Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

You’ve had a few difficult years outside of work – I feel confident 2014 is going to be a great one! I’m thankful to the associates at Upfront Ventures for helping me to evaluate our new opportunities and for helping me be prepared for issues with our portfolio companies. I feel confident in our 2014 plans.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The opportunity lies in decoding customer sentiments Fortunately for Nelson, entrepreneurship was in his blood – both his parents are entrepreneurs who had founded a software company in Taiwan. Nelson saw this ambiguity as a great opportunity. “My parents started their own company the week I was born,” Nelson shares.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2019

So, the extent to which any one fund will call out the other funds on the cap table that sat quietly on the sidelines for three years after Sarah Lacy called the company out in 2014 is going to be somewhat limited.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

I put my ambitions of becoming an entrepreneur on pause for a couple of years until finally walking away from the corporate world in March 2014. YLAI has given me the tremendous opportunity to connect to a global network of entrepreneurs as well as gain firsthand work experience in the United States within my field.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Given how much opportunity is out there, 2-3 good ones a year is doable. Even if we miss on lots of great opportunities. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

2/ it shows how big the opportunity for live video, and owning the “go live now” network can be. Mark Suster (@msuster) November 7, 2014. Many people know this but in case you aren’t one of them: The smartest move in 2015 is to find the right opportunity to ask the user for their mobile phone number.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

But by 2014 much had started to change. Occasionally you get really wealthy people running accelerators who view it either as a fun use of time or more often as “an option” to find interesting personal investment opportunities. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

But as every entrepreneur knows, every crisis offers opportunities, and this one is no different. The opportunities for disruption often don’t just hurt your business but disrupt the market on the whole with a completely new product service. Ruchir Punjabi has been an EO member since 2014. We all know what the issues are.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Before starting his own company, Boon’s Computer Repairs , in 2014 in St. The opportunities I have received from YLAI have allowed me to share my knowledge, attend further seminars and learn how to help others in ways normally overlooked. Kitts and Nevis, Janeel came from humble beginnings.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

I believe the middle isn’t being “gutted” but rather is being supplemented by “opportunity funds” and “growth funds” that sit side-by-side “core funds” allowing the firms to stay small and nimble while still being able to grab prorata rights of their best early-stage investments.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

We’ll discuss the opportunities that investors see in backing companies looking down at Earth and what’s ahead for the industry. Between them, these founders have raised roughly $450 million for their respective companies. at 11:59 p.m.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

Craig Hall, the writer of Boom: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups , shares his view on the current state of entrepreneurship in the U.S. . Unfortunately, we have created a widening opportunity gap for most Americans to become entrepreneurs. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 23, 2021

Real winners use failure as a learning opportunity. Photo by Startup Stock Photos from Pexels The year was 2014. All of that changed on December 1st, 2014. I was looking for an opportunity online to make a few quick bucks for my girlfriend's birthday. I wanted to treat her and I didn't have the money to do so.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In 2014, more than 40% of U.S. Since launching the platform in 2014, Case and his teams have invested in 194 companies across 89 cities. seed- and early-stage venture dollars went to Bay Area startups. But that was a long time ago. In recent years, Bay Area startups have accounted for a smaller percentage of U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 8, 2017

This is an e-mail I got from Amanda Weeks in February 2014, and the beginning of a two and a half year journey that culminated with Brooklyn Bridge Ventures leading a pre-seed round for Industrial Organic that kicked off about a year ago. "Hi Charlie, I've requested a meeting with you during the first week of March.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If you look at the blue line below in what we are calling “private-market IPOs” you’ll see the discernible trend that began in 2014 and has continued through 2018 and you’ll see the impact this has potentially had on public IPOs in green. trillion in value. But there are clear pro’s and con’s.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

Incubate Fund’s investments in ispace stretch back to the company’s seed round in 2014. ” As launch market matures, space opportunities on the ground take off. The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

But Tang wasn’t satisfied and eventually sold ELEX Technology to a publicly listed company for about $400 million in 2014. He soon set up his own investment fund, Challenjers Capital , convinced that the next big tech opportunity in China was in tech’s application to everyday consumer products. The China opportunity.

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

The study looked at 316,244 women whose health insurance switched from a low-deductible plan to a high-deductible plan between 2004 and 2014. An article in NPR describes a recent study that linked high-deductible health plans to delayed diagnosis and treatment. months longer for diagnostic breast imaging, 2.7 months for first biopsy, 6.6

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Explains Vlaar: “We see tremendous growth opportunities to further enhance payments for Turkey’s 80 million inhabitants. In 2014, it was wholly acquired by Wirecard Issuing & Acquiring Gmbh, which is a subsidiary of Wirecard AG.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

As you’ll hear, in 2014 and 2015, freight was ready for reinvention. Starting in 2014, wireless carriers began offering free smartphones, and once truckers got their hands on these devices, the industry quickly started to change. Convoy launched at the right time, CEO Chris Howard told me. Join the event here.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Investors are excited about the opportunities in the space market that are being unlocked by exit events and continued interest and private investment in the biggest and most successful space companies, including SpaceX.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Sensing an opportunity to solve this problem, many entrepreneurs have developed voice-powered applications that allow providers to offer a better patient experience. million adults in the United States experienced a voice problem in 2014. Another study estimated that approximately 17.9

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 22, 2016

I signed up for the half-marathon at the EO Global Leadership Conference in Athens, Greece, in 2014, and I started training on the streets of Delhi. billion people, combined with little or no environmental consciousness, spells a large opportunity in India. EO was the root cause of my awakening. One evening, I developed a wheeze.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zeitview was founded in 2014 with the goal of bringing a new resource to businesses: the sky. With a passion for drones and other cutting-edge tech, Burton says he saw an opportunity to use airborne robotics and sensors to capture data about how assets — for example, solar panels and turbines — change over time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Founded in 2014, Rohlik’s funding comes at an interesting and key moment in the online grocery business, in Europe and beyond. The opportunity for a company like Rohlik is to export its model to more countries that have similar market dynamics to those it already serves. We understand from sources it is around $600 million.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While some adapt and survive, others end up retreating and creating M&A opportunity down the line for those left standing. During the early recovery, however, VC-backed M&A rebounded and skyrocketed: Annual deal values eclipsed $30 billion in 2010, holding steady before ballooning above $70 billion in 2014.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 1, 2023

The said model allows institutional investors like financial institutions and investment funds or individual investors to access SMEs financing opportunities through debt and equity securities. Established in 2014, Wa’ed Ventures manages a portfolio of more than 40 start-ups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I’ve had so many amazing opportunities; it’s hard to choose between dogfighting in a fighter plane, training with the SWAT team, speaking on a panel in Germany alongside the undersecretary of cybersecurity for the US Department of Homeland Security, or finally achieving my dream lifestyle of traveling the world. Yes, absolutely!

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 4, 2023

Neoh’s involvement with Prenetics dates back to 2014, when he became its initial angel investor. By leveraging the expertise and networks of the Tech Angel Syndicate, First Move plans to offer startups financial support and access to a network of experienced entrepreneurs and industry leaders.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Per Crunchbase data , QED put capital into Nubank’s 2014 Series A, 2015 Series B, 2016 Series D and 2018 Series E, though there may be more dollars in play that we cannot see. Lauren Morton: QED is incredibly bullish about the fintech opportunities in LatAm. There’s also real generational change happening across the region.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. Now with the launch of the Women’s Fund 1 , there will be more and greater opportunities to invest in female entrepreneurs. Having raised $1.3

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

While solar grids and panels are another viable option and have compelling use cases for end consumers, there’s still an opportunity to launch products targeted at power distribution companies, and that’s where Beacon Power Services (BPS) plays.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. Swaroop’s presentation from 2014. Many venture investors are now increasingly chasing opportunities to back banks instead. Image credits: Accel).

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

Register Venture capital firm Goodwater has concluded its latest funding round, raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its fifth early-stage and third opportunity-style funds. Founded in 2014 by industry veterans Chi-Hua Chien and Eric Kim, Goodwater is the largest venture capital fund focused on consumer tech investments.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

Horowitz founded AMP in 2014 after earning his Ph.D. “After visiting a recycling facility and seeing not only how demanding conditions were, but how challenging of a working environment it could be, I recognized this industry was a compelling opportunity for robotics,” Horowitz said. from Caltech.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We’ve built an extensive distribution channel covering almost half of the high schools in Kenya, and that means we have an opportunity to solve other tech needs that schools have,” said Nyangolo. “We Education is yet to be digitalized across most countries in Africa, and there is greater opportunity for us to build this market.

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