VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Qwilt is an “infrastructure” company, B2B. They have been in stealth mode for 2 years now working mainly with network infrastructures and content providers. They are going to remain in semi-stealth mode and are testing their products in the US, Asia, and Europe. They plan to go for the mobile carriers as well.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We welcomed Gencove , a B2B sequencing company, to our portfolio. Ada Support (an AI-driven customer support agent) came out of stealth and announced their seed round led by Bessemer. We announced our investment in Manifold , t he easiest way to find and manage essential developer services. It’s our first investment in genomics.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Meanwhile in the US, B2C startups raised $100 billion in 2022, 40% of the total funding.

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VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. NYSE: VMW) in 2008 for $67 million; P-cube, which was sold in 2004 for $200 million; web application firewall developer Imperva , B2B market platform developer Bizo , and Web 2.0 See the Soho OS video demo below.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

finally, this theme is also applicable for b2b. There is also a b2b theme as companies like ooomf and emissary.io As they say, the rest is history. We have taken this same approach with other networked investments like memoir. This is yet another example of the consumerization of tech.

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View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

This particular company, as a B2B SaaS business, would definitely benefit from driving traffic to convert into subscribers or leads on their email list. Depending on how stealthy you plan to be (and there are pros and cons for being in stealth mode ), it’s good to have a public record of the company by generating some press.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2024

Congratulations Israel Duanis and team Linx Security on coming out of stealth with a $27M series A (and previously undisclosed $6M seed round) for your identity security platform! Way to go Ofer Yourvexel and team Pepperi – Unified B2B Commerce Platform on the acquisition by Advantive for an undisclosed sum!

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But once we got out of stealth, it actually didn’t make sense to be quiet afterwards. Part of when you’re looking at this – because of the underpinning of the general questions is, “How do you get something that can surprise and delight?” There was not much reason to talk a whole lot more about it.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But once we got out of stealth, it actually didn’t make sense to be quiet afterwards. Part of when you’re looking at this – because of the underpinning of the general questions is, “How do you get something that can surprise and delight?” There was not much reason to talk a whole lot more about it.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 26, 2010

Marketing person at a stealth B2C/B2B payment company. Founder of a medical management software system. Director at Woodside Capital. Founder of a digital media company. A lawyer focused on startups. Founder of SF MusicTech. Founder of Chic Meets Geek events.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

The first time I met Matan, Melio's co-founder and CEO, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small business stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. And then you realised that there was a gap for B2B. Tell me a bit more about the things you did to understand how small businesses work.

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View from Seed

JUNE 11, 2015

Startups and their founders who claim to be in “stealth mode” prior to launch are such a commonplace part of the startup ecosystem that it might seem odd to question its merits. But it’s important to address this head on and ask: What are the benefits of stealth mode for startups, really? .

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

finally, this theme is also applicable for b2b… There is also a b2b theme as companies like ooomf and emissary.io As they say, the rest is history. We have taken this same approach with other networked investments like memoir. This is yet another example of the consumerization of tech.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2024

Good stuff Maya Cohen and team Monto for coming out of stealth with a $9M seed round for your e-invoicing platform to bring order to B2B payments! Kudos Eran Shust and team Holisto (formerly Splitty) on your $10M series B for your price aggregation technology! Way to go Ofir Har-Chen and team Clutch Security on raising an $8.5M

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