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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. of market capitalization. Annualised, this would be 2.7x

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent? Global and Local. I caught a glimpse of this energy during my Venture Partner tenure with the folks at GGV Capital , who’ve been successfully investing exclusively across China and the U.S.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Israel, Singapore and now China are the three countries that have successfully put that theory into practice.

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. But now more and more tech companies cite a pool of talent and the Irish Venture Capital Association ’s investment tendencies as reasons for the city’s appeal.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

A s every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor , which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. ISRAEL’S WEF RANKING IMPROVES TO 24TH PLACE, BOOSTED BY INNOVATION.