Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

Venture Capital

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

Personal protective equipment (PPE) are now being routinely used to ensure health and safety, virtual shopping is at an all-time high due to qurantine and lockdown, and physical interactions have been limited to mobile and online platforms. Assistive Devices : Global Market Insights, Inc. Digital Products.

Demand

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. But in the 20th century, dominated by hardware and software, technology swings inside an existing market happened slowly — taking years, not months. It’s hard to think of a hardware/software or life science technology that dominates its space for years.

Founder

Gust

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. I say this with conviction even after I survived the process, and have a software patent pending. Software technology changes rapidly.

Software Review

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Please watch the video, review the slides and blog posts]. Moore’s Law & the Global Semiconductor Industry. Andrew Inkpen, “ The Global Semiconductor Industry ” Thunderbird School of Management , 2021. [It Class 4 Required Readings: Silicon Valley, the Military, and the Journey to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Technical Review

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

Theory Ventures 2024 predictions Israel remains one of the major AI hubs globally In terms of funding, it’s safe to say that Israeli generative AI startups have yet to live to their full potential. LLMs have driven an increased demand for data, caused a complete architecture change inside companies and changed how data is manipulated.

Generative AI

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Sometimes these loans have a valuation cap and/or a discount. The point, he says, is to avoid time-consuming valuation negotiations and allowing a variable amount of capital to be raised. Second, the debt note requires a fixed due date (or “maturity date”) for repayment of the total amount borrowed, plus interest. The Funded.

Equity

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To this day, not a single pixel gets on our website or apps without my input, review, and approval. Likewise, not a single designer gets approved to sell on Fab without Bradford’s input, review, and approval. We do twice-yearly reviews of all Fab team members. Even executives need reviews. It’s that important.

Technical Review

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

No wonder the platform is rumored to be raising a round at a $150 million valuation or more. Hyperlinks and images must be manually coded using html mark-up. As Smartphones Reach A Global Tipping Point, Why Your Product Isn't As Simple As You. HTC One Review. The site is also a data goldmine. Trending Stories.

SEC

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As of January 20, 2016, based on the “CrunchBase Unicorn Leaderboard,” there are 157 unicorns (companies with $1 billion+ valuations) which have not IPOed or been acquired—and more start-ups reaching unicorn status every day. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton). Key Insights. as ranked by U.S. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton).

Programming

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Every business is global, but patent rules differ around the world.

Software Review

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. If you don’t keep it top of mind today, then you are going to be left behind.

Technical Review

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk.

Saudi Arabia

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. at 11:09 AM.

Software Review

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The theme was "the future of software". He is a great speaker and I enjoyed the speech, but after 40mn, I was still waiting to hear about the future of software.

Software Review

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. Code Hosting and Version Control. code spaces (svn). WorkingPoint.

Software Review

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

It also means that developers that choose to create HTML5 web apps for the desktop — like for the Google Chrome Web Store — can often use the same code when crafting an app for the iPad or for other tablets. Using and testing such a jumble of inter dependant code / css/ hardware / browser is death by 1000 cuts.

Developer

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

“Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors. Meanwhile, their seed investors aren’t particularly incentivized to get them a Series A that crams the previous valuation down.

Technical Review

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

The valuations were too high! We’re at a new watermark because there are now global assets deployed and as the sun peeks out so to do the riders and the revenue. This year we’re in > 100+ cities and 100+ campuses and we’re operational with street teams, better software, better bikes and a more informed ridership.

South America

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? While I promised not to comment on the exact valuation you can assume that it is very large and perhaps the fastest rise from zero to what some have called a “unicorn” valuation. Forget the valuation?—?I

San Francisco

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fundraising discussions, and I will review them shortly. As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive.

Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% I wonder, though, how much of that is emerging market and how much of the industrialized nation growth is due to stimulus money, which in turn either dries up or forced inflation? This has a tangible impact on the valuation of start-ups and the pace of investment.

Technical Review

David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Expert networks have been in the news a lot for the past few weeks, due to the SEC’s attempt to look for insider trading amongst hedge funds, following on their Galleon investigation (Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon is in the photo shown). The best source of information on this topic is as usual the Integrity Research blog.

Networking

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

However, virtual data room software came as a huge relief to many companies because it reduced wastage of time and numerous expenses made to physically store data. The old PDRs were quite cumbersome due diligence processes. The switch from PDRs to VDRs resulted in deal cycles and increased valuations.

Software Review

ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2022

Successfully running your business in 2022 is not easy due to the new norms of people’s lives. trillion globally, and social media has become the backbone of many businesses looking to build brand awareness. Conforming with Torchbankz, the dropshipping industry is expected to reach a market valuation of $557.9

Cost

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

Technical Review

Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

A realignment of valuations by late stage investors? Potential for instant global distribution (mobile app stores, Facebook, etc). A pure software company might have 80-90%+ gross profit margins, but a commerce company might at best be 30-50% and service marketplaces might be far lower when measured on a gross revenue / GMV basis.

Technical Review

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? Next, Shirish Deodhar discussed InnovizeTech , an Indian company that has built software to capture how employees are spending their time in order to help manage and monitor productivity. Kir Devries. InnovizeTech.

Cloud

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

In summary: Snap’s current business doesn’t justify a $20B valuation. How can one justify a $20B valuation for Snap? The product that could most likely justify Snap’s $20B valuation is Spectacles. Global smartphone revenue is about $420B. Snap is asking investors to bet on its ability to innovate its way into revenue.

Valuation

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

6- Datafication Photo Credit: Edward Mellett Datafication, in my perspective, is the transformation of everything in our lives into data-powered devices or software. 10- Adoption of flexible work models Photo Credit: Steve Rose The flexible work model is growing in popularity due to its many advantages. Thanks to Jaden Oh, TRAFFV ! #6-

Artificial Inteligence

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

billion at $150 billion valuation. seed round to to break infrastructure code into small pieces and orchestrate them using semantic relationships! As the Families of Murdered Hostages, Our Message to People in Power Is Simple: Act – on TIME Global: Do startups have a chance vs big tech in the age of AI?

Artificial Inteligence

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

billion valuation ), to enable automated management of cloud backups! Great stuff Dean Leitersdorf and team Decart on your $25M series A (weeks after a $21M seed) at a $500M valuation , to pioneer scalable, cost efficient generative AI training! Mazel tov Ori Soen and team Montara on your $5.4M

Israel

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

For both origination and due diligence, a host of companies aspire to be the “Bloomberg of private companies”, including CB Insights , Crunchbase , DataFox , FuelUp , fundsUP , Mattermark , Qodeo , Quid , Tracxn , Unomy.com , and Zirra. 5) Due diligence. 4) Manage deal flow. Talent Relationship Management tools (e.g.,

Private Equity

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

Early Stage

Transformify

JUNE 20, 2020

Unsurprisingly, the shares of Wirecard plummeted and the valuation of the company went down to just EUR 5bn (as of June 18 th , 2020) versus the EUR 24bn two years ago. DACH) or operate globally. Due to the complex classification of payment transactions, the monthly fees may fluctuate a lot in some cases. Geographical coverage.

Germany

Hacking Startups

JUNE 25, 2013

Transactions are globally visible and traceable; they can be tied to specific people when money is spent on tangible purchases. Land has even appreciated, largely due to population increase. Due to counterparty risk, Bitcoin today does not offer a good way to short itself. Medium of exchange. In person, cash works better.

Technical Review

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. There were startups and a software industry but barely. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. What happened? There was no money train. It was 1991.

Valuation