Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 29, 2013

And given the fact that the majority of top investors were congregated around Silicon Valley, many entrepreneurs felt compelled to move to the valley to start their business. Look global and local. The post Funding goes global: location is no longer your financing destiny appeared first on Version One Ventures.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2017

Realize your startup is only “special” to you: There’s really no room in an investor’s portfolio for sentimentality or special accommodations. So, no: VC funding isn’t such a rare thing in Silicon Valley or anywhere else. You don’t have to be a unicorn to get it either. Bruce is the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Secondly, the driver of returns for the funds raised in 1978 – 1981 was not their underlying portfolios, at what stage, or in what industries they were built. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. Silicon Valley firms also did many non-tech deals.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. Business partnerships have traditionally been agreements to drive more transactions than either company could do alone.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

The Global Innovation Index places Switzerland as the most innovative country in the world. As the largest city in Switzerland, Zurich is a global business hub and home to fifteen companies ranked within the prestigious Fortune 500 list, including the Zurich Insurance Group,” explain SAP recruitment experts at Eursap. billion to $3.7

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Should those entrepreneurs who have built their business elsewhere move to Silicon Valley to raise money? Since 1M/1M is a global program, we have many entrepreneurs in various parts of the world who are building interesting businesses, and trying to determine how best to interface with the ecosystem that exists in Silicon Valley.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

That exposure gave me insight into the significant knowledge gap that exists between Silicon Valley and the rest of the world. When I was a founder, it was such a powerful way of supporting portfolio companies. There are a lot of things they do from a portfolio support perspective that we’ve looked to as examples at Panache.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. I later became convinced that my different perspective (female, immigrant, global) enhanced my ability to see opportunities where others didn’t. When I started my career, I never envisioned starting a fund.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Contrasting China via their Zhi-Xing (? ?, March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM 4:30PM Hilton?—?Salon 12:00PM Hilton?—?Salon

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 6, 2019

I’ve come down to Argentina with my friend and portfolio company CEO, Wences Casares , the founder of Xapo. Silicon Valley has the rare privilege and good fortune to be one of the most amazing entrepreneurial networks in the world. We’ve captured many of these lessons in my book Blitzscaling and my podcast Masters of Scale.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

It’s an impressive portfolio. That’s no longer the case in Silicon Valley. Just like revenues are the right metric for businesses that aim to sell products directly, one can probably deduce a global metric for other types of businesses. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Also portfolio management strategy has shifted a bit in recent years, and many large investors now evaluate at all risky assets together (US tech IPOs, Brazilian bonds, Chinese private equity, etc) rather than making discrete allocations to each bucket. The global macro conditions could weigh heavily on the IPO market for awhile.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Jones Lang Lasalle: Global commercial real estate services. Cushman and Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company). Dan Allred – Silicon Valley Bank (@dgallred).

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

COVID-19 has caused global acceleration of many trends that were already happening before the pandemic and the immigration to Texas and especially Austin are no exception. Planting roots I was recently talking with someone who moved here from Silicon Valley and he pointed out something that really resonated with me. Why Amy Sun?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 6, 2020

Breyer Capital’s Silicon Valley presence remains as important as ever, and at the same time, Austin offers a remarkable new frontier of opportunity. When I graduated from Harvard Business School after graduating from Stanford, I was one of a small number of classmates who made the decision to move to Silicon Valley.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2017

This doesn’t include the various lists of ‘hot startups to watch’ (where normally there’s a correlation between the startup and the recommending VC’s portfolio), but more general trends from VCs, sector specific predictions from other organizations, and 2016 annual industry reports. 2017 VC Predictions.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). One other firm that doesn’t always get a lot of popular acclaim but has a ton of operational expertise & widely global reach is Rocket Internet. These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors.

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A Crowded Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Don’t get me wrong – we love it when a company in our portfolio does exceptionally well and receives a lot of attention. Sometimes they’re founded by more mature founders that are over the Silicon Valley median founder age. We have founders and wonderful portfolio companies in Seattle, San Diego, Chicago, and Atlanta.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. Half our portfolio is consumer. kaufer ‘s keys to making @TripAdvisor a GLOBAL consumer brand.built in Boston #BostonB2C pic.twitter.com/RK9lJasUqS. At NextView, we invest across the US. Yep, Boston has consumer tech.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. Business partnerships have traditionally been agreements to drive more transactions than either company could do alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. Business partnerships have traditionally been agreements to drive more transactions than either company could do alone.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2023

Like many of you, I’ve been reflecting on the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank quite a bit this past week, now that the initial panic has faded into a dulled sense of disbelief. Our regulatory system must do a better job of understanding this.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., This supplement to our BVP VII fund will ensure that we can take advantage of future investment opportunities and that the companies within the Bessemer portfolio have continued access to capital." Labels: Portfolio , Venture Capital. Portfolio. (3).

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This is going to be a drag on the portfolio, this is going to be a waste of time.”. But I thought that if this actually works, it can have a global impact and generate virtually uncapped returns.”. No business I know of had a playbook for a global pandemic of this magnitude. CONCLUSION.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Rise of Global Tech Hubs An exciting shift in recent years is the emergence of new technological hubs across the globe. While Silicon Valley remains iconic, cities from Bangalore to Berlin are making names for themselves as hotbeds of tech innovation.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I’m extremely excited about the portfolio of companies my partners and I have put together at Foundry Group which includes some great ad tech companies which you list above. Rather, I’d say that the one truly common trait across our portfolio of companies is the obsession these businesses have with their product.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: A Fight in Silicon Valley: Founders Push for Control. Global Support. Why Register?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The new paradigm, driven by disruptive technologies, cloud-served supercomputing, and the new generation of young adults with global empathy, is partnering and giving something now for a competitive advantage in the future. Business partnerships have traditionally been agreements to drive more transactions than either company could do alone.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? The second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) Was this going to happen anyway?

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Later, when I learned that Joe White would take on this newly created role, I grew even more excited about the positive impact this new position will have on fostering innovation and entrepreneurism on a local and global scale. And I have gotten to know Joe as a friend after he moved to Silicon Valley last year.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Before we talk about how this might work, it’s helpful to take a look back at a case study of what gave rise to Silicon Valley as an innovation cluster and the San Francisco Bay Area as a modern supercity. In the case of Silicon Valley, it was a combination of: Universities like Stanford. Federal government.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Since 2011, we have invested in four Toronto-based startups as well as one Ottawa-based company, out of 60 active companies in our portfolio. Additionally, the Canadian government has significantly more rational immigration policies for foreign entrepreneurs than America, encouraging talented people globally to come to Canada.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Brian joins Lightspeed as our Partner in charge of executive level talent for Lightspeed and our portfolio of companies. We recognized their high IQ and EQ immediately, and we’re excited to see our portfolio companies put both to good use. Meredith started out at Google HQ on the Global Communications & Public Affairs team.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I talked about creative disruption and how many significant companies would be formed as a result of this (not dissimilar to what I saw in Silicon Valley while investing post 2001 crash). In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world. Portfolio. (3). Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! I innovate : a 20mn podcast on innovation and entrepreneurship.

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