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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 24, 2021
A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 18, 2022
Looking to put together an investment portfolio that is LGBTQ friendly? The post Finding The Right Investments To Make Your Portfolio LGBTQ Friendly appeared first on Young Upstarts. Focus on companies with inclusive policies, says Carlos Legaspy, the author of "Going for Broke".
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Version One Ventures
JANUARY 4, 2021
Stay on top of the latest news from our portfolio in 2021 by following us on Twitter! Portfolio cazoo Coinbase Dapper Labs Drover Headout Jam Jobber Kobalt Lolli Manny medina nba top shot Outreach pienza scanwell health Shippo zenputHappy new year!
deal architect
DECEMBER 14, 2021
As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission ) as part of my Analyst Cam series. link] On the best of days, it is difficult to navigate SAP’s very wide product. Analyst Cam Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Rather, you'll want to diversify your portfolio to avoid a total loss. The post Best Ways To Start Diversifying Your Portfolio appeared first on Young Upstarts. Others personal finance portfolio diversificationInvesting in just one or two companies is usually not a good idea.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission ), as part of my Analyst Cam series. This time, it is Barbry McGann, SVP and Managing Director of Workday Ventures. She is. Analyst Cam Cloud Computing, SaaS
YoungUpstarts
MAY 4, 2022
There are many benefits to diversifying your investment portfolio into alternative assets, which can provide you with more stability and growth potential. The post Thinking Of Diversifying Your Investment Portfolio: Here’s What You Need To Know appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 1, 2020
As we do at the end of every quarter, we’ve summarized some of the key highlights and activities across our portfolio. . The Globe and Mail included three of our portfolio companies Ada (#11), Jobber (#87), and Top Hat (#230) on its list of the 400 top growing companies in Canada. .
Version One Ventures
APRIL 11, 2022
Here are some of the many (public) highlights across the portfolio. . Spring is here, and we’re well into 2022! As always, there’s never a dull moment in the Version One family. Fundraising announcements. Carbon marketplace start-up NCX raised a $50M Series B. With the funding, they’ll be launching in Canada and Mexico, enabling businesses to monitor their carbon offset purchases with satellite precision.
Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 3, 2021
Portfolio Ada Booster Fuels Coinbase Dapper Labs Dolly Figure 1 Guesser Headout Jam Jobber Kobalt Lolli marketplaces Nexus Mutual patch Replay Shippo SuperRare Tenderly Top Hat zenputIt’s hard to believe that we are heading into the home stretch of 2021. But before we do, let’s look back at the busy summer that the Version One family had! Fundraising and Exits.
Grasshopper Herder
JULY 9, 2019
Don’t get buried in the tools and platforms -- know how your resources, time frames, risks, and options work together to create a viable innovation portfolio map. The post Managing Innovation Portfolios – Principles Before Tools appeared first on GrasshopperHerder.com. Corporate Startup Innovation Ecosystem Innovation Innovation Accounting Metrics Metrics & Innovation Accounting Startup Tool
Version One Ventures
JUNE 30, 2021
Here are just some of many activities and accomplishments in the V1 portfolio during the past quarter…. We have been active investors in DeFi for almost three years now and you can read about why we’re thrilled to add Defined to our portfolio. . PortfolioIt’s hard to believe that we’re already halfway through 2021! And what a busy first half it was. Public listings.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 29, 2020
An investment portfolio will help your money work harder for you and is often designed to spread this risk (although it should be noted, it is not without risk). . How do I create an Investment Portfolio? An investment portfolio provides the possibility of greater returns.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 30, 2021
Employers like to see that you’re passionate about what you’re doing, and there's no better way to show it than creating a portfolio website around your niche. The post 5 Steps To Create A Student Portfolio Website appeared first on Young Upstarts.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 4, 2016
Yet, as long as you do it the right way, you can end up being a wise investor, and one of the most important factors to take into account is your portfolio. Starting with a solid and manageable portfolio can help to set the pace so that the rest of your financial investments stay in check. Here are some of the basics in terms of establishing and handling your portfolio: Rate of Returns. Others financial management investment managing your portfolio portfolio management
Version One Ventures
APRIL 6, 2021
Despite the obvious challenges, we ended 2020 on a strong note and, so far, our portfolio family has been riding a huge momentum wave. 2021 is proving to be an incredible year across our portfolio – from big funding announcements to significant product developments. Cazoo (which acquired V1 portfolio company Drover ) is going public on NYSE via a SPAC at $7B.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 11, 2019
A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. business valuation intellectual property new venture portfolioWhen someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. You need all these before you start looking for funding.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
The post Meet Summer: Our Portfolio Company Changing The Student Loan Landscape appeared first on NextView Ventures. Blog PortfolioStudent loan is a generational crisis – there are 45 million borrowers in the U.S. on the hook for $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, tripled in the last 10 years. When we think about money in the context of everyday living for the next generation of consumers, it’s impossible to ignore the weight of the student loan burden. .
View from Seed
JULY 15, 2020
One topic of conversation among VC’s over the last few months is how their portfolios are faring during the Covid pandemic. So I thought I’d share my observations, informed by what’s going on in our portfolio and from what I can gather from others in the ecosystem.
The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 24, 2021
A portfolio is just a term for a collection of items. In project management, a portfolio is a collection of projects and programs. The goal of a portfolio is to create centralized administration and control. You can learn more about portfolio architecture at [link] /.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2021
Every investor, no matter how big or small, should know how to create a profitable portfolio. Since not every investment will be a winner all the time, Suraj Kumar Rajwani believes that it is necessary to balance your portfolio to cushion yourself against periodic changes in the market.
Version One Ventures
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Bessemer started the idea of the “anti-portfolio” – the companies that you passed on, but ended up doing very, very well. . After Honey was acquired by PayPal for $4B a few weeks ago, we thought it was a good time to share the Version One anti-portfolio: Honey.
Haystack
DECEMBER 27, 2018
About a year ago, I tracked down a VC who gave a talk I heard about where he referenced the phrase “Your portfolio is your path,” it stuck out in my mind because amid all the noise, it was simple, brief, and yet still open to interpretation. “Your portfolio is your path.” The portfolio is, indeed, your path. You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. You are what you eat.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 7, 2021
Looking to embark on building a successful career in real estate portfolio management? The post Great Ways To Become A Best Real Estate Portfolio Manager This Summer appeared first on Young Upstarts. Here are some tips.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
So, whether you’re looking to grow your portfolio in 2021, or you’re eager to get started with investing but aren’t sure how, these are the things you should know. The ground rule is to always dilute risk by diversifying your portfolio.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
Creating this community doesn’t only mean backing diverse founders, but also surrounding yourself with a community of other diverse professionals to help your portfolio. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures , the pre-seed and seed stage VC fund I run in NYC, has invested in 64 companies in the last six and a half years. Twenty-five of them have at least one female co-founder. Fifteen had co-founders over 40. Five have LGBTQ+ founders. Three teams have African-American founders.
NZ Entrepreneur
MAY 31, 2021
Andrew Chen shares his takeaways from the second instalment on Portfolio Management, held in Wellington on 13 May 2021. Finally, Marcus and Hursh from NZGCP talked about what they’ve learned from managing a massive portfolio of companies, and their new strategies moving forward.
The Startup Magazine
APRIL 28, 2020
The tumultuous nature of the plummet highlighted a burgeoning need for investors to have proper portfolio diversification; advice commonly given out, but scarcely followed. Portfolio diversification spreads your risk, as you can invest in multiple industries.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 4, 2021
The post The Post-Pandemic Portfolio: The Asset Class New Investors Can’t Afford To Miss appeared first on Young Upstarts. It wasn’t long ago that the Airbnb home-sharing model sounded completely alien.
Haystack
JANUARY 2, 2020
There’s more about this topic all over the web, but the basic gist is — when building a VC portfolio, many investors prefer to have some “time diversity” baked into the mix because 1) prices can fluctuate and a longer time period can increase the odds that a portfolio is built when prices are lower and 2) it can help the investors “pace” their initial capital deployment and reduce the risk of investing too quickly and too loosely.
Hunter Walk
MARCH 3, 2022
For those who’ve been around a while, it’s fair to read this post and assume I’m slagging on Bessemer Venture Partners, as far as I can tell the originator of the public anti-portfolio concept. Why Investors Touting Their Mistakes Is Still Just Content Marketing. “Ha Ha you proved me wrong.
Version One Ventures
JANUARY 8, 2019
Q4 was an important quarter for our firm and portfolio companies. Follow @VersionOneVC for the latest news from us and our portfolio! The post Q4 2018: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One. We are well into 2019. And yes, this is the time of year when people are thinking about resolutions and looking ahead. And while we are very excited about the new year and new fund, we also want to spend a few minutes to reflect on last quarter.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Not all investors have it in them to handle the roller coaster ride provided by equities, which is why they try their luck at creating a balanced portfolio of low and high risk equities. Interestingly, investment advisors and portfolio management firms barely allocate it in investments. A passive portfolio, consisting of a 50:50 split between gold and equity would have delivered you a CAGR of 13.49
Haystack
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
The first wave of reactions centered around the importance of diversification in a portfolio. Ok, sure, so portfolio diversification is wise, yet behind closed doors, we hear many LPs grumble about a fund they’ve backed that’s found 1 or even 2 huge winners but where the check size is so small the returns don’t even return the fund at a multi-billion dollar exit.
Version One Ventures
JULY 2, 2019
We welcomed Dolly (same -day retail delivery service) to our portfolio, after participating in a $7.5m The post Q2 2019 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One. Happy Canada Day to our friends and colleagues north of the border, and Happy Fourth of July to those of you south of the border. We hope everyone is having a great start to summer. Here’s a quick recap of the key activities and announcements from this past quarter. .
Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Cribbing from the Homebrew blog to just share some nice portfolio news: “Proud to have supported this company since their earliest days” is how VCs coyly signal that they were in early before the rocketship company was off the launch pad. Well, three startups that we’re proud to have supported since their earliest days announced substantial financings recently. Yeah, we had conviction years ago. And yeah, they’re all looking like great, savvy picks.
Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 3, 2017
We continue to invest in blockchain companies and funds such as Coinbase and Metastable Capital , which join our existing crypto portfolio ( Blockstack , Citizen Hex and Polychain Capital ). Here’s a quick recap of our other funding announcements, portfolio news, and product updates (the things we can announce publicly): Funding announcements. We welcomed Gencove , a B2B sequencing company, to our portfolio. Select activities from around the portfolio.
Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 2, 2018
We’re particularly proud and excited for this development, as it’s two portfolio companies joining forces! The post Q3 2018 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One. It’s the beginning of October. Fall is underway, and it’s time to summarize all the key news and announcements from last quarter. And we have a lot of exciting things to share in the coming months, so stay tuned! Announcements and Accolades.
Version One Ventures
MARCH 25, 2019
The Version One portfolio is filled with great startups doing incredible things, and here’s a selection of what has been happening (that we can talk about publicly): Company news and product releases: Outreach launched Galaxy, the app marketplace for the modern sales team. The post Q1 2019 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One. We’re already a full quarter into 2019, and as expected, it’s shaping up to be a busy year.
Version One Ventures
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Before we head into the last quarter of the year, let’s take a few minutes to highlight some notable announcements made over the summer in the V1 portfolio. The post Q3 2019: Portfolio News and Activities appeared first on Version One. Launches and product updates. Jobber launched several new automated sales and marketing features to help home services companies (like landscapers, electricians, plumbers, painters, and cleaners) grow their businesses.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
With all these considerations, I recommend the following steps and considerations for investors newly interested in startups: Build a balanced investment portfolio. entrepreneur risk startups portfolio investors businessReuters TV Interview by Rhonda Schaffler Investing in entrepreneurs and startups is a fun but different world from investing in conventional stocks, bonds, and commodities.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2018
A baker portfolio can fulfill an important role. The ideal place to begin is with a decision to build a portfolio website. How portfolios help showcase creativity. A portfolio tends to be associated with a few particular fields. A portfolio comes at it from an entirely different direction. Creating stories with an online portfolio. This is also why it’s so important to put some real care into cultivating one’s baker portfolio.
deal architect
NOVEMBER 10, 2012
I was taken aback by the modesty of Stan Swete’s question “Would you invest multiple days in a future Workday technology summit?” My answer was an easy yes. Workday, with a consistent track record of 3 releases a year and. Industry Commentary
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