Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. They also have a separate $300 million fund focused on bricks-n-mortar consumer retail. What gets you interested in a startup? (16:35-19:35). 6:00 – 7:30).

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

At GM, I actually got onto the buyout co-investment team that worked on AMF, the bowling company--so I know more about the retail economics of bowling than most people and I still have a bowling pin deal toy in my apartment.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

Let’s look at some of the specific data that paints a more detailed picture of the people and motivations behind the COVID startup boom: Barriers to entry have never been lower. Some key stats that define the digital-first startup wave of 2020: An overwhelming majority of these new businesses are “Digital First.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

And the late-stage venture capital markets, along with the changing value of tech stocks and the huge boom in consumer (retail) investing. TechCrunch has covered the IPO window as closely as we can over the last few years.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

E-commerce roll-up startup Flora emerged from stealth mode with $9 million in seed funding from an investor group that included Lux Capital, Correlation Ventures, Climate Capital and Gokul Rajaram. Kaya was also in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, focused on consumer retail M&A.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

There are many companies bringing one-click checkout to the direct-to-consumer marketplace, but few are developing similar tools for the business-to-business marketplace. B2B payment volume is five times the size of business-to-consumer retail payments, yet much of those payments are not being done online.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 30, 2022

The strategy may target sectors such as consumer retail, food industries, industrial and advanced manufacturing, education, information and tech, healthcare and medical services, financial and business services.

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