YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2019

Christopher Grey is the co-founder and COO of CapLinked , and enterprise software company offering an information control and risk mitigation platform for the sharing of confidential or sensitive documents and communications outside of the enterprise. Christopher founded two companies, Crestridge Investments and Third Wave Partners.

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Cofounder Private Equity Software Review Equity 170

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We focus primarily on software and Internet companies in areas such as SaaS, application software, financial software, consumer internet, and online marketplaces. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way. That drives every decision we make.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

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. Audiences constantly consume information through the different content channels daily.

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Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 142

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. We legalized robbing the corporate treasury.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Founders can now access the largest pool of risk capital that ever existed –in the form of Private Equity (Angel Investors, family offices , Venture Capitalists (VC’s) and Hedge Funds.). At its core Venture Capital is nothing more than a small portion of the Private Equity financial asset class. The Deal With the Devil.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Partners leave the industry. Here’s my take: 1.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At Galvanize at 6:00 pm. At Google Fiber at 6:30 pm.

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Technical Review Austin North America Software Review 75

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. September 15, 2011. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress. Previous Entries.

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IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Private Equity 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. Investors: Summit Partners (lead), Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Gary Vaynerchuk. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. 4mm in Series A.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But in business, you want a lot of partners. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

My upcoming objective is to develop a software application that will give marketers an advantage over their competitors. I plan to use a combination of personal capital, debt financing, and private equity investment to fund the business. In 2023, I plan to launch a brand-new enterprise focused on developing chatting software.

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Affiliate United States Entrepreneur Software Review 62

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time. Bigfoot Capital.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

SiliconHills

MARCH 29, 2018

SpareFoot, the Austin-based online self-storage marketplace, announced Thursday plans to acquire SiteLink, a software maker for the self-storage industry, founded in 1996 and based in Raliegh, North Carolina. As part of the deal, Cove Hill Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, will acquire a majority stake in the combined company.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

We also made sure to look at the financial profile of other Software as a Service (SaaS) companies. My fellow partners at Austin Ventures may say this is the first thing they look for. Well, Brant and I partnered on Bazaarvoice because we complement each other very well. There is usually a way. What is a good team?

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Bootstrapping IPO Business Model Software Review 52

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

While private equity has a history in the U.S. that dates back over a century , the “boom or bust” period of the 1980s to early 1990s is considered the period that marks the rise in private equity and venture capital funding as we know it today. Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software. What are your morals?

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Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

And that’s how I started my private equity business where I acquire both online and offline assets such as lead generation websites and physical real estate. In my entrepreneurship journey, I’ve made incredible retail partners from many countries, and eventually landed my own show on HSN for 19 years.

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Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 136

YoungUpstarts

JULY 18, 2019

Some entrepreneurs will spend a lot of time micromanaging and refereeing personality conflicts in the workplace or engaging in their own workplace drama with partners, colleagues, and investors. The software won’t fix your time management problem or make you more productive. Avoid Distracting Communication.

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Product Entrepreneur Private Equity Cofounder 147

Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Zipcar: Ok, not exactly consumer web/software, but a great consumer tech company nonetheless. Wayfair: This is somewhere between an exit and and a growth round, but the largest independent ecommerce company focused on the huge home/furniture category raised a $165M round from a group of growth, private equity, and venture investors.

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Technical Review Boston Software Review IPO 54

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Business Software. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Graham is careful about whom he chooses to partner with.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. From software and hardware design to advanced manufacturing, Texas is fertile ground for innovation, investment, business starts and smart job growth. The venture and private capital ecosystem in Texas has never been as healthy or vibrant as it is today.

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SiliconHills

JULY 28, 2016

Austin-based BP3 Global announced this week it has raised $10 Million from Petra Capital Partners, LLC., a Nashiville, Tenn-based private equity firm. The company plans to use the funding to speed up development of its Brazos platform, a data and analytics software program.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 18, 2017

Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm, announced Thursday its plans to acquire Planview, an Austin-based software company. The two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Thoma Bravo to acquire Planview form Insight Venture Partners. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The considerations that go into incorporating a restaurant, say, can be very different from the considerations for incorporating a software company. You don’t want a senior partner preparing documents for an incorporation, nor do you want a third-year lawyer negotiating with a seasoned venture capitalist for you. Hiring employees.

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SiliconHills

MAY 11, 2015

Epicor Software Corp. announced Monday plans to spinoff of its retail solutions business into a separate privately-held company. The Austin-based business software company refers to its spinoff company as “SpinCo” until the deal is done. Apax Partners, a private equity investment group, is providing the funding.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2019

Christopher Grey is the co-founder and COO of CapLinked , and enterprise software company offering an information control and risk mitigation platform for the sharing of confidential or sensitive documents and communications outside of the enterprise. Christopher founded two companies, Crestridge Investments and Third Wave Partners.

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Cofounder Startup Private Equity Equity 127

Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Private Equity. Private equity firms did 850 deals, representing investments of greater than $152 billion (Pitchbook), up 11%. And, as of Monday 54 of the 72 of them were trading above their IPO price. Venture Capital. 1,348 companies raised more than $15 billion from venture capitalists, up 36%. Wrong about the U.S.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Initial Public Offering 69

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. YC is a VC fund that looks and operates like a guild of geeks , and hardly looks anything like a traditional fund comprised of VC partners with MBAs or finance degrees. Ok, let’s dive in and discuss in more detail. Mega VC, Micro VC.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I made my calls around to a few firms today to hear how their partner meetings went. If you think that public market valuations have NO impact on private market fundings you’re fooling yourself. But I do have some insight into how this will affect venture markets. So, too, investments.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Partner With Influencers. To expand your brand’s reach on social media you’ll want to partner with influencers. Consider asking influencers to review your products or services or partnering with them to promote a giveaway.

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Social Media Small Business Media Software Review 159

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

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Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This frothiness, when coupled with very low yields on cash instruments, makes it far easier for more speculative investment propositions, like angel, venture capital, and private equity investments, to be evaluated on their individual merits versus more of a blanket “risk anxiety” as is typical in more normal markets.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

The best articulation of it comes from Basil Peters, a serial technology entrepreneur, co-Founder of Nexus Engineering, former Canada Entrepreneur of the Year, and Managing Partner at 3 venture capital funds – Fundamental Technologies I and II and the BC Advantage Funds. His blog is one of the best resources on technology investing out there.

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Private Equity Intellectual Property IPO Venture Capital 67

Austin Startup

JULY 23, 2010

The company creates the leading software in an enterprise niche called pricing optimization and margin management. The company announced that is just completed $13M in financing from existing investors SMH Private Equity Group, ABS Ventures, Austin Ventures, and Trellis Partners. An item’s price is the price.

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Balance Sheet Private Equity LP IPO 67

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2017

While accounting and ERP software have traditionally been digital drivers of change, finance leaders must begin to look outside of finance-specific tools to jumpstart overall business transformation. Andrew has a rich background in the world of finance from his private equity and investment banking days.

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Technical Review Finance Software Review Due Diligence 124