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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups? For consulting work, I have done several projects with Lou Sokolovskiy of Genero Capital , a boutique private equity firm. What are you working on now? For me, it's a matter of degree.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

The downside is that, unlike past DoD technology development – where the DoD leads it, can control it, and has the most advanced technology (like stealth and electronic warfare), in most cases the DoD will not have the most advanced algorithms or models. The analogy for AI is closer to microelectronics than it is EW.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. Ideally each portfolio company would also report their own data to the data-trackers (except when they’re in stealth), but not all of them are diligent.

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Crisis Shmisis: Q2 2010 Closes with 40 deals and more than $400 million raised in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

The company is still in stealth… May 24, 2010 - Taykey announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a round of funding from new investor Sequoia Capital. TASE:MAYN) Infinity Private Equity Fund; Suzhou Ventures Group Co., Viola Private Equity Buyer Funds: 28. Viola Private Equity, L.P.

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Crisis Shmisis: 40 deals, more than $400 Million raised in Q2 2010 in Israel (Deal Summary)

VC Cafe

The company is still in stealth… May 24, 2010 - Taykey announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a round of funding from new investor Sequoia Capital. TASE:MAYN) Infinity Private Equity Fund; Suzhou Ventures Group Co., Viola Private Equity Buyer Funds: 28. Viola Private Equity, L.P.

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Deal Opacity

Haystack

5/ Copycat Culture And Stealth Mode Back En Vogue: I’ve alluded to this above and below, but now when a category gets hot, founders and capital flood it. In these cases, they’re less excited about announcing their rounds, or just want to wait for the big reveal, when something important happens, or a big milestone is reached.

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Bitesize Friday – Israeli Funding Recap

VC Cafe

An undisclosed round in stealth startup ToyToyToy, which offers an online service that links websites for actual toys. Below is a recap of the private placement transactions of the last three months. BrainsToVentures AG; Israel Cleantech Ventures Buyer Funds: b-to-v Private Equity S.C.S. TASE:MAYN). Jan-29-2010.

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