View from Seed

JULY 6, 2020

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have unbounded curiosity for emerging trends, a love for experimentation, and you’re always eager to dive into new products and technologies before others do. You will be based in the NYC office. About NextView.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners. Like many modern VCs, we’re committed to investing in the community and in our portfolio companies. We also run annual CEO summits and topical discussions groups in marketing, technology, recruiting and the like. We think it’s best to embrace this role from the start.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. While all three of our most recent investments built on this foundational idea still remain stealthy, everyone utilizes connected technology to uniquely deliver a service or bundled product. Recent Investment Themes.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Marketing, recruiting, building data products & tools, event management, analyzing the portfolio, etc. Instead he championed our investment themes into sustainability and food technologies having invested in companies like Apeel Sciences and Ynsect. And all the platform stuff. And that Greg Bettinelli chap? What’s he doing?

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View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

You are a “digital native” with a strong interest in new technology and have hands-on proficiency with many online tools for managing social media interactions, event production, and project management. You have an authentic passion for technology, startups, and a deep respect for entrepreneurship. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

The Innovation Portfolio. Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. What can companies learn from others’ failed efforts to integrate startups into large companies?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Nevertheless, according to Rose, both are poised for further growth due to online technology, and there is indeed plenty of opportunity. This is called the “portfolio approach,” which counts on hitting only a couple of big winners, while the others return very little. What ends up, usually went down first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Even after your application is accepted, the issuing process takes a lifetime in today’s technology (4-5 years). Software technology changes rapidly. Either way, new computational technology algorithms would still be patentable, as long as the algorithm meets the defined requirements for novelty, usefulness and inventiveness.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In March 2022 I wrote a description of the Quantum Technology Ecosystem. Just as a reminder, Quantum technologies are used in three very different and distinct markets: Quantum Computing , Quantum Communications and Quantum Sensing and Metrology. have different error rates and causes of errors unique to the underlying technology.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Some claim that all possible interactions of finance and technology, which I guess includes credit cards – the 1950’s invention, are FinTech. The term, itself, is a compound of “financial” and “technology”. You know PayPal, have heard of Bitcoin and, probably, even stumbled upon the term FinTech a few times. What is FinTech now

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TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. Let go of your technology prejudices. We discuss technology, development processes, the challenges faced by our clients, and the solutions weve put to use on real projects. You are viewing a single entry. Please also check out the most recent entries. March 28, 2013. Conclusion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

It’s a volatile period for every company, where most struggle with getting commercial and technological traction, usually based on a single product or service. For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. Geographic expansion.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. You need to say “no” faster to things you know you’re not going to fund based on fit, focus, geography, quality of concept, conflicts with portfolio. Play the long game.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Defense (DoD) no longer owns all the technologies, products and services to deter or win a war – e.g. AI, autonomy, drones, biotech, access to space, cyber, semiconductors, new materials, etc. the Joint Strike Fighter) or for an entire portfolio of similar programs (e.g.,

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

So we stayed close to our investment themes of: healthcare, fintech, computer vision, marketing technologies, video game infrastructure, sustainability and applied biology and we have partners that lead each practice area. But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Instead the list is dominated by the big technology winners of the past 20 years that have built innovation into their DNA (Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft), and a lot of smaller, newer start-ups. The main exceptions are Target, Coca Cola, Corning, Ford, and Nike (the company that topped the list).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Today with every city, state and country trying to build out a technology cluster, following Dino’s progress can provide others with a roadmap of what’s worked and what has not.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

Online learning sources that provide technical education taught by industry experts in very specific areas have gained popularity as a proven career path to high paying positions in business, web development and design and information technology. The business world is ever-changing to keep up with technological advances. Probably not.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?”. This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Filed under: Corporate Innovation.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Abhijit Mitra , who joined Outreach last year as president of product and technology, will become the new CEO and Manny will step into a new role as Executive Chairman of Outreach’s board. Leadership Changes Manny Medina is stepping down as CEO of Outreach , the sales automation software company he helped start a decade ago.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

With advances in technology, green buildings can also be built at fairly competitive prices. Sustainability now ranks in the same level as demographic shift and technological advances in revolutionizing the real estate industry. Sustainable construction has been shown to improve a building’s environmental and social performance.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. One such theme was “water conservation” and we morphed it into a broader theme of agriculture technology or “ag tech” for short. Apeel Technologies. We look at stage, geography and of course sector.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies. Over the past decade, advancing technologies and social consciousness have been causing unprecedented and exciting shifts in every sector of the economy, not just the tertiary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Of course, both are significant, but according to Rose, angel investing is as poised as crowd funding to take off due to the same online technology, and there is plenty of opportunity for both. This is called the “portfolio approach,” which counts on hitting only a couple of big winners, while the others return very little.

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2019

A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Define and document the portfolio of initiatives to deliver on your strategic objectives and fulfill your production and skill requirements.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

The world relies on technology more and more every day. As a result, we utilize technology in practically everything we do. When considering gaining technological skills, it’s a good idea to think about which ones will be in high demand in the future. Technology is a broad profession with several fascinating career paths.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Yet even so, there still seems to be quite a runway in this space due to three mega trends: Every company is discovering that they need to use technology to streamline their business and improve their competitive position. Buying cloud applications has become the norm.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We shifted a large portion of our lives from offline to online, not missing a beat, thanks to the power of technology. That’s another huge win for technology and science. . Our portfolio and investment activity this year reflects the importance of technology and “digitization of everything” spurred on by Covid-19.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. A first or second-time fund has an easier time fund raising when they can show a few 4-8x’s in their portfolio than if they always average up.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. Building a great product. We want to talk to you! Back to Top).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. You can see this trend in the excellent data from Cendana below where the number of seed extension rounds has gone up dramatically in their portfolio and the time from seed to A has extended.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By investing in more established companies, venture capitalists can stabilize their portfolios, ensuring a smoother ride toward profitability. Balancing the Portfolio: The Dual Strategy in Action How do venture capitalists navigate this complex landscape? However, managing such a portfolio is no small feat.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 7, 2025

Kudos Mor Peretz and team CaPow on your $15M series A to help robot companies with your wireless charging technology that eliminates downtime and boosts fleet efficiency! Well done Erez Druk and team Freed on your $30M series A for your AI agent for clinicians!

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Technology also presents the opportunity to further turbocharge such “targeted care” by offloading certain care deliveries to much more scalable modalities such as text-based behavioral nudges and in-app content libraries.

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