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Startup Map & Trends Analysis – September 2012

Gust

Meanwhile, France prevailed with a double-digit percent increase, jumping up one spot and into third place. Other countries with a surge in new companies are Colombia, Australia, and Spain. Canada also saw a decline, falling from second to fourth place.

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HealthDataInsights Sells for $400 Million. Big Win for GRP Partners.

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Our other big wins came from Chicago (Ulta & Envestnet), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack) & LA (TrueCar). We have two big winners in France, one in the UK and a couple in San Francisco. And we’re not restricted to territories. HDI is based in Las Vegas.

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Transformify: The Sustainable Platform for Remote Jobs

Transformify

Earthquakes and talent scarcity in tech hubs like San Francisco, London, New York, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Paris and so on could disrupt the business of many tech companies. Early on, we were warning businesses that remote work strategy needed to be an integral part of disaster recovery plans.

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Why This New York Venture Capital Firm is Investing in Canada

David Teten

We’re a New York based early-stage venture capital firm. While Canada doesn’t yet have the deep financial and technical infrastructure that cities such as San Francisco and New York have built over many years of flourishing startup activity, many Silicon Valley alumni are recognizing an opportunity and relocating north.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry.

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8 Online Businesses Disrupting Their Industry

YoungUpstarts

The company also continues to cause waves in by breaking into new territories, last year launching in both France and Germany. Initially carving out its niche as being for people who found trips to Blockbuster inconvenient, Netflix now reigns supreme while Blockbuster has become defunct.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments. They have a can-do attitude that is infectious.