Don Dodge
APRIL 6, 2015
They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. Two years earlier I saw another Boston based startup called Carbonite pitch a similar cloud backup solution to investors. Back in 2005 no one anticipated the success of YCombinator, not even its founders.
TechCrunch
APRIL 6, 2022
Earlier in the month, S3 Ventures raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” S3 Ventures founder and managing director Brian Smith notes that when he started the firm in 2005, venture capital in Texas was finally starting to recover from the dot.com bust.
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Klarna’s first ever transaction took place at 11:06:40 am on April 10, 2005 at a Swedish bookshop called Pocketklubben, according to the abbreviated history published on the company’s website. Pitch perfect, you might think. competitors and sometimes described by Europeans as a Klarna clone.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Klarna’s first ever transaction took place at 11:06:40 am on April 10, 2005 at a Swedish bookshop called Pocketklubben, according to the abbreviated history published on the company’s website. Pitch perfect, you might think. competitors and sometimes described by Europeans as a Klarna clone.
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