VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2023

“AI will not replace you, but the person using AI will” We’re starting to see announcements from CEOs like IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, who said the company will replace ~8k jobs with AI, largely in non customer-facing roles across departments like HR, finance, and accounting.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 18, 2020

In the context of COVID-19, banks try to keep their customers safe, educating them on how to make contactless payments, use remote channels, and leverage digital tools to manage their finances and complete transactions. The post-Coronavirus world is now experiencing a complex change affecting all the industries and verticals.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

For example, “flying taxi” startup Joby Aviation aligned its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with the Air Force’s stated interest in advancing the market for air mobility vehicles. Palmer Luckey’s Anduril has aggressively pursued financing to sustain growth. Recently public enterprise-AI firm C3.ai

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policymaking, corporate finance, and planning. He also believed that to succeed the company needed to be vertically integrated and bought up 29 parts manufacturers and suppliers. Sloan had each of the divisions start systematic strategic planning. The next year, 1910, trouble hit.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 26, 2016

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a number of start-ups try to carve away parts of LinkedIn by being the “LinkedIn for x” – where x ranges from doctors, teachers, finance professionals, academics, lawyers, engineers, etc. The post The rise of the vertical reputation graph appeared first on Version One.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

Our homeownership programs help people build momentum with their finances , and we hope to continue building momentum in our business for years to come! My business name „Finanzentdecker“ (Finance Explorer“) was created in front of the whiteboard in a long night full of ideas, that just weren‘t good enough. Photo Credit: Roy Morejon.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 26, 2016

2 nd hire: VP of Finance. Brad Feld has a great post on the importance of hiring a VP of Finance sooner rather than later. If your start-up has at least 15 people, you should hire a VP Finance/VP Accounting. At 15 people, you want someone who will do all the work, but also has the ability to scale up and manage a small team.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

These projects require an upfront investment and it can be difficult to secure financing for energy projects, even when the risk is low and the ROI is strong. By turning capital investments into operating expenses, the platform will unlock all sorts of creative financing solutions and increase the adoption of energy projects.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. would look in each of the verticals. Seed and Follow-on Financing – How do your finance it? Manufacturing – How do you build it?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. originally raised $3 million in financing from some of the smartest people in the industry including Peter Chernin, Allen DeBevoise and Shari Redstone.

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Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Developers, designers, and finance experts from around the world go through a rigorous process that includes live screening and weeks-long test projects before being invited to join Toptal’s network. And we’ll be expanding into more business verticals soon. Why did you prioritize finance over another capability?

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. According to John Borchers, Co-founder, Decathlon is the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR. Bigfoot Capital. Decathlon Capital. Key elements: . “We

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. And that is what I advised J.J.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. I suggested going for larger companies and also to pick some verticals where the value proposition really shines through. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And somebody who isn’t thinking necessarily thinking about how to maximize their ownership in your next round of financing. Experience. Relationships. Founder’s perspective. In the Growth Years. Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The acquisition opens the door into a new vertical, allowing the co-founders to accelerate growth and lay the foundation for additional vertical expansions. Co-founders, Laura Maly and Michael Anderson, struck a deal with Galvez that led to the acquisition of Merger Labs , effective January 1, 2018.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 7, 2020

The huge ICO run-up in 2017 brought a lot of attention to the vertical. Ethereum now has a very clear use case and a decentralized finance ecosystem is starting to emerge. But the Ethereum platform found a sweet spot in the finance area: low-frequency, high value transactions. .

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

In 2019, I want to take that to another level by setting specific goals to develop the expertise of our staff members and to further cement our authority as the digital marketing experts in our verticals. Our staff will improve their expertise through more in-depth research and training. Thanks to Dan Goldstein, Page 1 Solutions, LLC ! #11-

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View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

Pros of taking their angel money include the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. Cons: Potentially not much value-add beyond initial financing round. The Domain Angel. The Friends & Family Angel. The Grouped Angels.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

I don’t source financing on their behalf, they generally have the reputations and the personal networks to attract capital if I just get it structured fairly. Not all incubators and accelerators are the same, and many have adopted vertical specializations and come packing serious heat from major partners in those verticals.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 4, 2014

New VCs are vulnerable to fashionable verticals. Our strategy isn’t to necessarily be contrarian but we decided there were certain verticals that we weren’t going to pursue in 2013. While not perfect, these experiences helped tune my radar before Homebrew invested Dollar One. Chasing Hot Markets. For example, food delivery.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2022

At Remagine Ventures we believe that in the long run Generative AI tools will exist for every role in the company (coding, marketing, recruiting, sales, finance, etc) and ultimately every vertical, from Saas to gaming. Investing in generative AI. They won’t replace humans, at least not right away.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 14, 2014

In addition to these horizontal platforms, there are also very interesting vertical players emerging: Spout for finance, Rets.ly While horizontal developer platforms are usually built around features, vertical platforms are usually built around data. for real estate, and Clever for education.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2022

From the Money in the Metaverse (crypto and web3 finance) panel. As the underlying technology for the Metaverse continues to evolve, we will see more and more use cases brought to life across verticals. Samuel Huber ( LandVault ) discussed the importance of onboarding and increasing participation.

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Generative AI Vertical Early Stage PR 88

Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2015

So if your business is low on funds, you might want to look into lease financing instead of heading over to the bank to ask for a loan. No matter your vertical, switching things up a little bit may very well direct more attention on your brand, bolstering your bottom line—without even necessarily costing you that much.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2014

In another study, Granify, a CRO software company, conducted a real time behavior analysis of 20+ million visitors over 5 different verticals and also found that “lower prices” was not as pervasive as we may have believed. Financing Options. Social Proof. Return Policy. Customer Education. Shipping Costs.

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Software Review Social Media Vertical Algorithm 117

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

Inspire each Marketer, Finance Analyst, Logistics Support Staff, Call Center Manager, and every VP to move one step up or one step to the right. Slice the matrix vertically along the time-to-useful dimension…. Recommendation Cuatro : Start a cultural shift. Oh, and don’t get me started on time! Why are there only 24 hours in a day??

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Compared to Accounting, Finance is ruthlessly forward looking. The basic lesson that founders can learn about asset valuation is that Accounting is past and Finance is future. In finance, people use the term “generating Alpha” when they talk about creating value for their company that goes beyond market expectations.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2017

Source: Google Finance). We think it’s inevitable that this vertical will undergo the same digital transformation as every other major commerce category and we’ve made two investments behind this thesis ( Paintzen and Renoviso ) and will be expecting to do more around the construction and renovation space in the years to come.

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Denmark Vertical eCommerce Internet 244

Haystack

JULY 8, 2018

After reflecting on it for a day, I began to understand why — even though this topic has been written about many times, “technology” as a sector and industry now has gone from vertical to horizontal, entirely pervasive across industries, across sectors, across geographies and cultures.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Thanks to Rafe Gomez, Vertical Cloud Inc. ! . #4- 4- Getting comfortable with the numbers and finances. I’m now an award-winning provider of multimedia sales support guidance for organizations around the world. I also contribute content about sales and business strategy to CNBC, Entrepreneur, Inc., and many others. .

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2012

It’s a very common occurrence that a young startup with sub 20 staff and sub $2m in financing is racing around doing too many things. ok, I know our product isn't yet verticalized. Let me explain. As a VC I regularly meet with companies and listen to their plans. This level of complexity always worries me.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

As the pandemic drags on and patients grow to telehealth services, let’s take a look at three industry verticals which are being driven by startup innovation. Mental health. Mental health services have been in demand from the very start of this pandemic. Another player in this space is Ready. Direct-to-door medicine.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Thanks to Rafe Gomez, Vertical Cloud Inc. ! #4- 4- Getting comfortable with the numbers and finances. I’m now an award-winning provider of multimedia sales support guidance for organizations around the world. I also contribute content about sales and business strategy to CNBC, Entrepreneur, Inc., and many others.

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Entrepreneur Hiring Delaware Social Media 54

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e. legal), as well as directly to consumers in their every-day lives. Professional services – accounting, white-shoe law, and more – just aren’t playing at that level yet.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Originally trained in transactional entertainment law and the representation of above-line talent, Lee worked with a number of well-known writer-director-producers in both traditional studio/network deals and in arranging non-studio financing for independent film production including such classics as Bladerunner.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 4, 2014

An investor should serve as a critical sounding board during strategy discussions…Do we have the right strategy, are we focusing on the right priorities, are we growing fast enough (or maybe too fast), and when should we expand into other verticals or geographic territories? Is there enough cash to keep the lights on?

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