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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis.

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How to Build a Successful Partnership in Work and Life

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In January of 2000 my husband, Jamie, asked me to come work with (for) him. I was excited to start this perfect wedded-working venture together. Twenty years later, this collaboration has become a partnership in life and work with many lessons learned along the way. We would lunch together and even walk to the office together.

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

Both Sides of the Table

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million.

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Bending Spoons acquires Evernote, marking the end of an era

TechCrunch

Founded in 2000 by Russian-American entrepreneur Stepan Pachikov, Redwood City-based Evernote made handwriting recognition software for Windows and the eponymous note-taking, web-clipping app Evernote, which stored notes on an “infinite roll of paper.” in 2008. .” So what does Bending Spoons gain with the purchase?

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i2E joins with OLSF Ventures, others in $4.5 million investment in Access Optics

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Contact: William Paiva, Managing Partner, OLSF Ventures. BROKEN ARROW, OK – OLSF Ventures (OLSF) recently led a $4.5 OLSF Ventures was joined in the investment by Plains Venture Partners, managed by i2E Management Company, Inc. Atento Capital ; Cortado Ventures ; Sante Accel Ventures and Angel investors.

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After 80% ARR growth in 2020, Saltmine snags $20M to help employees return to a ‘new normal’ office

TechCrunch

Existing backers Jungle Ventures and Xplorer Capital led the financing, which also included participation from JLL Spark, the strategic investment arm of commercial real estate brokerage JLL. . Saltmine’s platform checks all of the boxes by streamlining stakeholder collaboration, increasing transparency and simplifying data management.”.

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Boulevard Named to GGV Capital’s 2023 SMBTech 50

American Entrepreneurship

Launched in 2022, GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies. Launched in 2022, GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies.