Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 10, 2016
In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. I sat on panels.
Revolution
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
At the time, restaurants and food tech were on the margins of most investors’ minds and there was skepticism around VC-backed food concepts. an industry I deemed “ ripe for disruption ”?—?in something that sounds obvious today but was rare circa 2007. What did we see in the then-regional salad company?
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). The ones above are the ones I’ve prioritized this year (other than Disrupt – I never seem to get invited to that one). And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel. The VC industry is segmenting – I have spoken about this many times before. The VC industry has different segments in it that have different fund sizes, different investment amounts and different risk / return expectations. It’s just not a VC investment.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 26, 2021
It was founded in 2007, per Crunchbase data, making it nearly old enough to secure a learner’s permit to drive in the United States. As noted above, office culture has proved to be no small part of Sweetgreen’s growth. Not that losing money is a sin, per se; many venture-backed companies run stiff deficits while they scale.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
And more recently he has turned that into a fund called CrossCulture VC such that many in Silicon Valley and beyond now know Troy as well. The history of tech will always tell you there was a defining moment for companies (like Twitter at SXSW in 2007) but the reality is often more nuanced. She was disruptive. Same with Gaga.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 12, 2020
I found GroupMe at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon. My largest investor was a financial firm that invested in my prior funds to get into the VC business—and in the six years since they first invested, they had built out a team and a strategy that no longer involved doing much seed. I’ve had to start muting libertarian VC Twitter.
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