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IPA: a Quiet $10B Market (Automation is En Fuego part 2)

Austin Startup

Camunda’s software is based on open source software, and based on important standards like BPMN for processes and DMN for decisions. I have really enjoyed watching our BP3 team build up a Camunda practice that is, in my opinion, the very best practice in North America.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude.

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Opportunity is everywhere: we’re now investing worldwide

Version One Ventures

From the start, we have limited ourselves primarily to startups within North America, with a handful of exceptions: Nexus Mutual and Drover (UK), Guesser.com (Spain), and Headout (India). Geography no longer controls where you can build a successful company.

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Regulatory arbitrage in crypto

Version One Ventures

Unfortunately for the Valley (and North America in general), a few regions have embraced this approach with cryptocurrencies and we are seeing more and more crypto companies coming out of the UK, Malta, Singapore, Hong Kong and other jurisdictions that are more friendly towards crypto than the US or Canada are. .

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India. We are committed to open-sourcing our learnings and materials. Region: Global with focus on Europe and US .

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

as a “17 Women to Watch in 2017,” by Entrepreneur Magazine as a 2016 “Woman to Watch,” and was selected to participate in the United Nations Foundation Global Accelerator. The fund has invested in 27 companies, and select investments include: ELOQUII, Tala, Zola, WayUp, and Thrive Global. Carolyn was recognized by Inc.

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Splunk Founder Now Launches Entrepreneurs, Not Startups

ReadWriteStart

Those teams are among 50 globally participating in the Founder.org program’s second-year class. We weren’t open source, but we appealed to the open source mindset. We work with leading colleges, universities and research institutes throughout North America and Europe to advance student entrepreneurship.

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