2006 incubation investing 
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2012
Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators. Juniper and countless others.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 25, 2013
Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Interior of the Batcave, 2006 ( Jake Dobkin / Gothamist). Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2010
Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. Investing much of new cash to build presence in Android platform. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. See: TechCrunch.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 1, 2022
The seed-stage venture capital firm holds more than $565 million assets under management and investments in over 150 startups. In 2004, Samuel co-founded Crackle, an internet video platform acquired by Sony for $65 million in 2006. Freestyle led the seed rounds in Airtable, Patreon, BetterUp, Narvar and Snapdocs.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 27, 2023
An early Google employee, Stone worked on the Blogger team after its acquisition, ahead of helping co-found Twitter in 2006. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium. The two hit it off and began to have monthly calls after Stone’s angel investment. Chroma had previously raised 1.6 Chroma did.
AsiaTechDaily
AUGUST 10, 2023
Launched in 2006, Pangyo Techno Valley has evolved across its three phases, fostering a collaborative ecosystem comprising businesses, support entities, and national government involvement. Apart from this, they’ve launched a cybersecurity fund, spotlighting fresh investment prospects.
Gust
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
This discussion expands on my Quora answer to a specific question: “ Why were the stock options of MySpace employees worthless even though the company was sold to News Corporation for hundreds of millions? ” The complete story includes a startup-within-a-startup, investments and exits by two VC firms, and some genuine corporate drama.
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