Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Today we’re online 3.1

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. The State of Mobile 2021 report by App Annie goes in-depth into the consumer trends in mobile. Mobile adoption boomed in 2020 – $143 Billion Consumer Spend, 3.5 credit App Annie. social media.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. Mobile News. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. If nothing else, it shows how many billions Meta is willing to commit in order to advance Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the future of the Internet. Here we go! Epic Games. Unity’s recent $4.4

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Funding for commercial product prototypes is still R&D in the eyes of venture capital investors, but in business areas with large opportunities, this activity will catch the eyes of specialized angel investors. Commercial product prototypes. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Developing a popular mobile scheduling app, they raised $1.2 million in venture capital to move. Montreal is a spot for new start-ups and venture capital. Hibernia Atlantics network of subsea cables provides some of the worlds best internet connections. of all business. Tech Jobs in New Brunswick.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Techventure 2011 – one of Asia’s topmost events for the venture capital community to engage with the latest technology entrepreneurs organized by Asiasons WFG and presented by National Research Foundation (NRF) and Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) – will celebrate its 15th year on October 13 and 14.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 28, 2014

The obvious reason for this is mobile internet penetration: We’ve gone from an internet population of 55 million users to nearly three billion, and smartphone users are expected to grow from 1.5 Venture Capital' billion today to five billion in the coming years.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Early Stage Cloud 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Funding for commercial product prototypes is still R&D in the eyes of venture capital investors, but in business areas with large opportunities, this activity will catch the eyes of specialized angel investors. Commercial product prototypes. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.

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Early Stage Angel Investor Incubator Government 412

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

645 Ventures 645 Ventures makes deeply-researched investments in institutional Seed to Series A rounds for exceptional companies who demonstrate stellar early results in the areas of market validation, product differentiation, team strength, and brand narrative.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In the past week, Rakuten , a Japanese e-commerce company, bought Viber , a mobile messaging video app, for $900M; and Facebook bought WhatsApp , a mobile messaging app with 450M active monthly users globally (almost entirely outside of the US), for a deal that could be worth $19B after earnouts.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. Electron-based Venture Capital. When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked pretty simple. Here’s why.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

There is an industry changing shift going on in the internet and mobile-based IT space for sure. Dan believed that consumer internet entrepreneurs have a choice now: traditional VC vs. super seed investors. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. We both felt there was a bit of a gap for B round funding. o Tuenti.

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Seed Stage Valuation Private Equity Venture Capital 232

Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

These are now done either transparently in the background, in the cloud, or done using minimally invasive mobile apps. We wouldn’t be able to imagine our lives without it, auto-save, no software loads, freemuim, mobile, access anywhere. The way we do things today is very different because of SaaS and the Internet.

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Gust

DECEMBER 25, 2013

To start with, a pre-revenue mobile company cannot expect to raise anything from “the VCs” Venture capital funds invest in only one out of every 400 companies seeking funding, so the odds of your particular startup getting funded are astronomically against you. Conceivable, but unlikely.

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Revenue Angel Investor Mobile Venture Capital 136

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks. I was in the midst of sizing the mobile handset markets in 3 regions: US, Europe and Asia. As scientific as that. I called another agency.

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Investment Bankers Mobile Software Review Japan 415

The Equity Kicker

MAY 6, 2016

One thing that stands out as a little different for me is that the best investors get behind big themes – e.g. the internet, open source software, SaaS, ecommerce, mobile, marketplaces – which feel a bit like the deterministic theories that super forecasters are sceptical of. Mobile is a great example.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Before we filmed the segment we had the chance to chat over lunch over the direction of the Internet and how social was changing the fabric of the web. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. What is your mobile strategy?

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Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. Reactions when I told people I was an “internet entrepreneur” ranged from smirks to blank stares.

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Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

But if our website says that Credo invests in IT, Internet, mobile or healthcare startups predominantly in Central Europe, I just don’t feel obliged to respond to a gold mine in Mongolia or Australian TV production studio. Not all entrepreneurs are aware of the responsibilities associated with receiving venture capital.

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Silicon Valley Mongolia Technical Cofounder Entrepreneur 124

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital. Carpe Diem. The rules for making money are different in a bubble than in normal times. You have to deliver.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Which brings me back to your mobile phones. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Apple owned 0%.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It’s my job to invest wisely in entrepreneurs who are capital efficient, who innovate in ways that pay off economically in good markets or bad and who plan for worst-case scenarios. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

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Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Another portfolio company of ff Venture Capital that targets this market is Voxy , a mobile app that creates an immersive experience in teaching English as a second language. Miami doesn’t yet have the venture capital and level of depth in all the entrepreneurial disciplines (internet marketing, venture law, etc.)

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Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. China Venture Capital. venture capitalists invested $26.5

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The Thin Skin of the Venture Capital Market - crowdspring.co/1xaoN3x. and the Internet of Things | UX Booth – crowdspring.co/1wjvAJt. 20 Free Device PSD Mockups for Mobile Apps & Websites – crowdspring.co/1zfrLbQ. and the Internet of Things | UX Booth – crowdspring.co/1wjvAJt.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 99

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

It is home to over 680 million people and over 400 million internet users- nearly 70% of the population. The report predicts that the region’s internet economy can cross $300 billion by 2025. According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020.

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Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

I regularly come across companies who happen to have the #1 paid app in the App Store fly under the radar for years before raising venture capital. Much of this is due to the lack of venture capital – seed-stage venture capital, in particular – to get companies off the ground here in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

The other day, I was watching an episode of Seinfeld and was struck by how dramatically different location-aware mobile phones have made our day-to-day existence. Back in 2004, I was working for the General Motors pension fund, which had been making limited partnership investments in venture capital since the early 1980’s.

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Artificial Inteligence Business Model Mobile Venture Capital 99

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

Norse-Corp.com developed a fraud-detection system using distributed Internet-monitoring tools, and now is looking to sell this to credit card payment networks for their antifraud programs. Mobile is where the action is. No surprise there. Louis tech investor. Louis areas, was another reason for starting up his engineering team there.

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St. Louis Kansas City Technical Review Kansas 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

In another report more specifically on Venture Capital Activity for 2012 , CB Insights noted relatively flat but still healthy funding levels, compared to the previous year (down in total dollars by 7.5%, but up in total deals by 7%). The Internet sector is tops for seed deals. Top five states for venture capital.

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Massachusetts Silicon Valley Venture Capital California 249

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Monetate Mobile adds mobile-native navigation, search, GPS store location, cart access and more, to any site, overnight. The ideal candidate has experience with eCommerce systems, emerging mobile and social technologies, as well as RoR. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

During that time, we watched the first wave of mobile apps take off — Foursquare, GroupOn, Instagram, Twitter, etc. We were roommates at the time and launched two different companies out of a kind-of dumpy apartment: We both went on to raise millions in venture capital and build meaningful businesses in interesting spaces.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Austin 48

VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

As I mentioned in my post on the LLM Benchmarking , venture capital investment in AI startups was down 43% in Q1 2023. So one way to think about it is no different from how we have thought about maybe the personal computing shift, the internet shift, the mobile shift. So along that dimension, I think it’s a big shift.”

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