Version One Ventures

JANUARY 27, 2014

Now it looks like mobile is eating the web. Back in 2010, Mary Meeker and Morgan Stanley predicted that within the next five years, “more users will connect to the Internet over mobile devices than desktop PCs.” The shift from desktop to mobile, whether smartphone or tablet, is happening across a variety of activities.

Mobile 161

Mobile Web SEO Distribution 161

Version One Ventures

JULY 21, 2020

At that time, Version One was a generalist firm, investing in consumer Internet, e-commerce, SaaS and mobile companies. No matter the vertical, geography, business model, macro or micro trends, entrepreneurs form the nucleus of a generational company. “Backing the next generation of mission-driven founders”.

Founder 213

Founder Vertical Differentiation Portfolio 213

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. I help internet companies make money. Vince: Digiday Mobile and Digiday Social Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? I also serve as CEO of a small media companies that profile “Tomorrow’s Most Exciting People Today”.

Los Angeles 225

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VC Cafe

MAY 23, 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. If Generative AI is truly a platform shift like the early days of mobile and cloud, think about the first generation of apps or cloud services.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Research shows that over 42% of internet users worldwide now use ad blockers to reduce how much advertising they see. While there’s nothing you can do about there being too many ads on the internet, ad irrelevance, intrusiveness, and size are all elements to consider. Ad blockers. User privacy. Take The Economist.

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Advertising Cost Customer PR 131

The Next Web

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder of Arkenea , a company committed to helping entrepreneurs and businesses build, market and monetize their mobile apps. Building a mobile app startup is the “I want to build an Internet startup” of the late 1990s. The only difference is, this time, there is no bubble waiting to burst.

Mobile 151

Mobile Startup Singapore India 151

The Equity Kicker

MAY 19, 2015

We’ve been doing a good deal of thinking about the future of ecommerce as the world goes mobile. On the web these retailers found their customers via search, but that doesn’t work as well on mobile. So how will discovery work on mobile? They will be primarily web based (including mobile web) and may not need an app.

eCommerce 60

eCommerce Mobile Aggregator Vertical 60

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Entertainment is more than newspapers, more than Hollywood, and more than the sum of specific verticals jousting for consumer eyeballs. Social usage is almost entirely spent on mobile. . Startup landscapes, while not perfect, are useful as they provide a way for us to define a space/category and the players of that vertical.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

These vertical solutions would focus on specific pain pain points in the enterprise, such as logistics or customer relationship management. Client-server has moved to the cloud (dramatically decreasing the cost of software development and deployment), and mobile apps are everywhere. Fast forward to 2013.

Advisory Board 70

Advisory Board Cloud Venture Capital Vertical 70

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Or will the convergence of content, internet, mobile applications, games and social media be the onrushing asteroids that will soon destroy the movie dinosaurs? How about Internet Video? revenues from internet video services spanning user-generated content to television shows and movies will exceed $7 billion this year.

Los Angeles 85

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Technical Review Distribution 85

ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2021

Initially, Uber launched its vertical in the food delivery services with the name UberFresh. In this regard, you can go for the development of UberEats like an app that is a hot topic on the Internet. To find out users, you must prepare a questionnaire and circulate it over the Internet. Mobile platforms. Business model.

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Business Model Social Media Mobile Revenue 168

VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2022

Now the mobile networks are good enough that it’s starting to be a lot more video. It’s like I’ve spent the last almost 20 years of my life building social software, you know, making it so that whatever limited computation you have, you can kind of share something about your experience. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO.

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IP Strategic Investors Vertical Early Stage 187

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2017

Mobile computing means that he has the world’s information and entertainment at his literal fingertips. While internet disruption has transformed most facets of everyday living, one of the last to really be redesigned has been the home. Source: Google Finance).

Denmark 244

Denmark Vertical eCommerce Internet 244

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Most consumer web/mobile companies focus on user growth and usage early in the company’s lifecycle before shifting to monetization. We invest in internet enabled companies at NextView and our portfolio is roughly equally split between consumer and B2B businesses. But B2B startups need to take a different tack.

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Revenue Product B2B Marketing 234

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Its hard to imagine that the voice ecosystem will look anything like the mobile-app layer, or for that matter the early world of early e-commerce marketplaces. Because voice activation may require users to know both what they want and who provides it, today’s leading brands in any given vertical will have a huge advantage.

Vertical 120

Vertical Differentiation Internet SEO 120

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2016

The rise of mobile and social technologies has made end-users more empowered and knowledgeable than ever before. Connecting Internet of Things to Internet of Customers. Connecting Internet of Things to Internet of Customers. More than 90 percent of the world’s data has been generated over the last 2 years.

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Customer Advisory Board Asia Internet 100

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

In fact the e-commerce site aims to be the world’s largest online crafts store, seeking to expand to other craft verticals pending profitability or an angel investment. The winning startup also receives a complementary booth at Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing on May 7 and 8.

Asia 150

Asia Startup Singapore Japan 150

ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2014

This is the first of a two-part series on mobile conversion and how to improve it. It’s based on thousands of user tests conducted by UserTesting , the leading usability testing service for mobile apps and websites. Why Doesn’t Mobile Convert? But according to Forrester , up to 30% of traffic to major websites comes from mobile.

Mobile 122

Mobile Conversion eCommerce Design 122

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As is the case in other countries with a relatively new, rapidly growing tech sector, e-commerce is Russia’s fastest growing vertical. For example, one of the priorities of Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) is to provide financial and expert support to startups in their early development stage. billion in the UK and $5.5

Russia 140

Russia Europe Government Vertical 140

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2013

With their lives perpetually tethered to the mobile web, the rise of these generations of tomorrow’s customers, managers and workers will change how we develop and consume technology. There are nearly 941 million smartphones/tablets manufactured in Asia, with over US$203 billion spent on voice and mobile data services.

Technology 174

Technology Singapore Malaysia Indonesia 174

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

That’s just a really easy and great way to get started, and get a sense of what are the first easy steps you can take to take advantage of Google and the Internet to grow your business. Kim Spalding: You know, Local Service Ads is a product that we designed specifically for some of our local service verticals, like home services.

Small Business 35

Small Business Search Dallas Vertical 35

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For mobile app developers, the impressive figures are enticing. After all, it’s all about reach for mobile apps. In this aspect, China’s huge market seems ripe for the taking — and which firms are better-placed to do so than homegrown startups, especially app developers looking to conquer the mobile market? billion people.

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China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2014

This is the second of a two-part series on mobile conversion. In the first part , we described the most common usability mistakes made in mobile commerce sites and apps, and how to fix them. In this part, well discuss the frontiers of mobile commerce: trends were seeing in user tests that may fundamentally change eCommerce.

Mobile 99

Mobile eCommerce Design Analytics 99

Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Most brilliant “Internet of Things” ideas are quicksand for capital unless you have the branding, vertical integration and customer lock-in that Apple achieved. However, the rise of the Internet equalized if not flipped the ratio as the web (and mobile) created a new product category and distribution platform.

Vertical 60

Vertical Widget Distribution China 60

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

A couple more tips on benchmarking using your own web analytics data, this time the performance of your content on your site – mobile or desktop, site or app. For my business Direct Visits are very important, a much higher % of people see the home page of the site, as are mobile and tablet combined have a very desirable audience.

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

More recently acquiring Quattro Wireless created the iAds mobile ad network and Siri was of course a technology acquired from SRI. The satellite TV guys (DirecTV, Dish Network) have good pay TV businesses and nationwide coverage but lack a true broadband internet offering so they wouldn’t be a fit.

Hungary 168

Hungary Dividend Vertical Preferred Stock 168

BeyondVC

JULY 23, 2007

The Wall Street Journal announced another Nokia mobile internet purchase today of a company called Twango which allows users to share photos, video, and media. As you know more people around the world access the web from a mobile device versus a PC or laptop. or $1 per month from a customer.

Internet 60

Internet Acquisition Vertical Software 60

thebarefootvc

JUNE 6, 2013

According to a recent Cisco report, last year’s mobile data traffic was nearly 12x the size of the ENTIRE global Internet in 2000. Mobile devices are now acting as sensors – which means by default most humans (who are carrying these devices almost 24/7) are living, breathing sensors.

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Venture Capital Mobile Vertical Algorithm 88

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 12, 2018

Learn how this revolutionary technology will transform industry verticals. Smart Mobility & Transportation Demo Zone. Internet of Things World Europe. Smart Mobility & Transportation. Smart Mobility & Transportation. Best Mobility Product/Service. ” TechXLR8 Tracks. Blockchain 360.

Artificial Inteligence 81

Artificial Inteligence Europe Startup Cloud 81

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Mobile Design’s Wake-Up Call Preparing Websites For The Unexpected. Mobile devices shake old habits in two ways. Now, not only do we have small-screen iPhones, Android phones, Kindles, iPads and other mobile devices, but we’re asking websites to adapt to whichever device comes knocking. Mobile Is Also A Content Problem.

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Mobile HTML Flash Software Review 101

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 1, 2021

Founded in 2009 by JoeBen Bevert, Joby Aviation has been working under the radar at a base in Santa Cruz, California to develop an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Indeed, what Joby ultimately envisions is a new human mobility network that takes short-hop transit from 2D to 3D. We have vertical liftoff!

Merger 28

Merger Vertical Mobile Architecture 28

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. Others were able to provide additional data for one or more business verticals. For the first time, we asked for data from specific business sectors, as follows: All pre-revenue deals. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals. Other pre-revenue deals.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

It has been twenty years since Ebay arrived on the scene and showed what happens when you bring people together over the Internet to do commerce. Startups have honed in on every vertical imaginable, branched out from product to services, and tested out new paths to profitability. Mobile unlocks new use cases. The bottom line.

Vertical 60

Vertical Mobile Lead Generation Global 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2011

This week they were testing one of the most confusing sections of a company’s business model – Customer Relationships - the activities used to “Get, Keep and Grow” customers in a physical or virtual (web or mobile) channel. If their team was a web or mobile app they actually had to buy Google or Facebook ads and create demand.).

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Customer Cloud EC2 Channel 247

Start Up Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

The Merger – Now that information work has finally reached its mobility phase, houses and offices will start to change shape. Internet – Mid-1990s. We can also expect new houses to have rooftop landing pads for Vertical Take Off and Landing ( VTOL ) vehicles that will become common within 20 years. VCRs – Early 1980s.

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Widget Merger Australia Vertical 108

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This privacy-as-a-service API platform provides peace of mind to companies and the customers they serve in the world of AI and smart devices by building a new privacy infrastructure for the internet. We are excited that privacy has become more important to many people, including policy makers and individuals.

San Jose 75

San Jose Cofounder API Silicon Valley 75