Version One Ventures

MAY 20, 2020

By reducing the friction for North American companies to find suppliers in China, they’ve been the most successful B2B marketplace to date. As are a handful of vertical marketplaces that have emerged over the past few years (e.g. B2B marketplaces should create buyer-driven workflows, tailored to the specific needs of a given vertical.

B2B 213

B2B Vertical Aggregator B2C 213

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. It has become a short form premium destination that is verticalizing content in category channels. He does think there are opportunities in vertical search.

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

But if your service attracts particular verticals of content engagement, not all content is created equal, and some is much more valuable than others. We can perhaps look to China, where social platforms are much more fragmented and organized around interests and demographics. There is no “Facebook of China.”

Social Media 47

Social Media Vertical Advertising Distribution 47

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

There’s nothing quite like exploring a culture through its buildings and aggregates of man-made structures. Whether it’s factory workers in China, tech developers in Austin, celebrity beauty influencers in Los Angeles, or angel investors in New York, I find a way to engage, communicate, and interact. Tell us about something you love.

Architecture 62

Architecture Los Angeles Austin Angel Investor 62

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). … You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. For this blog, Benchmarking classifies me into Internet & Telecom vertical.

Analytics 135

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 135

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. We should be looking at China for the real innovations now. I like healthcare a lot.

Singapore 43

Singapore Government Silicon Valley Software Review 43