Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The third scenario I’ve seen is with “strategic&# investors. Strategic is often a euphemism for investors that are from the industry you serve rather than from a purely financial investor. I’ll cover strategic investors in a different post.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2017

There’s likely to come a time when you need to hire an industry veteran, or the best rainmaker in the field, or a hands-on and wizened operations person to make sure you are meeting customer expectations. Investors will close up their checkbooks until that gets resolved.

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Technical Review Strategic Investors Hiring Software Review 48

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Investors: Greylock (Asheem Chandna) (lead), LightSpeed (Ravi Mhatre) (lead). Investors: Allen Morgan of Mayfield Fund, ff Asset Management, Bobby Yazdani, Nova Spivack of Lucid Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, Paige Craig, Tom McInerney, Michael Yavonditte of Quigo Technologies, Ofer Ronan. Read more: peHUB. Read more: TechCrunch.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Can the founders communicate well?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Strategic investors not only provide capital, but also provide early customer opportunities and other resources to develop your product. Those programs provide industry-specific advice, mentors, and investors, in addition to direct access to potential customers. Attend regional conferences.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Customers Include: Reuters, Associated Press, , Dow Jones, Ask.com , healthcare companies, and major investment banks and hedge funds. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Banks are particularly helpful with raising money from “strategic&# investors, which often means corporate investors such as Intuit, SAP, AMD, Salesforce.com and the like. Allows customers to select potential inventory through Be the Buyer program. A bank can help you balance fund raising with running your company.

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The Next Web

APRIL 22, 2013

The next year, the startup’s first smartphone – aptly named One – was already shipping to customers, making Geeksphone the first European brand to launch an Android smartphone for the masses. That may be the case, and he makes valid points, but as usual, the end customer will vote with his or her wallet.

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Video Europe Mobile Strategic Investors 138

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

I’m stoked that Appear Here , brainchild of Ross Bailey and one of our portfolio companies has raised £1m in funding from a range of strong investors. Howzat Partners led the round with participation from Playfair Capital and a small number of strategic investors from the property industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

A board meeting shouldn’t be the place an investor questions why you’re focused on customers A and not customers B. Sometimes it’s because you have strategic investors. It shouldn’t be the place where they ask why you have 8 sales reps and not 6. These are tactics — not strategy. Here’s the reality.

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Metrics Strategic Investors Later Stage Management 196

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

In addition to Intel Capital, investors include Pitango Venture Capital , Battery Ventures , and strategic investors. Keep your investors abreast of milestones with status.net [link]. Targetmap lets you share customized data maps [link]. Ehud Weinstein; president Ariel Maislos; and Ofir Shalvi. Startup tools.

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Israel Flash Venture Capital Acquisition 94

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The region’s power players can be integral in accelerating your company’s growth in Asia – more so than investors in the U.S. which will help with recruiting employees, finding the best partners, fast-tracking distribution in key countries, and landing marquee customers.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

From a strategic investor perspective this makes a ton of sense-more Intel chips in the home. Tivo is a great example-it is a great product with cult-like customer appreciation, yet it is still not profitable after raising about $200mm from its first round of capital in late 1997 to its IPO in late 1999.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Box Accelerator is available today, at no cost, for all Box business and enterprise customers. Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. The service supports file uploads to the Box web application today and will extend to other features of Box in the future. Check out the video for more details.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. In a new neighborhood during what is traditionally the hardest hit months for restaurateurs, we needed to test a myriad of ideas for getting customers into our shop. Revel – our iPad-based point of sale.

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Caching DC Social Media Cofounder 88

Berkonomics

JANUARY 27, 2022

Or when a major customer signs a significant deal. Or when something happens that makes an investor think this company is about to break out. They will be immune to the disinterest shown by financial investors. Why is this important advice? What if you have no good news to offer? The post Don’t just raise money.

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Dilution Strategic Investors Early Stage Hosting 62

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Whether the partner is a supplier looking to gain a lock on your business as it grows or a customer looking to create a competitive barrier through use of your product, such an investment typically carries fewer restrictions than from a professional investor and less oversight.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

If you say that customers are going to love your solution, provide testimonials from prospective customers. If you say that you're going to progress your company week after week, then make sure to follow up with investors every week after your initial meeting to keep them aware of your progress (and actually make real progress).

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Whether the partner is a supplier looking to gain a lock on your business as it grows or a customer looking to create a competitive barrier through use of your product, such an investment typically carries fewer restrictions than from a professional investor and less oversight.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 106

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 11, 2007

If you really believe in your business then you should either take the money from the VC or get a significant premium from the strategic investor to sell today versus building your business for the longer term. As you do the right thing for your customers, you will do right for your investors, your employees, and ultimately yourself.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

From a strategic investor perspective this makes a ton of sense-more Intel chips in the home. Tivo is a great example-it is a great product with cult-like customer appreciation, yet it is still not profitable after raising about $200mm from its first round of capital in late 1997 to its IPO in late 1999.

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Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Corporations from banks to fast food to software firms are turning to mobile app developers to build mobile app devices for their customers. Given the popularity of mobile devices and the apps that make them great, venture capital investors are chomping at the bit to get a piece of the pie. Mobile is the Rage & VCs are Taking Note.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Or when a major customer signs a significant deal. Or when something happens that makes an investor think this company is about to break out. They will be immune to the disinterest shown by financial investors. The first rule for raising money is to do it on good news – right when sales are increasing at an increasing rate.

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Dilution Strategic Investors Early Stage Founder 48

VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

With that pre-amble, let me describe the story of Trada – a company that helps businesses more effectively manage their search marketing campaigns via its marketplace through which paid search experts work collaboratively and competitively to maximize the effectiveness of Trada customers search marketing campaigns.

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 73

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 11, 2007

If you really believe in your business then you should either take the money from the VC or get a significant premium from the strategic investor to sell today versus building your business for the longer term. As you do the right thing for your customers, you will do right for your investors, your employees, and ultimately yourself.

Net Present Value 60

Net Present Value Strategic Investors Early Stage Revenue 60

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Whether the partner is a supplier looking to gain a lock on your business as it grows or a customer looking to create a competitive barrier through use of your product, such an investment typically carries fewer restrictions than from a professional investor and less oversight.

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 69

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. In a new neighborhood during what is traditionally the hardest hit months for restaurateurs, we needed to test a myriad of ideas for getting customers into our shop. Revel – our iPad-based point of sale.

Caching 48

Caching DC Social Media Cofounder 48

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

or look for major large chunks of money from partnerships or strategic investors? As a product company, very large injections of cash are always a nice add on to any business as long as they don’t disrupt your business strategy, kill margins or cause you to customize your offering too much.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

One of our strategic investors is using HourOne.ai (disclosure: a Remagine Ventures portfolio compan y) to create synthetic video news around sports. Media companies and publishers can capitalise on this by positioning their content as premium offerings, building trust and turning it into currency.

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