SiliconHills

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Active Capital recently announced it has closed on its second fund worth $25 million. A year ago, the San Antonio-based venture capital firm raised a $21.5 The post Active Capital Raises Second Fund Worth $25 Million appeared first on SiliconHills. million fund.

San Antonio 133

San Antonio Silicon Valley Seed Stage B2B 133

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. That was before we even discussed the required software development. Making it the focal point of any outbound marketing campaign is ill advised, however.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It affects even B2B companies because ultimately most must sell to companies who sell to consumers and if they suffer they cut back on suppliers. It’s my job to invest wisely in entrepreneurs who are capital efficient, who innovate in ways that pay off economically in good markets or bad and who plan for worst-case scenarios.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. We also invested in more traditional IT and software categories much like other VC’s, and had not developed more of a market and consumer-driven POV on the future.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. How to Use Social Media to Drive Traffic for B2B Companies – crowdspring.co/1nPz9An. 8 Excellent Reasons to Redesign Your Website – [link] crowdspring.co/1xDca5k.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Not all businesses are a fit, or require venture capital. But for fast scaling tech startups, to attract venture capital, they will need more than greeat tech and a strong founding team. Venture Capital investors look for ‘Big markets’, ideally multi billion Dollars in size and growing.

Venture Capital 142

Venture Capital B2C B2B Distribution 142

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

However, that is wishful thinking if your customer decision makers have budgets for percentage payments and software buying is handled by a different group and a different procurement process. Heck, there was no venture capital in Dixie in that era. There was no thought of enterprise value.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. " "Hit it."

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

There, he would be showered in venture capital, build a team of similarly brilliant twenty-somethings, acquire millions of customers seemingly overnight, and steer his startup to an IPO and himself to the cover of Inc magazine well before his 30th birthday. Instead, he would take his evident talent to Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley 157

Silicon Valley Forecast Venture Capital Business Plan 157

Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In addition to this trend, in 2019 I’ve noticed another one — a growing interest among VCs in B2B marketplaces. Let me state upfront that the idea of B2B marketplaces is not new. As a result, I believe more founders are looking at variations on b2b models, and now more of those happen to be marketplaces.

B2B 90

B2B North America Malaysia Warrant 90

David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

For them, the key thing to measure is if the product is serving users’ needs in such a way that they will continue to use it (and ideally, find life without it hard to imagine). Josh Gebhardt, CEO, MetricStory , observes that horizontal spread across and within an organization’s functional siloes is a good metric for B2B products.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Balance Sheet .Net 60

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

B2B marketplaces. There has been a lot of focus on B2C marketplaces, but there are still tremendous opportunities left in the B2B space. Now to get back to looking for unicorns… The post How we can improve the odds of finding unicorns appeared first on Version One Ventures. Mobile marketplaces. Manage your time wisely.

Vertical 153

Vertical B2B B2C Venture Capital 153

VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

“After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. Single users can test enterprise software using a credit card. With the risk of sounding too conservative, what matters for startups now, as venture capital becomes less available and consumer spending tightens, is adaptation and survival.

Lean 214

Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2014

Those were basically the makers of the time--only big Fortune 500 companies had the resources to create at scale, so if you were building tools for makers, it was a B2B sale involving a lot of big iron. Microcomputers gave way to desktops and software made great advancements. Venture Capital & Technology'

Venture Capital 140

Venture Capital B2B Open Source Framework 140

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2017

Earlier this month, my co-founders and I raised our sixth round of venture capital funding for Nvoicepay. However, we do know that only about nine percent of entrepreneurs in venture capital backed technology startups are women. by Karla Friede, CEO, co-founder, and member of the Board of Directors at Nvoicepay.

Cofounder 100

Cofounder B2B Early Stage Venture Capital 100

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. We also invested in more traditional IT and software categories much like other VC’s, and had not developed more of a market and consumer-driven POV on the future.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. and online gaming companies and 2/3 looking at the software and SaaS industry. Intego is the leading Security Software Suite for Mac. software. (10). Venture Capital. (3).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. And that certainly wasn’t the case when I moved back here in 2004.

Boston 206

Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

The company is currently seeking first-round venture capital and institutional funding. MentorMob is bootstrapped and has 12 employees.

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Illinois Aggregator Chicago Widget 165

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Making sense of that data with algorithms and other software is the next wave and is reflected in investments like Coherent Path , klipfolio , security scorecard , and preact. finally, this theme is also applicable for b2b. There is also a b2b theme as companies like ooomf and emissary.io

Seed Stage 110

Seed Stage Agile Viral API 110

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. . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Scaling to $100 Million from Bessemer Venture Partners. But becoming a Unicorn, or receiving a billion dollar valuation is no longer an indication of growth.

Software Review 109

Software Review B2C Open Source 109

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

She has spent twelve years in startups and built three successful companies without venture capital backing. So I kind of just like put the two and two together and created software for real estate. It was like an open house sign in software. So I think it's not only like there's a place for on demand and B2B content.

Technical Review 83

Technical Review Demand Cofounder Video 83

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

This required convincing software vendors to move their applications to our unique machine architecture. I had hired the VP of marketing from a potential software partner who was responsible to get all this 3 rd party software on our computer. His real job – the action – was to get the software moved onto our machine.

Silicon Valley 327

Silicon Valley Software Review RSS Technical Review 327

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

I listened in on a board call with an enterprise software company this week, and when the CEO said, “Our VP of sales assured me our pipeline won’t be affected.” B2B – cloud services, online meetings, virtual workforce management, collaboration tools. Are there parts of your supply chain that can be repurposed?

South Korea 333

South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2020

They’re all VC-backed, and it was venture capital financing, those back then young startups, received, which was integral to their tremendous growth. However, many first-time entrepreneurs fail to grasp the important distinctions between a “venture backable” business and a “lifestyle business.”

Venture Capital 226

Venture Capital Software B2B Early Stage 226

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

For example, Palo Alto Software focuses primarily on helping small businesses realize their dreams of starting a business. Many people reading this guide will already have an idea of what that is – perhaps a tutoring agency, or a restaurant, or a software company. Week 1 – Get the ball rolling.

Elevator Pitch 166

Elevator Pitch Software Review SBA Business Plan 166

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Some of the early B2B pioneers in this space were companies like JBoss ( story here ), SolarWinds, ConstantContact, HubSpot, etc. Examples of free products include Open Source software, services like HubSpot’s Website Grader , free versions of a SaaS service that have limited, but still valuable, feature sets, etc. All rights reserved.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

based venture capital investors, by deal stage. Most active venture capital investors of 2013 in the US by stage – pic.twitter.com/cfCFXWmpbH. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. by Jeremiah Owyang - crowdspring.co/1dCpve7.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2020

In fact, this is the case for about 95% of Israel’s exports, almost all of which are involved in business-to-business (B2B) trade with the large international corporations who are only interested in the best product or service at the most competitive price.” Taboola reaches 1.4bn unique users per month, 44.5%

Flash 60

Flash Portfolio B2B 60

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

For those unfamiliar, there’s a very specific model for investable ventures and, while we had one, the kind of capital we needed?—?swing swing for the fences category-building B2C software capital?—?wasn’t We have the consumer market, but not investor market for what I’m selling : B2C software.)

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

For entrepreneurs seeking to build big companies on a rapid trajectory, raising larger scale venture capital rounds is likely a necessity at some point after the initial seed funding. 5) Plausible monetization – If you’re an e-commerce or B2B SaaS company, it’s harder to raise a Series A as a pre-revenue company.

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. of venture capital deals. Those companies have garnered only about 2% of all capital invested. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. “Just say no” to on-premise deployments The most important part of Software-as-a-Service isn’t “Software” it’s “Service”! Cracking The Code. at 11:09 AM.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Soho OS offers a suite of freemium software packages such as Quicken for accounting, Yahoo’s Zoho for word processing and MS-office like tools and SalesForce’ s CRM. The round will include participation from existing investors including Benchmark Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, and Cisco Systems.

Media 109

Media Stealth Venture Capital 109