Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

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. Venture Guiding Fund. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 179

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance. business models.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 328

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

DogVacay is part of a new global movement some people are calling “ Collaborative Consumption.” He wanted to work in venture capital and I was new to the industry and in no position to hire anybody. He turned to Mike Jones at Science who was newly set up as an accelerator of sorts or a venture studio.

San Diego 344

San Diego Technical Review Seed Capital Sacramento 344

David Teten

JULY 29, 2011

A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital ‘s summer intern class. Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management.

Software Review 133

Software Review Venture Capital New Jersey Silicon Valley 133

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. And somebody who isn’t thinking necessarily thinking about how to maximize their ownership in your next round of financing. In the Early Days. Experience. Relationships. Founder’s perspective.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? The popularity of the model can be judged by the fact that the U.S.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Artificial intelligence continues to be a bright spot in the world of venture capital. In Q3 of 2024, AI-related startups landed $19 billion USD, which equates to 28% of total venture dollars. Ness Digital Engineering, a global full-service life cycle company, is spearheading a new approach that aims to address these challenges.

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Artificial Inteligence Engineer Software Software Engineering 93

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A 20th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. This allows founder(s) to sell part of their stock (~10 to 33%) in a future round of financing. Sandberg had been the vice president of global online sales and operations. Filed under: Venture Capital. 4. Founder-friendly VCs.

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Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 281

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Finnish startup successes on a global stage include MySQL , F-Secure , Rovio , Habbo , Playfish , The Switch , Tectia , Trulia and Linux. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. Yet Tekes does that and is trying to act like a government-run Venture Capital firm. And they should give themselves a 5-10 year plan to do so.

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. As the venture capital industry evolves, so do the models for supporting founders.

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Founder Term Sheet Cofounder Venture Capital 187

ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2022

Almost Half of Chemical Companies Fear Losing Markets Due to Not Meeting Customers’ Needs.” — Accenture’s Global Buyer Study. In addition, it provides support services like integrated banking, finance, embedded logistics, and vetted suppliers. Image Credit: Customer Centricity; Provided by the Author; Thank you! Conclusion.

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Germany San Jose Technical Review India 175

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

hamlesh : As CEO of Peritus Group, Hamlesh Motah talks about tech, finance, motorbikes, and pulling up troubled businesses. CEO_INGDIRECT : Peter Aceto, CEO of ING Direct Canada offers insight on finance, business, and even learning online. mtbert : Mark T.

Cofounder 239

Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance. business models.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

Tightening of monetary policies has led to skyrocketing interest rates as central banks try to manage rampant running inflation, supply chain issues persist despite the fact that the pandemic is now in the rearview — and venture capital funding has looked to dry up almost overnight. Do Not Fear! This is an Opportunity!

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South Africa New York City San Francisco Silicon Valley 136

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Rise of Global Tech Hubs An exciting shift in recent years is the emergence of new technological hubs across the globe. This global expansion means startups now have a wider array of ecosystems to choose from, each with its unique advantages, resources, and challenges.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review Startup Silicon Valley Agile 137

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 31, 2020

Venture capital investment is one of the top places startups look out for when seeking funding for their business alongside other popular options like angel investing and crowdfunding. Startups that show that they are solving a global challenge in a way or the other (for example, green tech) have an edge in the investing market.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup Term Sheet 175

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The second panel will focus on collaborative investing in non-public alternative investments (private equity, venture capital, receivables, etc.). . Previously, he was Vice President of Global Business Development for Massive, Inc., Nic Perkin is the President and Co-Founder of The Receivables Exchange.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

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.

San Francisco 116

San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

Sure, companies in the Bay Area – particularly Silicon Valley and San Francisco – consistently receive the highest percentage of venture money nationwide. But a slowdown in venture capital financing and questions about a technology bubble have led to many entrepreneurs and startups considering other avenues for growth.

Canada 100

Canada Silicon Valley San Francisco Technical Cofounder 100

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” (co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). Of the 43 U.S.

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Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. The $900M of SaaS VC funding in 2015 now represents less than Europe's largest financing round, with Celonis raising $1B in June this year. of market capitalization. The Index added another $0.9T

Global 62

Global Israel Europe Software Review 62

Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. Instead, it is our eight years of indefatigable relationship and customer building with large segments of the world’s early stage finance industry.

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Kazakhstan Belarus Accredited Investor Portugal 107

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. David Teten, HBS 98, Partner, ff Venture Capital, will discuss his research study on VC portfolio operations, recently featured in Forbes ).

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Tunisia Libya Mauritania Algeria 114

VC Cafe

JUNE 9, 2010

T he birth of the Israeli venture capital industry was supported by government programs like Yozma. The new law is part of broader reforms to boost the high-tech sector, led by Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s minister of finance and his ministry’s director general, Haim Shani. The Israeli High-Tech Support Plan.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Government Israel Technology 88

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

The past year saw startups on the rise, an increase in venture capital funding (both in real dollars and numbers of companies funded), a resurgence of IPOs, and the rise of David against Goliath, as best represented by Groupon’s spurning of a $6 billion offer from Google. Investors will be bullish on startups.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital Startup India 93

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 27, 2018

Now that we are 13 years into the accelerator journey, an accelerator is a well-established construct that is part of the global startup ecosystem. Accelerators and Crowd-Funding: Complementarity, Competition, or Convergence in the Earliest Stages of Financing New Ventures? Smith, Hannigan, and Gasiorowski, 6/13.

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LP Incubator Venture Capital Technical Review 107

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

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Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Until recently it was headquartered 2 blocks from our offices in Santa Monica so we literally saw it emerge under our feet and we proudly invested in the last 3 rounds of financing. Today the company officially announced its most recent round of capital ?—?having having raised $300 million?—?less

San Francisco 256

San Francisco Valuation Los Angeles Technical Review 256

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The pandemic has caused a severe downturn in global economies. Venture capital firms have become more discerning where they put their limited funds to use, and banks have always been anti-startup in their business dealings. Yet despite the overarching negative outlook, startups seem to be weathering the storm.

Bankruptcy 165

Bankruptcy Startup Agile Technical Review 165

Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2020

While this is a fine initial use case, I look forward to the development of more p2p lending for productive purposes (think microfinance, small businesses lending, or venture capital), which will help to create actual new wealth and dampen volatility.

Software Review 130

Software Review Open Source Venture Capital Portfolio 130

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Israel’s ranking in the’s Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 increased to 24th place from 27th the year before. The Global Competitiveness Index is based on 12 pillars of competitiveness, which together provide a comprehensive picture of the competitiveness landscape in 139 economies around the world at all stages of development.

Israel 96

Israel United Kingdom Austria Global 96

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Existing companies are starting to feel the pressures of new technologies and the massive wave of new entrants fueled by the explosion of investment from a recent form of financing – venture capital. Venture capital firms, as we know them only date back to the 1970s.)

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Two year-old TaKaDu , a SaaS product for water utility companies to monitor water infrastructure, has raised an undisclosed second round of funding led by Emerald Technology ventures and joined by existing investors Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Funds [ Zdnet ]. Other venture capital links. venturebeat ].

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital Israel 79