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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. I told Ethan on the spot that I wanted to be the lead investor in his new company. In industry this is known as “yield management” and of course it needs to exist. It’s nice to finally not be in stealth mode! So there you have it.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Some corporate funds now lead rounds. Teten: What makes for a good vs. bad corporate venture investor?