Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
It’s something Yves Sisteron & I have been talking about for years at Upfront Ventures. Tack on the challenges with land, bee population decline, heavy use of ecologically destructive fertilizers and pesticides and extreme food waste and this adds up to a real global challenge. .
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 13, 2012
One of the aspects of running a venture fund that I am most excited about is turning over rocks that other VCs might not. Brightfarms , which got $4mm in venture capital, sets up indoor farms inside your local supermarket or on rooftops. Whatever I do, it needs to be in big enough spaces. What are the biggest opportunities? Absolutely.
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This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 27, 2010
Sramana Mitra said not to long ago in Forbes : “I have come to observe that most business school programs have an extensive emphasis on fundraising, especially from venture capitalists, and very little pragmatic understanding of what it really takes to get a venture off the ground. Ok, I think I’ve said enough.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 25, 2013
Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. 10 Jay Street.
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 19, 2010
Undoubtedly, that kind of strategy will actually work against Yelp in today’s ecology. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. Yelp just showed its true colors: It’s not a startup anymore, and it will try to crush anyone that gets in its way—Microsoft 90’s style. That’s not the kind of place innovators tend to like to work.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 1, 2010
It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. My company was not well executed enough to achieve venture capital financing—and that wasn’t the city’s fault, it was mine. I was there, too. They’re all doing pretty well.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Venture Kick was launched in 2007 with the vision to double the number of spin-offs from Swiss universities and draws from a jury of more than 150 leading startup experts in Switzerland. These are the investors we interviewed: Jasmin Heimann, partner, Ringier Digital Ventures. Philipp Stauffer, partner, FYRFLY Venture Partners.
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