Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Provides application performance management (APM) software solution that helps web sites manage distributed applications in high-volume production environments; features include: application mapping, transaction flow monitoring, code-level diagnostics, and cloud orchestration. I believe that “strategic&# money is an oxymoron.

IPO 236

IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

SiliconHills

MARCH 20, 2013

The Austin-based company makes backup software for Google Apps. The company reported that an undisclosed strategic investor led the round and Foundry Group of Boulder, Colo. Spanning Cloud Apps has closed on $6 million in Series B funding. also participated. Since its founding in 2010, Spanning Cloud Apps has raised $9 million.

Cloud 59

Cloud Strategic Investors Austin Software 59

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Banks are particularly helpful with raising money from “strategic&# investors, which often means corporate investors such as Intuit, SAP, AMD, Salesforce.com and the like. Developer of database software for business intelligence and data warehousing applications. ITA Software. Tapulous had raised $1.8mm.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Software provides intelligent, real-time data analytics across a wide variety of disparate, unstructured enterprise content types. Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. Total raised: $22.0mm.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

I wonder, for example, if our portfolio company, Codecademy , would have avoided its latest financing round and instead created “CodeCoin” in order to incent contributors to software development lesson plans and a marketplace for coding content? Fuzzy Governance.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

I wonder, for example, if our portfolio company, Codecademy , would have avoided its latest financing round and instead created “CodeCoin” in order to incent contributors to software development lesson plans and a marketplace for coding content? Fuzzy Governance.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees back-office and so on. What software tools help power your business – besides Microsoft Excel – since everyone secretly just uses Excel.

Caching 70

Caching DC Social Media Finance 70

Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Corporations from banks to fast food to software firms are turning to mobile app developers to build mobile app devices for their customers. Given the popularity of mobile devices and the apps that make them great, venture capital investors are chomping at the bit to get a piece of the pie. Mobile is the Rage & VCs are Taking Note.

Mobile 49

Mobile Developer Venture Capital Strategic Investors 49

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Building a New Network: Fireside Chat with Frank Mong, COO at Helium Time : Tuesday, September 24th, 3:45pm-4:15pm Location/Track : Capital Factory, Developer Track This Fireside Chat will feature Frank Mong, COO at Helium, and Kelsi Kamin, Investor at Silverton Partners.

Austin 48

Austin Startup Texas Community 48

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: At Homebrew we see lots of startups wanting to serve the small/growing business segment with software tools ranging from ecommerce, to point of sale to employees back-office and so on. What software tools help power your business – besides Microsoft Excel – since everyone secretly just uses Excel.

Caching 48

Caching DC Social Media Finance 48

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. In the past Quantrell ran McAffee’s EMEA operations and before that worked on Hewlett Packard’s software operations also in EMEA. Strength in experience. Crowded clouds.

Europe 114

Europe Entrepreneur United States San Francisco 114

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

or look for major large chunks of money from partnerships or strategic investors? I was with a startup once where we sold our software products for average $500 each generating about $1 million per year, running as fast as we could. Big Revenues vs. little revenues – a strategy question that startups often struggle with.

Revenue 22

Revenue Early Stage Affiliate Strategic Investors 22

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2018

These often serve as hubs for local investors and can provide access to advisors, mentors and other professionals who can help grow your company. Be strategic. Strategic investors not only provide capital, but also provide early customer opportunities and other resources to develop your product.

Nashville 153

Nashville San Francisco Venture Capital Silicon Valley 153

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Apple has never bought non-software companies, so this deal would be a first for CEO Tim Cook in many ways: first hardware acquisition for Apple, first acquisition in Israel and first M&A deal for the new Apple leader. Ehud Weinstein; president Ariel Maislos; and Ofir Shalvi.

Flash 102

Flash SEC Acquisition 102

BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

” So if Microsoft, known for its high gross margins from software, cannot even generate a profit how are other technology companies selling Plasma TVs and other consumer electronics going to make money? From a strategic investor perspective this makes a ton of sense-more Intel chips in the home.

Strategic Investors 60

Strategic Investors IPO Channel Global 60