Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

You’ve had a few difficult years outside of work – I feel confident 2014 is going to be a great one! Meanwhile while social networking was white hot 3 years ago it is now persona non grata unless your user numbers are insane. I know your 2013 success will lead to more sustained travel in 2014.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. He used the 500Startups platform to uber network in the Bay Area where he was living. It made me realize that we’ve never properly introduced our associates: Graham Gelwicks.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Before starting his own company, Boon’s Computer Repairs , in 2014 in St. Knowing how important technology is to every young entrepreneur, along with their leadership skills, Janeel’s passion for both came through in his interview with the YLAI Network, shared below. Kitts and Nevis, Janeel came from humble beginnings. government.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 7, 2025

Since joining the organization in 2014, she has held several key leadership roles, most recently as Vice President of Operations. In that capacity, she led the development and growth of major initiatives such as the E3 Bootcamp, the Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator, and i2E’s involvement in the Oklahoma Commercialization Network.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Today Juniper Networks announced it was acquiring smart wide area networking startup 128 Technology for $450 million. This marks the second AI-fueled networking company Juniper has acquired in the last year and a half after purchasing Mist Systems in March 2019 for $405 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, And we live in public so many people are able just to reach out. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. Web Summit. Fortune Brainstorm.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

A range of essential services like healthcare, e-commerce, gaming, telecom networks, and so on, are thriving right now. Ruchir Punjabi has been an EO member since 2014. Do you sell something already that these sectors need from you? For more tips on surviving the global crisis, visit the #EOTogether platform.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Notable investment successes include: Crescendo Bioscience , an early i2E investment, was acquired for $270 million in 2014. By leveraging its extensive network and resources, i2E is committed to supporting innovation, driving economic development, and nurturing a thriving entrepreneurial community. billion at its IPO in April 2021.The

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Creative use of the country’s networked manufacturing and logistics hubs make mass production both cheap and easy. But Tang wasn’t satisfied and eventually sold ELEX Technology to a publicly listed company for about $400 million in 2014. In China, that distribution network was present across the digital and physical worlds.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists. At minimum, you need to get an introduction from a local player, or better yet, set up a local office and network there.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

An alternative payment network with connected wallets allowing a mobile money user to transact with a bank account would fix this problem, and that’s the premise of Ghana-based fintech Dash. I was blown away by the ubiquity and convenience of mobile money in 2014 when I visited Kenya for the first time.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 3, 2021

In addition, working with the SBDC has also resulted in a much larger and growing network of business mentors and supporters. Networking through groups like your chamber of commerce, Rotary or other organizations may help you identify the perfect mentor. Find your VBOC here. . Community business groups or associations.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If you look at the blue line below in what we are calling “private-market IPOs” you’ll see the discernible trend that began in 2014 and has continued through 2018 and you’ll see the impact this has potentially had on public IPOs in green. trillion in value. As a result the best companies grow faster than any time in human history.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 4, 2023

By leveraging the expertise and networks of the Tech Angel Syndicate, First Move plans to offer startups financial support and access to a network of experienced entrepreneurs and industry leaders. Neoh’s involvement with Prenetics dates back to 2014, when he became its initial angel investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

We capped our fund size so that we would stay true to our investment strategy in terms of size, scope and number of partners as we stood in 2014 when we raised the fund. She has formerly worked at a VC fund (DFJ) and worked closely with the partners and the network at DFJ and knew what it was like to build, manage and evolve a VC partnership.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

As you’ll hear, in 2014 and 2015, freight was ready for reinvention. Starting in 2014, wireless carriers began offering free smartphones, and once truckers got their hands on these devices, the industry quickly started to change. Convoy launched at the right time, CEO Chris Howard told me. Join the event here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Nightcrawler (2014). The Social Network (2010). Chef (2014). Wild (2014). The Great Invisible (2014). Moneyball (2011). The Godfather (1972). Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999). The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). Rocky (1976). Startup.com (2001). Office Space (1999). Ctrl+Alt+Compete (2011). Steve Jobs (2015).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

First, the company says it created the world’s first decentralised payment processing network. Before now, Appzone closed a $2 million round from South African Business Connexion (BCX) in 2014. Second, the first core banking and omnichannel software on the cloud. Four years later, it raised $2.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

Founder and chief executive officer Bimbola Adisa , an aerospace engineer, started the company in 2014 after working several years for a power turbine manufacturer and as an investment banker covering the power sector in the U.S. Adisa launched BPS in 2014 to address the inadequate electricity supply from power distribution companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

NYX was acquired by L’Oreal in 2014 for about $500 million. Ko said Summer International differentiates by owning its own distribution network and it also has a network of live commerce and social commerce distributors, mainly micro influencers based in Southeast Asia. “It

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

The study looked at 316,244 women whose health insurance switched from a low-deductible plan to a high-deductible plan between 2004 and 2014. An article in NPR describes a recent study that linked high-deductible health plans to delayed diagnosis and treatment. months longer for diagnostic breast imaging, 2.7 months for first biopsy, 6.6

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 1, 2020

It includes a basket of all the next-generation software companies since 2014.* The bigger question is whether software purchasing habits change because of reduced travel and networking. Let’s double-click on the impact of last week on the valuation environment. This is our familiar forward multiples chart.

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HPA

JUNE 29, 2021

After record growth, ShipBob now operates a global logistics network with 24 fulfillment centers across five countries, including the United States, Canada, England, Ireland and Australia.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2024

billion from 10,000 individual investors since its founding in 2014, the firm has funded to date over 350 companies founded or led by women of its 1300+ current portfolio companies. Women-founded startups show measurable positive results compared to those of men Alumni Ventures (AV), the most active venture firm in the U.S. Having raised $1.3

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The company was acquired by Salesforce in 2014 for $390 million and later became Salesforce IQ. Ironclad launched in 2014 and today the company has raised more than $180 million and, according to reports , is valued just under $1 billion. Extra Crunch Live has left room for you to network (you gotta network to get work, amirite?).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zeitview was founded in 2014 with the goal of bringing a new resource to businesses: the sky. After serving in the military, Burton did a short stint at Goldman Sachs and made the leap in 2014 to launch Zeitview. He claims to have personally flown the company’s first 100 or so drone missions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Many of these LPs also participated in AppWorks’ $50 million second fund in 2014. Investments from its mentor network include Carousell, Dapper Labs, Tiki, Dcard, Yummy Corp and Animoca Brands. AppWorks’ total assets under management (AUM) is now $212 million. Want to double your rate of return?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

“Because the HotelPlus client-base currently uses on-premise software, this creates a unique integration opportunity with our cloud solutions…We are creating a massive win-win situation for the HotelPlus clients, in other words,” said Bauck, who co-founded HotelOnline with Endre Opal in 2014.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

These annual gatherings not only exhibit the region’s FinTech prowess but also foster knowledge exchange, networking, and collaborative innovation. The networking avenues offered by the festival are unparalleled, providing an unparalleled platform for startups to connect with investors, corporate entities, and potential collaborators.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. “In 2014, three months after we found out that there was no investor to put them in front of. The plan was to run LeadPath like Y Combinator but it didn’t take off as planned.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Pharmacies in Southeast Asia were largely fragmented, mom-and-pop shops operating in silos when the company — originally known as mClinica — was incorporated in Singapore in 2014. Meralli told TechCrunch it is easiest to think of SwipeRx as a LinkedIn meets Amazon for pharmacies. Certainly, SwipeRx — which raised $6.3

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Chief executive officer and co-founder Francesca Chia founded GoGet in 2014. GoGet’s platform also has career-building features, including online trainings and networking tools, so workers can prepare for jobs that require different skill sets. Last-mile training and the future of work in an expanding gig economy.

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Feedough

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Acquisition By Microsoft: In 2014, Nokia was close to being bankrupt. Nokia was on the brink of bankruptcy, but Microsoft bought the mobile devices division of Nokia in 2014 for $7.2 Nokia focused on network equipment through Nokia Networks, after the sale of its mobile phone division in 2014.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In a continuing effort to help shift the venture capital funding geographic imbalance in our country, since 2014 our team has traveled to 38 cities to meet entrepreneurs where they are. The real value is the networks. Leverage?—?and and Help Create?—?Network

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

That includes Palo Alto Networks acquiring competitor TwistLock for $410 million in 2019. StackRox was founded in 2014 and raised over $65 million, according to Crunchbase data. StackRox’s acquisition is part of some consolidation we have been seeing in the Kubernetes space in general and the security space more specifically.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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