View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As of January 20, 2016, based on the “CrunchBase Unicorn Leaderboard,” there are 157 unicorns (companies with $1 billion+ valuations) which have not IPOed or been acquired—and more start-ups reaching unicorn status every day. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton). as ranked by U.S. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton). Shazam (GSB, Haas).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2016

Treat distribution partners as part of your team. For example, if a new partner wants to offer new terms or prices, disclose and negotiate with existing partners before it becomes a crisis. Don’t treat globalization as just another territory expansion. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 06/01/2016.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud). Global and Local.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Finally, the Israeli stock market outperforms global peers despite war, surging 27% in 2024. Apple ‘s first AI server chip to be engineered in Israel and Amazon s supercomputer and server technology is powered by Israeli Annapurna Labs , which was acquired in 2016. Truly inspiring.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Shelly Porges, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond the Billion , observed, “While we all want to have invested in those exciting home-runs/unicorns, most investors are seeking the data points to construct reliable portfolios. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

She has been named Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016), the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Woman Business Owner of the Year award (2015), the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year award (2014), and Enterprising Women’s Enterprising Woman of the Year award (2013).

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2019

Below, The Startup Magazine provides an essay from Anna Svirelkina, Chief Operating Officer of BlockShow, the global blockchain technology conference. Today, I’m the Chief Operating Officer at BlockShow, the premier global conference for the cryptocurrency and decentralized technology communities founded in 2016 by Addy Crezee.

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View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

Most impressively, there seems to be a thriving startup of every flavor, with many more joining the list of Pillar Startups on the Guide in 2016 compared to 2015. These companies have a long way to go until global dominance in many cases, but they are all growing, hiring, and strengthening the local community right now.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

With a concentration on providing a more diverse workforce, Capital Factory and Opportunity Hub are partnering in 2019 to converge on the Austin tech scene this spring at SXSW. In 2016, OHUB pioneered HBCU@SXSW at SXSW. In 2016, OHUB sponsored 50 college students to go to SXSW, and those numbers have grown since then.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

More than a third of the global population has no access to traditional financial services. This will require many partners – credit card companies, banks, microcredit institutions, the United Nations, foundations and community leaders. How is our global banking world affected by large pockets of our population that are unbanked?

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Transformify

JUNE 20, 2020

Back in 2016, the largely unknown research & investigations company Zatarra published a report accusing Wirecard in wide-scale corruption and corporate fraud. DACH) or operate globally. Big merchants operating globally. Operating globally, Adyen is the payment provider of choice for many e-commerce merchants.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2017

This doesn’t include the various lists of ‘hot startups to watch’ (where normally there’s a correlation between the startup and the recommending VC’s portfolio), but more general trends from VCs, sector specific predictions from other organizations, and 2016 annual industry reports. 2017 VC Predictions.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 7, 2018

And it is up to us, as well as our partners and resellers, to help them understand the power of AI, and ways it can be implemented into their organisation. It allows you to be more competitive in a local and global economy by making accurate decisions much more quickly – it really does give you an edge.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 3, 2023

The online pharmacy that would later be known as MyDawa got its start in business in the same year that it was founded, in 2016. Priscilla Muhiu has been selected by MyDawa to take on the post of Chief Executive Officer so that she may assist the company in achieving its lofty goals regarding global expansion.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2018

Advocates for diversity and inclusion (D&I) want to see a greater commitment to inclusion in product development and diversity in global employment and hiring practices. Haben Girma “ Disability & Innovation: The Universal Benefits of Accessible Design ” 2016 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. The answer might surprise you.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

janryan (@janryan) | Twitter Kerry Rupp Kerry is a Capital Factory Mentor and founding partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in women-led companies in the sustainable consumer and consumer health verticals. Jennifer Aldoretta (@JAldoretta) | Twitter Joseph Beard Partner Perot Jain, L.P.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

However, for the past eight years, my partners and I at Foundry Group haven’t once scaled vertically (we haven’t added any partners since 2007 when we started) until we added Lindel Eakman as part of Foundry Group Next. I’m looking forward to 2016 on both dimensions.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Summit Fellows.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking. She was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, terminal brain cancer, in January 2016 – and I actually started my business right after her diagnosis because it made me realize that life is SHORT and the best time to act is NOW.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

It is not even a top 10 trading partner. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, keen to reassert Japan as a leading global player, and fearful of an ascendant China, is encouraging stronger ties with Israel. A series of high profile business delegations to Israel ensued in 2016. Japan is the world’s #3 economy…but not for Israel.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Congrats Lior Div and team Cybereason on the merger with Trustwave , LINKS FOR YOUR BROWSER ISRAEL Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire on why the venture capital fund has resumed operations in Israel since the start of the war, after closing its office here in 2016.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 27, 2018

It partners with many companies/inventors and splits the licensing revenue 50-50. Between 2011 and 2016, leading banks like JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America made 947,907 transactions for patent loans. Xiaomi is one example of a company that acquired a lot of patent assets through its global expansion process.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Every online startup has a global presence, whether that’s its goal or not. With headquarters in both San Francisco and Bangalore, India, Sheth says the decision to go global was a no-brainer: “Since there is no physical product shipping, we decided to be open to the world. The Hottest Markets? So where do you start? “It

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

SXSW and Edelman have partnered to launch a special report of the Trust Barometer?—?Edelman’s learning and travel”) Eisenhower Fellowship, each person discusses their effort to create greater access to prosperity in a global economy and sustain diverse enterprises in education, economy, and civics. March 10, 2018 11:00AM?—?12:00PM

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital , reports that “37% of our portfolio companies would be considered ‘impact’ qualified companies. Feenix Partners reports that “35% of our portfolio companies have either a female or minority (non-Caucasian) CEO or Owner.” . of venture capital deals.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. The founders, LPs, and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CoStarters , and several other regional funds and resources. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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Cracking the Code

MAY 24, 2021

To provide more color, the global Salesforce Services market alone is estimated at $14.5bn today, with Salesforce itself earning approximately $1bn in service revenues in the last year. Technical teams that offer these services are usually trained and certified, for example, Salesforce and ServiceNow developers. Enter Salto.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

In 2016, I celebrated 10 years of business by launching the PR firm in Atlanta, where I now live. And now, I’ve partnered with a former competitor (a friend and colleague) to add recruiting back into my business too which is a perfect add on. I then branched into social media, blogging, and media relations.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2012

Every online startup has a global presence, whether that’s its goal or not. With headquarters in both San Francisco and Bangalore, India, Sheth says the decision to go global was a no-brainer: “Since there is no physical product shipping, we decided to be open to the world. The Hottest Markets? So where do you start? “It

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

He has served as a teacher for the Stanford ME310 Global New Product Design Innovation Program and has also been recognized as one of the top 30 Designers Under 30 in 2015 by Forbes magazine. The following year Jiawei was honored as one of the Top 35 Innovators Under 35 in the World in 2016 by MIT Technology Review.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2012

billion by 2016, backed by the rapid acceptance of mobile banking services across the region,” says Jerome Cle, co-founder and CEO of SCCP Payment Services. The company has partnered global payment provider MasterCard to introduce the service worldwide. Mobile Payment Now A Reality For Singapore Small Business Owners.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Led by Marc Nager, former CEO of Startup Weekend and UP Global (where I was on the board, now part of Techstars ), the GCVF team members are already leaders in Colorado’s Rural Startup Community. Since joining the Telluride Venture Accelerator in 2016, Marc has already led many initiatives for entrepreneurs outside of the Front Range.

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Up and Running

JULY 15, 2016

Despite the recent economic downturn, the market potential is enormous, the entrepreneurial spirit in China is high, and the country is inevitably going to increase its global influence thanks to its economic vitality. As of 2015, China is the second largest trading partner of both the U.S. and the E.U.—and

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

of global VC deals going to companies with at least one female founder. Partner up. Latinos in particular are more likely to be organized as sole proprietorships, but by getting a partner you will have a whole new network to work with and have help in getting your startup off the ground. Published August 18, 2016.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

There are few bigger stages than SXSW to reach the financiers, partners and other supporters that we will need to be successful, and few with an audience as likely to be sensitized to the importance of what we are trying to achieve. and we can’t do it by ourselves. What kinds of people is your team looking to meet at SXSW 2018?

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Social analytics and video marketing are likely to be the key marketing trends for 2016. Brands that will stand-out in 2016 will leverage the power of the community and create a strong ROI based on measurable data-backed decisions. Come for our first 2016 digital marketing workshop on Jan 15 (3pm to 6pm) in Delhi, India.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Facetune was originally released in 2013, and Facetune 2 was released in 2016. This round was led by the prestigious global funds of Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. A Lightricks spokesperson confirmed today that Facetune and its successor, Facetune 2, combined for over 30 million downloads in 2021, on iOS alone.

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