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YL Ventures tweaks strategy to allow for homeruns

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, March 29, 2013 | Comments

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Yoav Leitersdorf on why focusing 'just' on quick exits can become too restrictive

I recently caught up with Yoav Leitersdorf, a partner at YL Ventures, to get an update on his venture firm and its progress. Turns out, YL Ventures has made a bit of a pivot, but only because it's managed to pick some winners in its portfolio. About a year ago, Leitersdorf described YL Ventures' strategy as seeking startups that a ...

Dave Samuel on Freestyle's funding philosophy

by Kristin Karaoglu, December 31, 2012 | Comments

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Serial entrepreneur-turned-VC talks to Bambi Francisco

Dave Samuel recently sat down with Bambi Francisco to share his views on the startup landscape and what he and his partner, Josh Felser, look for in startups they invest in. Both Samuel and Felser started Freestyle to be a new seed-stage fund. With $27 million under management, Freestyle has invested in 41 startups and has had 10 exits. Prior ...

Bijan Sabet on disrupting the gatekeepers, and mobile

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 17, 2012 | Comments

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Spark Capital Partner talks about what areas he likes to invest in

I recently sat down with Bijan Sabet, a partner at Spark Capital, an early-stage VC firm, which has invested in high-profile startups, such as Twitter, Foursquare and Tumblr. In this segment, the second of our four-part series, Sabet talks about his interest in mobile and why he likes investing in companies that are disrupting the traditional gatekeepers across multiple industries. ...

How do you get funded by Spark's Bijan Sabet?

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, September 5, 2012 | Comments

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Investor in Tumblr, OMGPOP, Twitter on spotting entrepreneurs before they're a big success

If there's one startup that's had a rollercoaster ride to a successful exit, it's OMGPOP, which was practically out of money before it was bought by Zynga for $200 million earlier this year. One investor who knows that startup story well is Bijan Sabet, a partner at Spark Capital, an early-stage VC firm, which invested in the company's first million. According to ...

Interview with Mike Volpi of Index Ventures

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, July 16, 2012 | Comments

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What does Index look to invest in? Does Path compete with Facebook?

Index Ventures recently announced that it raised its sixth fund, called Index VI. The global VC firm, which focuses mainly on early-stage and seed financings, has invested in notable companies, such as Flipboard, Etsy, Skype, Playfish, MySQL (sold for $1 billion to Sun Microsystems, before Sun was acquired by Oracle), Lastfm, and Facebook, which recently went public. I caught up with ...

Resist the urge: Do not just game-wash your pitches

by Krystal Peak, May 2, 2012 | Comments

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Just as most companies have recently added social layers, gamification is now another building tool

While most of the day was focused on how to take gamification elements and fold them into any business dealing with human interaction, we couldn't close out the event without hearing from VCs that help fund these companies. So just before we called it a badge-tastic day, Vator Spark invited three VCs to share their insight on gamification and what ...

Morgenthaler's Rebecca Lynn talks to Bambi Francisco

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, April 18, 2012 | Comments

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VC partner taking venture investing in stride; sees Facebook IPO closer to $100B than $50B

In the last year, venture capitalists poured $28.4 billion into 3,673 deals, up 22% in dollar terms from the prior year. It was the third highest amount deployed in the last 10 years. Internet-specific companies saw a 68% jump in investments to $6.9 billion in 997 deals. It was the highest level of Internet investment over the last decade, according ...

How to get funded by August Capital's David Hornik

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, April 16, 2012 | Comments

	Calling all 'awesome' entrepreneurs with original ideas in the 'awesome' space David Hornik, a partner at August Capital, is one of those likeable guys with an uncanny ability to say what's on his mind and get away with it. That's why we love having him as our Late Night host during our Splash events. Even though David could be the first VC to turn in his term sheets for scripts and ...
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How to get funded by Morgenthaler's Rebecca Lynn

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, April 11, 2012 | Comments

	VC partner sits down with Bambi Francisco to share her investment philosophy There are very few venture partners in Silicon Valley who are women, making Rebecca Lynn, a partner at Morgenthaler, a rare breed. Recently, I got to sit down with Lynn to talk about her investment philosophy and the types of companies she invests in.
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David Hornik predicts no big bubble bursting in VC land

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, April 10, 2012 | Comments

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Why it's all about having 'realistic' expectations; why Facebook will IPO at closer to $100B vs $50B

I've been through the Internet bubble and know what a stomach-turner that time was. In late 1999, you could almost sense it was coming too, given the investment-banking-pumping machine that kept spitting IPOs out as though they were on some sort of assembly line, and the day-trading, mom-and-pop lemmings who grabbed them as quickly as they came off because, well, ...

Foundation Capital's plan to find the next Zuckerberg

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, March 29, 2012 | Comments

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Partner Paul Holland talks to Bambi Francisco about the Young Entrepreneurs Program

When Vator launched in 2007, our thesis was that there would be more entrepreneurs and more investors looking at the private market as a viable asset class to invest in. Fueling this rise in entrepreneurship is this entrepreneurial spirit and mindset sweeping through colleges, fertile ground to find some of the best ideas and tomorrow's leaders. I was one of ...

Behind AmEx's digital commerce start-up initiative

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, March 22, 2012 | Comments

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Managing Partner Harshul Sanghi sits down with Bambi Francisco

It's been about 4-1/2 months since American Express launched its Digital Commerce initiative, a new program designed to invest $100 million in start-ups focused on digital commerce. I recently sat down with Harshul Sanghi, Managing Partner at American Express Ventures, who heads up the Enterprise Growth Group, a new unit to expand mobile and online payment services beyond the credit-card ...

What does DFJ Frontier look to invest in?

by Reena A Jadhav, February 25, 2012 | Comments

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Reena Jadhav speaks to VC David Cremin at Vator Splash LA

Reena Jadhav interviews David Cremin at Vator Splash on where he sees the opportunity for transformation. DFJ Frontier focuses on the earliest stages of a company's formation process. Typically, DFJ Frontier will invest $50,000 to $1 million. So, if you're looking for early rounds of funding, check out this interview with David Cremin Founder and Managing Director, DFJ Frontier, at Vator ...

Apply to Women Innovate Mobile, get $18k, mentorship

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 14, 2012 | Comments

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Interview with co-founder Deborah Jacks on the benefits of this NY-based accelerator for women

It seems there's an incubator or accelerator launching every month across the country. But there's only one accelerator, that I've seen of late, that is focused specifically on women-founded start-ups focused on mobile technology. It's called Women Innovate Mobile. Talk about specific! I caught up with Deborah Jackson, an investor and entrepreneur, who co-founded the program with two other women ...

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