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i2E & Plains Ventures Surpasses $100M Milestone in Total Investments

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Selexys Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Novartis for $665 million in October 2016. Notable investment successes include: Crescendo Bioscience , an early i2E investment, was acquired for $270 million in 2014. Novazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. was acquired by Genzyme Corp for $137.5 million in 2001. billion at its IPO in April 2021.The

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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

I Googled “how to start a blog” and began writing. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2016, I held roles at PwC and blackcircles.com. I had to teach myself business strategy, product development, and finance, all while bootstrapping my first fintech company. And suddenly it clicked: Astrology!

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. By the time I founded Equifund in 2016, I was deeply familiar with the landscape and felt prepared to tackle the challenge. and more articles from the EO blog.

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4 Action steps to teach kids financial literacy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Since 2016, not one US state has added personal finance to its K-12 standards. Kids who spend and handle money on their own (with parental supervision) tend to be more self-confident about money once they are on their own and less anxious about their finances. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Why You Don’t Want to Miss the MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2016, I was looking for my next big thing after 25 years of operating a marketing business. and more articles from the EO blog. . To learn more about the MyEO DealExchange DX22 event, we asked Alan Peterson (EO Orange County), champion of the MyEO DealExchange premier group, about the DX22 event.

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The Breakout Tech Company Of 2018

Haystack

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. Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The city made major strides in 2015, and with oil and gas investors looking to profit elsewhere, more money will be flowing into the area’s startups in 2016. The post The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting appeared first on THE BLOG.