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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MAY 5, 2021
These are the gross return multiples of all of the funds that are “mature” meaning the returns are pretty clear now: Multiple Year Of Initial Investment 8.66
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MAY 5, 2021
These are the gross return multiples of all of the funds that are “mature” meaning the returns are pretty clear now: Multiple Year Of Initial Investment 8.66
Revolution
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
something that sounds obvious today but was rare circa 2007. Greener Greens: At the root of Sweetgreen’s farm-to-table concept was a commitment to sustainability. The company was built around the belief that real people want real food?—?something
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 14, 2019
USV seeded Tumblr along with our friends at Spark in the summer of 2007 and were actively involved in the development of the company until its sale to Yahoo! I maintained an active Tumblog from before we invested in 2007 until October 2016, when I stopped posting there. There was no moment when I decided to stop posting there.
Source Link
APRIL 14, 2021
Since 2007, the number of businesses owned by Black women has grown by 163%. Women own 40% of all businesses in the United States, according to the American Express research. Of those businesses, the same research shows 47% are controlled by minority women. That’s more than double the percentage in 1997.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
For example, people think that it happened at SXSW with Twitter in 2007—but they forget that a small but dedicated mass of people were already on Twitter ahead of the conference. It’s never usually the one article or one event that makes or breaks a company, even though people think that has happened with various startups.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 10, 2018
Written for EO by Torsten Oppermann, co-founder of the marketing agency MSM.digital and EO member since 2007. . Torsten has been a member of EO since 2007. . . Would you jump for joy because of a basket of fruits, free coffee or a foosball table? Of course not. A lot of employers, however, seem to be missing this point.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
406 Ventures since 2007, is one of the leading VCs in the Boston area. In Conversation with MassChallenge and.406 406 Ventures 11:30 – 12:00pm PT Hear from two local investors who will talk through actionable advice on fundraising and company building. Greg Darcon, a Partner at.406
Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 13, 2018
A global finalist in the 2007 GSEA competition, he is now an EO Minnesota member who owns five businesses. In 2007, I competed in GSEA, starting with a local competition in Minnesota; from there I made it all the way to the Global Semifinals. Tyler Olson is one such GSEA alumni. We asked Tyler about his experiences.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Psychology lessons from the 2007–08 financial collapse Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
MARCH 30, 2023
Goodwell launched its first fund in 2007, and has provided equity funding to over 20 businesses including Paga , MFS Africa , Sendy , Max.ng , and Good nature agro. While it mainly targets startups in finance, agriculture, and mobility, last year, it led a $50 million Series C round for e-commerce scaleup Copia Global.
AsiaTechDaily
JUNE 26, 2023
Established in 2007 and headquartered in Singapore , Apeiron Bioenergy is a globally integrated player in the bioenergy sector. Furthermore, the capital raised through the green bond issuance is supported by the Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF), an Asian Development Bank trust fund.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Taylor spent four years at Google starting in March 2003 before undertaking an entrepreneurial journey, founding early social network FriendFeed in 2007, right after leaving Google. Until then, I’ll be focusing on transitioning my teams and projects, and wrapping things up properly at Google.”
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
406 Ventures since 2007 and investing as a partner since 2013. It’s a critical topic: Startups are not made in a vacuum and often benefit from a frothy local community of like-minded companies and entrepreneurs. Greg Dracon has been with Boston’s.406
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
” Under CEO Phil Libin, who joined the company in 2007, Evernote shifted its focus to the web, smartphones and Mac, starting with Evernote 3.0 This proved to be a winning strategy — at least at first.
American Entrepreneurship
APRIL 23, 2024
PSI has received $110 million in ongoing Department of Defense contracts – extending across Army, Navy, Air Force and Office of the Undersecretary of Defense programs as well as related work with the National Air and Space Administration and the Department of Energy – and other transactional agreements since its founding in 2007.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JULY 19, 2023
Business problems and other life responsibilities in 2007 took control and made some days outright bad ones. When I started my company, I faced new, unchartered challenges. At one point, my business nearly collapsed. As a result, my outlook shifted to a more negative place. My tone changed from upbeat to downbeat.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 10, 2016
I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I tried to be at every event.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Rajeev has been investing in startups at Mayfield since 2007. This week , we have Rajeev Batra, partner at Mayfield, and Christina Ross, co-founder and CEO of Cube, an FP&A toolkit company. Christina is a serial CFO-turned-startup founder, and knows what it takes to get early funding.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Since 2007, the number of publicly listed companies in Brazil has decreased from 400 to just a little over 300. Matheus is a hedge funds investment analyst for a major global investment manager and technology provider. In the past six years there were only 21 IPOs — an average of just 3.5
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 5, 2017
s COO in 2007. The COO and friend I let go in 2007 is now a super-successful consultant who enjoys better hours, projects he loves and higher pay. By Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of O2E Brands. Firing is just as important as hiring, so why do we rarely get it right? We were both “visionaries”—full of big ideas and blue-sky dreams.
Feedough
OCTOBER 12, 2020
of the market share in 2007. In 2007, the market share of Nokia swelled up to 49.4%, making it the one and only company in the world to do so. From being the largest telecom company in the world in 2007 to being on the brink of bankruptcy in 2013, Nokia saw their worst days. There is a lot to learn from Nokia. So, let’s dive in!
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 7, 2014
There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007.
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 20, 2022
From 2007 to 2016, $1.5b I remember thinking a $1b M&A or IPO was so rare an investor might hope to achieve it once or twice in a career. Fewer than 15 SaaS companies traded on public exchanges then. With at least 20 firms and several partners per firm chasing unicorns, upstarts faced stiff odds. 2015 Return Multiple by Round.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2016
In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange. They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page? In 2008 I started VC blogging.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 29, 2020
This isn’t the first time Amir Bassan-Eskenazi and Ran Oz have launched a startup together — they also founded video networking company BigBand Networks , which won two technology-related Emmy Awards, went public in 2007 and was acquired by Arris Group in 2011.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JULY 23, 2021
The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. So, home affordability is a real issue that is top of mind of every production builder in North America.
AsiaTechDaily
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Established on June 11, 2007, the company that is based in Tokyo, Japan has a capital of 6,450 million yen as of August 31, 2022. Through its overseas subsidiary Sansan Global Pte.
TechCrunch
JULY 13, 2022
For example, Lockheed Martin Ventures has pledged only around $200 million toward startups since 2007. Perhaps as a result of those misgivings, defense-focused corporate funds have invested relatively little capital over the years. As of 2020, HorizonX, which was founded in 2017, had made just 25 investments — all less than $10 million.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 15, 2022
On a much larger scale, Sun King pointed out that since its founding in 2007 by chief executive officer Patrick Walsh and Anish Thakkar , its products have provided light and power to 95 million people throughout its African and Asian markets, including Cameroon, Mozambique, and Togo, three countries it recently expanded into.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 2, 2014
What might be a more relevant date is May 22nd, 2007. Three years ago today, I grabbed the domain name BrooklynBridgeVentures.com. It''s kind of a funny answer to "When did you start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures?". That''s the day I sat down for lunch at Coffee Shop with Henry Blodget, just six days after Silicon Alley Insider launched.
Venture Hacks
APRIL 16, 2019
And for cleaning up this old blog which launched on April 1, way back in 2007. Now, Venture Hacks is going solo with new posts on fundraising, investing and good times. More thanks to WordPress (Andy, Chris, Matt) for hosting us on Pressable.
Innovation 2 Enterprise
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Since 2007, i2E and Plains have invested more than $61 million of equity funding in 58 companies. Access to capital. . Plains invests in well-vetted deal flow out of i2E and from other sources in Oklahoma’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. .
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Six months ago Upfront Ventures announced its first Partner hire since 2007 – Greg Bettinelli. I wrote about him here. More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 20, 2021
In 2007 I came across EO. Of course, I had a great group of people, and new friends, with me but I was sad that none of my old friends were there. The feeling of loneliness has appeared multiple times during the journey, especially during very stressful times in business where I felt I had no one to lean on.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Kastner moved to California in 2007, where she worked in the solar industry and later helped build a number of companies, including spending time at Nest, developing the early AI-powered Nest Cam. We are grateful for the support of our investors at this critical time, as we face increasingly dangerous fire seasons around the world.”
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
I would argue even in the 2007 timeframe when we started our firm, we specifically focused on things we think Boston excels at.I Ajay Agarwal, a partner at Bain Venture Partners, has been investing in startups since 2007, and he says one of Boston’s biggest strengths is in the sciences. billion in 2019. “I
Feedough
OCTOBER 1, 2020
At its peak, in 2007, Nokia’s worldwide market share stood at 49.4% , the highest in the world. The collapse of Nokia had already begun, way before 2007. The Arrival of New Companies: In 2007, Apple stepped into the smartphone game and launched the iconic iPhone. Still, the streak of success was far from over.
TechCrunch
APRIL 5, 2022
It took many years for early- and late-stage funding to rebound to 2007 levels, but during that window, the amount of capital pouring into seed rounds simply continued to rise. This growth in seed funding was led by emerging technologies like mobile and cloud. Today, similar opportunities exist in SaaS and web3.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
Since joining the Yale Investments Office in 2007, one of Mendelsohn’s core focuses has been venture capital — an asset class that has gained traction among an increasing number of institutional investors in recent years — and Yale’s investment approach has long been a model for other endowments.
TechCrunch
MARCH 21, 2022
Launched in 2007, ComiXology has come the closest to delivering such a play to the medium, so naturally, Amazon went and purchased the service and messed it up. The comics world has seemingly been waiting for a digital revolution since the birth of the internet.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2015
I know that I had things easier as a new VC because I came into the business in 2007 when the market was frenzied like today but an order-of-magnitude less so and the world wasn’t living in public.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Co-founded in 2007 by Yasser Bashir, Arbisoft falls on the larger end of the spectrum of software development partners that our readers have recommended in our ongoing survey. What started with three people in 2007 is now one of the most successful software companies in our region. Arbisoft is a manifestation of many of those ideas.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
The company, which was founded in 2007, initially was a low-volume custom bike builder. That changed in 2015, after Rad Power founder and CEO Mike Radenbaugh teamed up with friend Ty Collins and relaunched as a direct-to-consumer business.
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