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Diverse Lead Firms

Austin Startup

We focus primarily on software and Internet companies in areas such as SaaS, application software, financial software, consumer internet, and online marketplaces. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way. New Age VC About This is just a start.

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Why Are Venture Capitalists Ignoring The Future? The Emerging Domestic Economy

David Teten

These groups include Astia Angels, a global network of angel investors focusing on women-led ventures, and the Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund, which focuses on minority entrepreneurs. 645 Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture fund that focuses on Internet and software companies.

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

While the global financial crash of 2008 and the resulting Great Recession initially slowed job growth in Silicon Valley, the meteoric rise of smart phones and social media helped the tech industry as a whole to power ahead despite the near collapse of the global economy. A Variation on the Global Economic Crash of 2008?

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

I live in Oakland with my husband and now my dog. I think that something that's really unprecedented, certainly in my lifetime around this, is what a global phenomenon it is. I think that's happening all over the internet right now. Eric Ries : This is a pretty sober and deadly situation. How are you both doing?