Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Goldman Sachs and CB Insights recently reported that startups have raised over $1 billion in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this summer — more than the total amount of venture capital raised during the same period. In these early times, some startups may be hesitant to pursue this path because of the uncertainty and perceived risk.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Goldman Sachs and CB Insights recently reported that startups have raised over $1 billion in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this summer — more than the total amount of venture capital raised during the same period. In these early times, some startups may be hesitant to pursue this path because of the uncertainty and perceived risk.

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Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Austin Startup

MAY 21, 2012

This round included investment by existing investors and an undisclosed strategic investor. NextIO, which demonstrated significant growth in 2011, will use the new funds to further expand sales and marketing efforts and to further expand NextIO’s family of I/O consolidation solutions. Continue reading →

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

Initially we tested our concept at farmers markets in the District to ascertain whether this unique and rather esoteric idea would be well received. HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees back-office and so on.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

Initially we tested our concept at farmers markets in the District to ascertain whether this unique and rather esoteric idea would be well received. HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees back-office and so on.

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Caching DC Social Media Finance 48

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Thomas Clayton is the CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. . The key investors to keep tabs on are, for the most part, concentrated in four primary markets: China. Of course, to land any funding, you typically have to be based there and focused on the Chinese market.

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Asia Silicon Valley India China 123

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2018

For m­any years, conventional wisdom held that a promising startup needed to be located in a traditional venture capital hub like Silicon Valley, San Francisco or New York to be successful. Connect with local investors. Be strategic. For example, if you are a health care startup, try to consider the J.P.

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 11, 2007

It seems that everyday there is a new annoucement of a tiny startup being bought by a large company. Let’s call this the "BeyondVC Startup Cycle." Similarly, one can superimpose a startup lifecycle on the graph. At the end of the day, it comes down to two things.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 28, 2013

With headlines declaring that more than 1,000 seeded startups will soon be orphaned, it’s only natural that startups are concerned about the future funding landscape. Seed financing grew from 89 fundings in Q1 2009 to more than 500 in Q3 2012. Startups should now be looking for seed funding to last them 24-36 months.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Israeli Startups Funding Rounds. C eleno Communications, developer of Wi-Fi chips for high-definition multimedia and entertainment home networking applications, has raised $12 million in a financing round. Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc.

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