VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 6, 2011
VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? How best can European startups land VC funding in the US / Sillicon Valley? For example, in response to “ How do I raise funds in Silicon Valley for a European-based startup ? &# Eyal S.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. They work as hard as any Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Scalable startups are what Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and their venture investors aspire to build.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. Venture Guiding Fund.
Cracking the Code
MARCH 28, 2022
Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. Annualised, this would be 2.7x larger than last year!
Haystack
JULY 20, 2018
But, it wasn’t directionally wrong, looking at enormous multinational companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook which rose from the hallowed ground of Silicon Valley. Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent?
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. Venture Guiding Fund.
David Teten
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Congratulations!
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