliances), information/intelligence, its military, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. North Korea/Iran/Non-Nation States. This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL.

Technical Review 275

Technical Review North Korea Iran Russia 275

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

And unlike other fintech companies that are primarily equity-financed, we raise capital by offering a best in class savings product to consumers (a 1 month renewable CD that pays 6% APY), which in turn allows us to meet our short term capital needs required for loan origination.

Papua New Guinea 66

Papua New Guinea Hawaii Advisory Board Churn Rate 66

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Terrorism at scale can only occur when these organizations can move money around to finance people who make bombs, buy guns, train recruits and so forth. No event has gotten the US and other governments so involved in the crackdown of monetary flows than the movement of money for terrorist activities post 9/11.

Government 280

Government Distribution Stock United States 280