mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said. In the middle of that was a gaping hole.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Minecraft had 141 million active players in 2021, sold more than 200 million copies since inception and is one of the most viewed category of videos on Youtube. Animoca Brands is a Hong Kong-based game software company and venture capital company founded 2014 by Yat Siu. In the gaming category Microsoft is a power house.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The $130 million Series D investment round was co-led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. Hanaco Venture Capital is a fund located in New York and Tel Aviv that invests in developing and late-stage startups from across the world.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said. In the middle of that was a gaping hole.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Thats real money." Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

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San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. This video explains more. read more.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Browse through the many hundreds of video answers to startup questions that we’ve filmed from the world’s leading VCs and angels. Luminaries contributing to the Gust video library include Dave McClure , David Hornik , Esther Dyson , Howard L Morgan , Josh Kopelman , Mark Suster and many others.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

That’s why I was so interested in having “ The Gotham Gal &# come on This Week in VC ( video link on YouTube , download iTunes, episode 15) ) and dispel those myths. I think this video should serve as an inspiration to any young aspiring female entrepreneur (and male!) She did this because she had great rapport with buyers.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now that September is here, venture capital activity will pick up as usual. Here are a few of the companies who raised venture capital in August that I found really interesting. JiWire : JiWire has created an advertising network which reaches users at wi-fi hotspots. This video explains more. Or maybe both.

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Venture Capital Angel Investor Algorithm Social Network 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

If you have an hour to watch the TWiVC video of Seth I promise you won’t regret it. 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. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Getting Steve Jobs Wrong – [link].

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. blockchain, persistent world video games) require team members with strong economics foundations.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 15, 2011

I've been traveling a bit lately and haven't kept up as much as usual on all the companies who recently raised venture capital. With what I do (helping companies raise venture capital among other things), it's really important that I stay abreast of trends in venture capital - who's raising money, from whom, and in what amount.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

All of this has become a lot more relevant lately given social networking. He has founded a new social networking site called AnyBeat to take on this issue. And, harrumph, do I really want to go to another fucking social network. Social networks are like Iran. Think about it. It’s scary.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I recently appeared on Fox Business News covering the topic of raising Venture Capital. If you’re in the market or thinking about VC in the future the following video may be of interest to you – click here to view. Video is about 7 minutes. Easier to start by networking with some of our investments.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

We are still in the early days of video monetization, and one of the great gaps in the landscape has just been closed by a new startup, LittleCast , that I co-founded with Amra Tareen and Stephen Ackroyd. The discovery problem that plagues most video content on the Web. LittleCast lets any videographer sell video on social networks.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

GigaOM Structure aims tackle the challenge of understanding how to architect data centers, networks and applications along with the big questions emerging in computing and IT. The conference brings the top marketing, technology and social media professionals together to share their tips and tools on making the latest marketing trends work.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. Scayl -A slick way to email huge files, including HD Video.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

facepalm Spammed within an hour >> 2012/02/28 RT @mikeloukides : best customer may not be the 1 who buys the most, but who has the most influence on social networking. Social Networking (22). social networking. Adventures In Venture Capitalism. #fail Email required 4 sample data&scripts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

You’ll hear this story in the video. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). Current round: $10mm in Series E from Alloy Ventures, Lightspeed, and Walden International. Total raised: $17.0mm.

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San Francisco Los Angeles Cofounder SMS 230

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It's been done before--whole social networks have been built out around the idea of product sharing and cool finds, but their comprehensiveness (complexity) seemed to be their downfall. There hasn't been a lot of buzz about the service yet, so the people in my network who are using it are the people I'd consider to be tastemakers.

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Nebraska Silicon Valley Private Equity Product 102

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ). .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Before AngelList, investment dealflow was private and networks revolved around a few connected angels and VC?s. Since the angel network was created, transparent angel investing has exploded and entrepreneurs from any background can get funded. To my surprise, VC? Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly startupcto

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It's been done before--whole social networks have been built out around the idea of product sharing and cool finds, but their comprehensiveness (complexity) seemed to be their downfall. There hasn't been a lot of buzz about the service yet, so the people in my network who are using it are the people I'd consider to be tastemakers.

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Nebraska Silicon Valley Private Equity Product 84

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I’d much rather type in “500 Million Friends” in an ad for The Social Network than try to figure out whether that purple squiggly is an “r” or an “n”. Check out their cool video explaining what they do, too…. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Advertising Media Venture Capital Social Network 99

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business).

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Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

We both tapped into our respective networks, asking (almost pleading with) people to join our team and vision. We have a myriad of connections to local Venture Capital firms, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and many other important individuals. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising.

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Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2011

Soluto won Techcrunch Disrupt last year, and has raised approximately $7 million to date from Proxima Ventures ($1.6 million in seed, 2008) and Bessemer Venture Partners, Giza Venture Capital and Proxima Ventures ($6.2 million in Series A Nov 2009).

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Open Source Venture Capital Software Social Network 87

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Think about your own behavior: if you are like me, you hate having to deal with sales people, and greatly prefer to do your own research starting with search engines, and leveraging free trials, on-line videos, blogs, reviews, and your social network. For example: Create demo videos that answer every likely sales question.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News. ProfessorVC.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 5, 2011

You're going to look like a dork that takes your social networking far too seriously. Social sites have a brand--a vibe--and that goes a long way to dictating what kinds of people use the site. Would Vimeo be has cool if it wasn't for its initial hipster indie video userbase? I love it!".

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Social Network Green Social Media Equity 115

gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

The company has raised a $5 million in venture capital thus far from First Round Capital, IA Ventures, NEA, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, Ashton Kutcher, Max Levchin and Aaron Levie. Social Networks. More Video » Now Loading… Celebrating GigaOM Structure’s Fifth Year.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 19, 2011

” There’s a valid concern in here somewhere—that our youth is actually becoming less social—but the cause of this problem isn’t social networking. They'd rather just talk to their suitemates--and their online social networking behavior reflects this. It's just a video game.).

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Social Media Media Social Network Internet 121

Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 24, 2011

Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. Please note that the speech is a little longer than most of our videos (40+ minutes), but well worth watching in its entirety. Indeed, it is not only solid (with some great nuggets), but also entertaining.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed.

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

Rand Fishkin: I think one of the challenges is that Silicon Valley startups are built for a very specific asset class, venture capital, which is an asset class that’s designed to invest in 100 companies and three or four of them will return the entire fund and another 10 will be doing okay.

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Silicon Valley SEO Startup Technical Review 33

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. I think this episode is worth watching ( video is here ) but as always I’ll try to summarize for anybody short on time. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos.

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