VC Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Currently in R&D mode and working with select partners. Self reported: smart product sourcing (that’s it!). Self reported: INEZE (pronounced I-NE-ZE, means “here it is&# in hebrew) will dramatically change how people find products on the web.

Stealth 79

Stealth Cofounder Matching Artificial Inteligence 79

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link].

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Stealth Startup NDA Cofounder 68

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2014

When Avi Networks founders Umesh Mahajan, Murali Basavaiah, and Ranga Rajagopalan first came to Lightspeed in 2012 with their vision of bringing the benefits of a hyperscale approach to application delivery and layer 4-7 services, it made perfect sense to us. Monolithic approaches to application delivery simply don’t work anymore.

Architecture 113

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2011

If your product has a problem, ask your consumers why it sucks. 3 Network, network, network. Forget about keeping things in stealth. It could be web visits, building a team, getting users or revenue. Penn-Olson is a Young Upstarts content partner. Thanks Rick. #3 We usually help if we can. #8

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Asia Stealth Lean Networking 210

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. - We spoke briefly about why. YOu should check it out.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). I believe that many social networks confused this idea. The configuration of the team was: 1 CEO, 1 Product Lead and a tech team of 6 people. Not necessarily in the shopping mindset.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

BOLDstart helps founders at the seed stage accelerate their growth from idea/ alpha phase to product market fit and successful Series A round. However, to add to this, we love entrepreneurs who have big visions but of course, start with an incredibly focused product. companies that harness the power of network effects”.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2018

Network with all the finalists from 11 am to 1:30 pm on Monday, March 12, at SXSW Accelerator Demo Day , at the Hilton Austin, Salon C. Co-located in Shanghai and San Francisco, the AirPop product brand is a line of sensing, high-efficiency air pollution accessories for 4 billion+ people breathing pervasive ambient air pollution.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Socialware is emerging from stealth mode, and being increasingly public about its products and services. The company has been funded to date by some incredible investors, including G-51 Capital, Silverton Partners, and Maples Investments. Introducing Social Middleware.

Social Network 59

Social Network Chad Stealth Aggregator 59

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. Have an account? To this day, the purpose of the site is still secret.

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Greylock investor Sridhar Ramaswamy , who co-founded search engine startup Neeva , says it’s more important for startups to think about creating a product that is useful and resonates with people before worrying about whether a large incumbent is doing it.

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Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Greylock investor Sridhar Ramaswamy , who co-founded search engine startup Neeva , says it’s more important for startups to think about creating a product that is useful and resonates with people before worrying about whether a large incumbent is doing it.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Today Cloze has started to talk more publicly about their funding and also is starting to open their product more broadly. Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. I hope you’ll have an opportunity to check out Cloze’s product.

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Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Funding news. venturebeat ]. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Funding news. venturebeat ]. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Funding news. venturebeat ]. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Funding news. venturebeat ]. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Alexia Tsotsis: Since people like me (millennials) are putting pressure on our IT departments to buy products that we can actually use and aren’t blinded by, what do you think the enterprise space will look like in the next five years? Marc Andreessen: We have a bunch of stealth investments. Marc Andreessen: Yeah.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Perhaps the team is working on a product that really isnt that great or useful. Maybe they never thought about product-market fit. Building a product is like packing a suitcase: Plan out what you think you need. The biggest mistake I see is companies waiting too long to release the product. Leave it in the comments.

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

These are all similar concepts faced by tech startups today, where innovation means, as Greylock partner Reid Hoffman says, “creating products that have or might fundamentally transform everyday life.”. While relatively few tech entrepreneurs may work on products that end up being household names like J.J.’s Hi, everyone.

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