View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. They were wrapping up participation in an accelerator program and Ben was planning to move back to Chicago to build the company there, having previously worked at Groupon before moving on to other tech companies in Asia, as well as a brief time in California.

Chicago 136

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. Overcoming Challenges of Growing Globally. But going global can be an intimidating prospect for some. Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil.

Global 145

Global Small Business Asia Singapore 145

Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Fortunately, for those of us in the market long enough, it's actually good news. For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. This for me is a no-brainer.

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LP Europe Germany Venture Capital 82

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

It seems obvious but strategic investment only makes sense when that corporate VC is providing technology, market access, or other aid that cannot be obtained through a simple business relationship or from a startup’s other investors or advisors.

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

It’s been quite a journey getting here and there’s still a way to go as cryptocurrencies integrate with our global financial system. He shared his tips for building a global business, hiring, what he’d do differently and more… The Chainalysis journey ? How did you initially think about going global from a sales perspective?

San Francisco 62

San Francisco Europe New York Cofounder 62

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group. How to build a portfolio of startup investments. How to add value to a portfolio company. What to do when your portfolio startup pivots. Click here to make a reservation. How to source great deals.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

International patent protection is clearly a key component to defensive and offensive competitive strategies within large, global organizations. This leaves them exposed to competition in other markets and may have a serious impact on their ability to scale long-term. The first step is to think globally and act locally.

Intellectual Property 150

Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 150

thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I saw some specific gaps in the market which I looked to address: NYC: I have been fortunate to be a part of the surge of entrepreneurial activity in NYC over the past several years. Startups are not immune to globalization and can accelerate growth if thinking globally from launch.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Ghana Venture Capital India 69

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

SaaS startups need to have a VC that understands the SaaS model, including market development strategies, upsell dynamics, sales incentive plan, etc. As a consequence, they need a VC that has a strong international network and can help them develop their go to market successfully in the US. What makes a good VC for a SaaS startup?

API 48

API Silicon Valley Europe Differentiation 48

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

New funds have popped up in increasing numbers over the last few years – but I saw gaps in the market that needed to be filled. There is still a lot of work ahead, but the market has been overwhelmingly responsive to the original thesis. And…I wanted to have fun and work with great people while doing so.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

New funds have popped up in increasing numbers over the last few years – but I saw gaps in the market that needed to be filled. There is still a lot of work ahead, but the market has been overwhelmingly responsive to the original thesis. And…I wanted to have fun and work with great people while doing so.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

International patent protection is clearly a key component to defensive and offensive competitive strategies within large, global organizations. This leaves them exposed to competition in other markets and may have a serious impact on their ability to scale long-term. Google, Apple’s lawsuits in China, and Facebook vs. Yahoo!

Intellectual Property 84

Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 84

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, but I needed the time to digest all the other great posts on the topics by other investors, and to analyze specific portfolio data from Haystack over the last five years. Global and Local. Well, that time has finally come.

San Francisco 116

San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

International patent protection is clearly a key component to defensive and offensive competitive strategies within large, global organizations. This leaves them exposed to competition in other markets and may have a serious impact on their ability to scale long-term. The first step is to think globally and act locally.

Intellectual Property 60

Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 60

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The company is one of the largest VC-backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. This is the third part of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Don’t focus on any one market, but instead on the over 4 billion people across all of Asia.

Silicon Valley 121

Silicon Valley Asia Engineer Stock Options 121

YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2020

The foreign exchange is unique in the financial market, as it remains accessible to investors 24-hours a day and six days a week. This is just one of the reasons why the market is so lucrative, with an estimated $6 trillion now traded every single day globally. The Asian Forex Session. The European Trading Session.

New Zealand 147

New Zealand Brazil Russia Mexico 147

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Global Corporate Venture-backed funding fell 30% in Q2 2020 , reviving the sector’s stigma of ‘tourist capital’ which disappears in the low season. Nevertheless, there are over 2,000 global corporate venture (CVC) firms, which collectively raised $41 billion in 2019 alone, according to Global corporate venturing.

Balance Sheet 150

Balance Sheet Asia PR 150

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2017

by Shirin Anne Wan, Head of Customer Care for QuickBooks Asia Pacific. With a simple tap of a button on a smartphone, you can gain immediate access to a large and hungry market of customers. Build a website or a landing page containing your current contact information, services, portfolio, and (if applicable) customer endorsements.

Asia 174

Asia Demand Singapore Small Business 174

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2016

By Eugenio Ferrante, General Manager, Parallels Asia Pacific. Furthermore, the proliferation of smartphones continues to experience robust growth – according to market research firm IDC, worldwide smartphone shipment volumes are forecast to reach 1.9 Eugenio Ferrante is the General Manager of Parallels Asia Pacific.

Cloud 100

Cloud Mobile Asia Agile 100

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Loading… Markets. Funds Slide Hits Paulson Ally A former employee who helped John Paulson make billions has lost a large chunk of his personal portfolio by investing with his old boss. Marketing Jobs.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

We attract great global talent. Bridgette: What are you investing in South East Asia at Golden Gate Ventures? . My last investment is an enterprise company from Malaysia that went global from day one. Some of them got funding, when you’re in a nacent market, you’re builidng the market.

Pakistan 113

Pakistan Community Bulgaria 113

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Of the 30 Asia-based founders, all were natives of the country in which they built their businesses: 23 Chinese, three Japanese, two Korean and two Indian. What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of the 43 U.S.-based

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Loading… Asia. Media & Marketing. Marketing & Strategy. He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. América Latina.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. TEVA INCREASES WORLD MARKET SHARE IN RATIOPHARM PURCHASE.

OTC 68

OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. The CAC ratio determines the payback time on your sales and marketing investment: a CAC ratio of 0.5 Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:09 AM. 16 comments: BdH.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. Iconversations [guest].

Iran 41

Iran Technical Review Non-Compete Lean 41

David Teten

OCTOBER 6, 2014

With the rise of a trillion-dollar crowdfunding market, angel investors bundling their investment offerings, and family offices doing more direct investments , venture capitalists are no longer the only available source for entrepreneurs seeking funding.

Cofounder 114

Cofounder Entrepreneur Venture Capital 114

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Well.thats probably why Salesforce market cap is 4.9x Did he really "accidentally" made several hundred million dollars by investing in a company (NetSuite) that raised $120m and turned it into a $1B market cap… What an unsuccessful outcome! Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). Tuesday, September 02, 2008.

Software Review 48

Software Review Software Technical Review Cloud 48

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Easier and cheaper recruiting, with less attrition compared with the heated New York tech talent market. A recent example is Regalii (HOF portfolio company), a NYC startup founded by a Santo Domingo immigrant which has expanded rapidly to work financial services clients across the US and Latin America. Easier to scale internationally.

New York City 60

New York City Cofounder New York Startup 60

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). This invite-only event for our portfolio companies and close friends of the firm was designed to be fairly intimate and interactive. Save Asia for post-IPO.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Living in Mexico for ~5 years radically changed my view of our global financial system and who gets to participate in it. I am most excited about the potential of Bitcoin to serve as the basis for a new global financial rails (as a settlement layer). 3) The Future of Human Organization (DAOs and Global Hive Mind). Europe (e.g.

Mexico 66

Mexico Europe Global Distribution 66

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

3GVision is the global leader in mobile barcode services that use the camera phone to scan barcodes. Founded in 2003, ASOCS develops and markets MultiComms.processors that provide seamless connectivity over diverse wireless networks. The solution is applicable both for postpaid & prepaid market segments. Ceedo Technologies.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

online.wsj.com

MARCH 4, 2013

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. What countrys GDP is the size of the global app economy? Market researcher Gartner estimates about half of all apps in the Apple store are free, compared with nearly three-quarters in Google Play. MarketWatch. MarketWatch. WSJ X - Invitation Only. All Things Digital.

Software Review 45

Software Review Technical Review Advertising China 45

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Inbound Marketing vs Interruption marketing. Email marketing. Market Research. Promotions/Marketing. Put up a LaunchRock Page and get your marketing working right away.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53