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Restrictions on acquisitions would stifle the US startup ecosystem, not rein in big tech

TechCrunch

Jeff Farrah is the general counsel of the National Venture Capital Association. The knock-on effect of these reforms for young companies and their venture investors is unclear. Some might argue that acquisitions are more dominant today because of the anti-competitive motivations of current tech incumbents. Jeff Farrah.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242. CVS Care Clinic Price Schedule: Benchmark Healthcare Investments. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme. Also like high deductibles, coinsurance usage in on the rise.

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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

Gust

This is nothing new; long favored by family-controlled media empires such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation , among Internet firms alone, Google took a dual-class approach when going public in 2004. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

It becomes an incredibly deep tech investment not just to get to an MVP but to then break through the developer cold start problem. The attractiveness of the UGC business model is why Epic’s investment behind UEFN likely now surpasses that of UE alone.