Hunter Walker

APRIL 4, 2014

strategic investors (including corporates). traditional institutional LPs such as fund of funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds ( our investors ). Venture funds are like startups that play out in slow motion because we raise funding every 30-36 months, compared to 12-18 month cycles for an operating company.

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San Francisco Private Equity LP Syndicate 100

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The proceeds of this round will be used to scale operations, continue building its platform for real-time location data and move its headquarters from Israel to Palo Alto, California, according to the CEO’s post on the company blog, By The Waze.

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California Strategic Investors Video 87

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

What you Before Sets the Course for How Well the Day Goes Make sure you send your financial and operating metrics no less than 72 hours before the board meeting — even better if it can be a week in advance. Make sure you ask if there are any strategic concerns or topics they want to discuss at the board meeting. Here’s the reality.

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Metrics Strategic Investors Later Stage Management 196

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Perhaps, when things settle down a bit more, those companies will even raise series A capital from traditional institutional sources to expand the product features, beef up the operations team more fully and make progress in finding initial product-market fit. Fuzzy Governance.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Perhaps, when things settle down a bit more, those companies will even raise series A capital from traditional institutional sources to expand the product features, beef up the operations team more fully and make progress in finding initial product-market fit. Fuzzy Governance.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. We talked about the negative effect of Apple’s closed system attitude but how that will be a gift to the market because Apple’s cracking of the operator hegemony has forced the industry to innovate.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. ” Box has hired David Quantrell to run the EMEA operations in partnership with Greg Strickland, VP of Global Operations and director of finance & business operations. Strength in experience. Crowded clouds.

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Europe Entrepreneur United States San Francisco 114

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Liberty Global, the world’s second largest cable TV operator, participated in the round. Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. In addition to Intel Capital, investors include Pitango Venture Capital , Battery Ventures , and strategic investors.

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Flash Venture Capital Acquisition 94

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

But Harrison didn't achieve financial success by performing medical evaluations, operations or teaching. One of Harrison's companies received early funding from a strategic investor (a large corporation). You may think his success is the result of his serving as the Chief of Cardiology at Stanford University for 20 years.

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Business Plan Jordan Strategic Investors IPO 83

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Furthermore, given the government’s programs to attract top notch VCs and tech companies, it has become a great place to raise capital and base your Asian operations over the past half-decade. The continent’s top investors are now directing their focus on the most exciting market in the region: Southeast Asia.

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Asia Silicon Valley India China 123

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Opening Night Happy Hour and Keynote with Scott Kupor Time : Monday, September 23rd, 6:00pm-8:00pm Location/Track : Capital Factory, Fundraising Track Austin Startup Week’s first keynote is with Scott Kupor, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz— where he is responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm.

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Austin Startup Texas Community 48

VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

They started with the idea that we wanted to work together on another company and some concepts about the operating philosophy of our relationship, the kind of company culture we wanted to build and the ideal pattern of communication that the two of us would have around the business. Of course coming up with the idea is the easy part.

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 74