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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our last fund was $200 million but as you may already know since we raised that fund we added new partners Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman and Venture Partner Hamet Watt – all of whom are busy looking at new deals for the firm in addition to Yves Sisteron (the founder), Steven Dietz (also part of founding team) and myself.

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.

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What is a CTO?

Austin Startup

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development.

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Are Mobile Platforms Austin’s Differentiator?

Austin Startup

But, then so do the Bay Area, New York City, the Boston 128 corridor, and for that matter Houston and Dallas. As Kleiner partner Mary Meeker so nicely summed up recently , mobile is the “it&# Internet trend of the moment. I’d argue a much simpler, admittedly less technical, definition.

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How Successful Landlords Approach Rent Collection

ReadWriteStart

Property management companies specialize in partnering with landlords and real estate investors to watch over their properties and manage them as if they were their own. They don’t just offer Houston property management services – they provide guarantees. As mentioned above, collecting rent via mail is technically an option.

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Fundraising Hacks for Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds

David Teten

Historically, the process of winning capital from limited partners has been opaque. A few years ago, I presented at an Invesco conference on Emerging GPs, and one of the highlights was a presentation by Laurie Weir summarizing CALPERS’ selection criteria under their Private Equity Emerging Manager Program Review. ” .

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Breyer Capital Austin?—?End of Year Update

Austin Startup

End of Year Update After officially announcing Breyer Capital Austin earlier this year after two years of active planning and due diligence, I received a humbling number of gracious emails and messages from Austin-based leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors. Breyer Capital Austin?—?End Breyer Capital Austin?—?End

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