A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2019

My friend Steve Kane suggested I take a longer view in my pair of year end posts this year: What, no decade end/decade ahead posts? — Steven Kane (@stevenkane) December 26, 2019. And so I will. Here are the big things that happened in tech, startups, business, and more in the decade that is ending today, in no particular order of importance. 1/ The emergence of the big four web/mobile monopolies; Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

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Continuations

DECEMBER 31, 2019

On this last day of the 2010s here is a recap with a single theme: we are fighting the battles of the past instead of inventing the future. We are doing that at a time when humanity is facing an extinction level threat in the climate crisis that also represents our single biggest opportunity for transformation. The ongoing debate about capitalism versus socialism is fundamentally caught up in the industrial age.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Israeli tech firm Sight Diagnostics created buzzworthy news these past few years with ongoing updates about its lab-grade blood testing system that can conduct a full blood analysis with just a few drops of blood, instead of vials obtained intravenously. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in NoCamels] Year in Review: 11 Israeli Companies That Made A Mark in 2019 appeared first on OurCrowd.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

Delegations of company representatives and foreign government officials have been visiting Israel in what the founder and CEO of VC firm OurCrowd Jon Medved calls a new kind of “pilgrimage” to the Holy Land to study Israel’s tech ecosystem and see how they can copy the formula. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved in Times of Israel] 587 Exits Worth $70b: Startup Nation had Booming Decade, has Still Bigger Dreams appeared first on OurCrowd.

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