VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). This may also trickle down to Google and Amazon. The Information and VentureBeat have more on this. credit App Annie. social media. In 2021, optimism on investing in social media has returned. It’s hard to make predictions about the future.

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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 ]. Other venture capital links. venturebeat ].

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 29, 2022

Many were starting to search for a dedicated solution for the cloud data and compliance layer Cyera: solving the data reality equation Why is the data layer challenging to address when data security has been an established field of cyber security for such a long time?

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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 ]. Other venture capital links. venturebeat ].

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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 ]. Other venture capital links. venturebeat ].

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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 ]. Other venture capital links. venturebeat ].

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Another initiative I like is The Automatic Statistician project, which searches models to discover the best explanation for your data using Bayesian inference. The Curious AI Company , a General AI company whose first venture is waste sorting (the very definition of unsexy but lucrative), reportedly aims to sell its AI software as a toolkit.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Fusing and making sense of sensor data (detecting threats in optical /SAR imagery, classifying aircraft based on radar returns, searching for anomalies in radio frequency signatures, etc.) Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) – Good for algorithms; compression, video encoding, cryptocurrency, genomics, search.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Ideally each portfolio company would also report their own data to the data-trackers (except when they’re in stealth), but not all of them are diligent. We’ve seen in the past that many corporate employees cannot see certain websites, because they’re incorrectly categorized as ‘adult’, ‘job search’, or some other verboten category.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. I would think you would want to at least be cautious in discussing your virtualization idea with someone at VMware, your search idea with Google, etc. link] Stan James.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. Like a traditional capital fund, Kayweb Angels also has a board of directors that provides its startups with connections, guidance and help securing further funding.

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www.startupnextdoor.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

At this point you probably have a name in mind, or a number of names, and have been searching domain registrations trying to find one that works for you. About SND StartupNextDoor is a site for entrepreneurs starting their own businesses without venture capital. Stealth Startups (9). What it does doesn’t matter.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I often tell people that raising venture capital is more difficult than getting married. Not so in venture capital. Do a web search to find companies that they didn’t give you. I list all of the companies (except one in stealth) on my blog and this includes both VC investments and angel ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2016

Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs. Angel investors typically provide early-stage rollout funding, while venture capital firms won’t be interested until you have real traction and revenue during scaling. But don’t wait for them to contact you.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2023

or Midjourney 4, have taken this technology mainstream and for the first time even risked Google’s dominance in search. A shameless plug for Remagine Ventures In the generative AI landscape for Israel I published on Jan 13 2023, I listed 50 startups across various categories. The launch of ChatGPT (based on GPT-3.5)

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. The round will include participation from existing investors including Benchmark Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, and Cisco Systems.

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Haystack

JANUARY 14, 2019

Every single megafund all the way to some of the world’s most powerful sovereign wealth funds are now searching for the next Uber, either so they can invest directly or so one of their managers can ensnare it in its flytrap. More money in the ecosystem is searching for these opportunities, or funding competitors.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Marc Andreessen: We have a bunch of stealth investments. I mean, this is a big, big thing — big change for us, so we have a bunch of stealth investments — I mean, companies that haven’t talked about what they are doing yet. So that will be another enabler for a lot more of the Bring Your Own Device stuff.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Although the full content of our upcoming accelerator/incubator, Sputnik ATX, is still in stealth mode, I’d like to share a quick rule you should apply to any business idea that you want to pursue. It stinks to tell people when their ideas are smoldering rubbish, so most VCs don’t and just politely decline or ignore bad business pitches.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Although the full content of our upcoming accelerator/incubator, Sputnik ATX, is still in stealth mode, I’d like to share a quick rule you should apply to any business idea that you want to pursue. It stinks to tell people when their ideas are smoldering rubbish, so most VCs don’t and just politely decline or ignore bad business pitches.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Some have made the model work. It’s great advice. Yes we can!

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Steve Blank

JULY 23, 2009

to build sensors, stealth and smart weapons previously thought impossible or impractical, would give us a major military advantage. Try searching for some of his letters on the subject. The 1970’s and ‘80’s were the endgame of the cold war, and the U.S. These technologies which allowed the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2009

He was constantly looking at the multiple lines on the ALR-20 display and could see the Soviet radar order of battle: ground to air communications, what radars were around (search, acquisition, tracking, etc.), All of this designed to make the plane if not invisible to Soviet radar, at least really difficult to lock onto and shoot down.

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