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Recapping Q4 2019

Version One Ventures

Congratulations to Manny Medina and everyone at Outreach , which was named the Fourth Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™. Outreach was named to this prestigious list thanks in part to triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth and the largest customer base in the sales engagement category.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., Seattle, WA. The good news is that these new metro centers are significantly less expensive than Silicon Valley or the East Coast. . Austin, TX.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., The good news is that these new metro centers are significantly less expensive than Silicon Valley or the East Coast. . with their startups growing by 81.2

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

NAME THAT TECH TUNE. Share this: We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group which raised $300 million last month and Divergent Ventures which pulled in $6.9 But Seattle entrepreneur Aaron Roberts, a former engineer… Read More. Mobile News.

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29 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They’re Making in Their Business as a Result of Pandemic

Hearpreneur

When open houses in Seattle Real Estate shut down at the beginning of the pandemic my Photography business knew that Virtual Tours were going to be very important. We had to make the difficult decision to cut down on staff and this allowed us to hire workers at lower rates. Learning to pivot is the name of the game right now.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., The good news is that these new metro centers are significantly less expensive than Silicon Valley or the East Coast. . with their startups growing by 81.2

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A recap of Q4: Great momentum for 2017

Version One Ventures

Frank + Oak (who was named innovator of the year by Canadian Business) announced the launch of its 50/50 Founders’ Fund , in partnership with General Assembly. This seed-stage fund is named 50/50 since Frank + Oak plans to grant 50 percent of the fund to female entrepreneurs and 50 percent of the fund to male entrepreneurs.

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