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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. of market capitalization. The Index added another $0.9T in Sept 2020.

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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

Highlights from the show Radu on his background and what he was doing before HelpWithCovid.com (2:53) Radu on being a builder and his experiences with YCombinator (4:04) Radu's quarantine life and his parents quarantine life in Romania. (5:45) Eric Ries : You're originally from Romania, right? 18:06) The tech that powers the site. (19:22)

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

oDesk claims that it dominates the market of online freelance marketplaces with $360 million spent by its clients in 2012; this number for the five closest competitors combined – Elance, Freelancer, Guru, People Per Hour, and 99Designs – reaches only $310 million. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5

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UI Path: the first European Decacorn is born

Cracking the Code

What an incredible journey for this company born in Romania. UiPath and Daniel Dines are the perfect example of a company founded locally but scaled globally. At Accel, we love SaaS and Cloud and have invested close to $4B in 230+ companies globally. This new financing of $225m valuing the company at a post-money of $10.2B

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Startup venture and alumni funds

VC Cafe

Slack Fund (founded 2009) – with a market cap of $12 billion, Slack Fund is an $80 million fund, investing dollars for equity to startups developing on the Slack platform. Okta Ventures (founded 2009) – Okta has a market cap of $16 billion. The size of these funds, their models and motivations vary. Startup Funds.

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2020 Accel Euroscape: Decacorn Unleashed

Cracking the Code

UiPath broke that milestone this summer, in just nine months, establishing Europe as a major global center for software innovation. Before jumping into the list, let’s have a quick look at what’s been a very special year in many ways for the cloud ecosystem globally and in Europe. trillion of market value.

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You’ve graduated from the incubator cocoon… now what?

The Next Web

Incubators and accelerators have provided a tremendous boost to the start-up ecosystem, but the arena also requires another medium to step in for those accelerator graduates – one that helps them scale, go global, and gain critical traction to attract market interest and investment. Make your mark in new markets.

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