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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

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Visions of Web 3

Version One Ventures

Let’s explore the status and implications of each vertical. . While it’s unclear exactly how identity shakes out, one likely outcome is that entry to various networks will be intermediated by holding a specific digital bearer asset / NFT / private key. Meanwhile projects like Maskbook are taking somewhat of a Trojan Horse approach.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security.

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Opinioneated.com On The Singapore Food Blogosphere

YoungUpstarts

That’s also why the local blogosphere is rife with food bloggers, so it’s not difficult to find reviews on even the latest eating places in town. That obsession with food had inspired Jon Yongfook Cockle to put together, as a weekend hacking experiment , a website that does a take on content aggregation around food reviews.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

VC Cafe

Below is a recap of some of September’s Israeli tech headlines: Investment rounds. The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. calcalist ].

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses. I know Jim, Mark, Kurt (see Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics ).