VC Cafe

MARCH 7, 2025

Taiwan’s TSMC announced $100 billion investment in US chipmaking And finally, RIP Skype. Kol hakavod Stav Levi Neumark and team Alta on coming out of stealth with a $7M seed round to bring AI-driven sales agents to market! Anthropic has just raised $3.5bn in a round at a post-money valuation of $61.5bn.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act , our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC , China, etc. TSMC in Taiwan is the leader in logic, Samsung is second. Today there are only two – Samsung in Korea and TSMC in Taiwan. But they don’t design chips. What’s Next – Business.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2024

That’s the case for most companies that are already in the market, especially if they raised funding at imaginary valuations before. According to Industry Ventures , the secondary market reached $105 billion in 2021 and is expected to have crossed the $138 billion mark in 2023. In many ways, Edward is right.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Kickfolio: service to help brands market their iPhone apps. Pick1: retargeting service through automated market research.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. In 1949, the Soviets exploded their first nuclear weapon and ended the U.S monopoly on atomic weaponry.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 17, 2020

In this post, I cover the rise of why this is the case, and offer lots of examples of verticals and applications as well as opportunities for startups and streamers. Eating – when I was in Taiwan and Vietnam over the summer, I noticed several people livestreaming their meals (especially hot pot!).

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

An AI leverages deep natural language processing, text analysis, and computational linguistics to gain insight into customer opinion, understanding of consumer sentiment , and measuring the impact of marketing strategies. This technique is helpful for market segmentation, image compression, etc. Examples: Brand24 , MonkeyLearn.

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