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Marketplaces, mobile are big VC themes in 2013

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 10, 2013 | Comments

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Rick Heitzmann leads VC panel and shares why he invested in Pinterest (before it was hot)

If you want to know what venture capitalists want to invest in this year, check out this panel moderated by Rick Heitzmann, founding Managing Partner of FirstMark Capital. The panel was held in NYC during Splash NY. If you missed it, here's the video. On the panel at Vator Splash NY were Chris Fralic from First Round Capital, which has ...

The companies investors wish they hadn't passed up

by Faith Merino, December 6, 2012 | Comments

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At Vator Splash NY, the panel discusses successful companies that they regretfully passed over

During our third annual Vator Splash NY, we had a panel that featured Chris Fralic from First Round Capital, angel investor Deborah Jackson, Micah Rosenbloom from Founder Collective, Ben Lin from Great Oaks Capital Management, and Lewis Gersh from Metamorphic Ventures. Rick Heitzmann of FirstMark Capital moderated the panel, and he asked a really interesting question: What’s a company you ...

The LA startup community is growing; here's why

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 23, 2012 | Comments

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Meet the LA accelerators driving change - Amplify LA, LaunchPad LA, Idealab, Mucker Lab, Media Camp

How do you replicate a Silicon Valley ecosystem in your own town is being asked across the country. And, increasingly more books are coming out to address the same question, like Brad Feld's recently-released Startup Communiites: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. Here's a great panel that looks at what LA is doing to cultivate its startup community. At ...

This is not your mom's Silicon Valley

by Kristin Karaoglu, November 5, 2012 | Comments

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There is a systemic shift happening across the startup world as everyone becomes an entrepreneur

With most of the high-profile social networking stocks (Facebook and Zynga, in particular) down in the public market, it's no wonder that some investors would have preferred to get in on the ground floor of a startup, rather than wait until it goes public. And, given the little capital it takes to start companies, it's more affordable for individuals to ...

Crowdfunding debate - Dave McClure vs Michael Stocker

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 8, 2012 | Comments

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Should we protect grandma? Or aren't housing, gambling, stock markets just as risky as startups?

The JOBS Act crowdfunding provision may well be a game-changer for the average American. Now the average retail investor has the opportunity to invest in startups. But investing in startups is extremely risky business. A recent study showed that 75% of venture-backed businesses fail. And, VCs are investing for a living. It may be the case that allowing retail investors ...

David Hornik brings 'Gangnam Style' to Vator Splash

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, October 1, 2012 | Comments

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Late Night with David Hornik, and Amy Errett, Adam Nash, Dan Scholnick, Bryan Goldberg, Jeff Smith

You just never know what to expect from David Hornik, the partner at August Capital, who is our host for his own special program called Late Night with David Hornik, showed exclusively at our Vator Splash events. At the last Late Night, Josh Felser brought up a zebra hat which Hornik proceeded to wear, for the first few minutes. (Check ...

Video: Late night with Raj Kapoor at Vator Splash

by Kristin Karaoglu, July 2, 2012 | Comments

	Mike Hirshland, Sharon Wienbar, Tim Chang, Michael Brown At Vator Splash, we like to shake things up a bit. We have a beer giveaway; we have a musician as our time keeper for our start-up presentations called The Mule; we have an all VC-entrepreneur boy band called Coverflow that plays at our afterparty; and, we have a late night VC panel unlike no other. It's called: Late Night. ...
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Venture capitalists are dying, long live VCs

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 24, 2012 | Comments

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How angels and micro-VCs are changing the funding landscape

If you want to get a sense of how early-stage investors feel they're affecting the venture ecosystem, watch this panel. At Venture Shift NY, hosted by Vator and Bullpen Capital, we brought together some high-profile and prolific investors to talk about their impact on a panel titled "How Angels and Super Angels/Micro-Cap VC Funds are Changing Stakes and Creating a ...

The new venture hit: $100M acquisitions, not $1B IPOs

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 17, 2012 | Comments

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Founder Collective, Metamorphic, ENIAC, Next View discuss at Venture Shift NY

Right after a keynote, in which Mark Suster proclaimed that everyone wants to be a f*%$ing angel, and that's making investing in the early rounds tougher, a number of newly-turned-entrepreneurs-turned-seed-stage investors went onstage to talk about how they'd differentiate themselves from one another as they pursue some kind of returns. This was the topic of discussion at Venture Shift NY, ...

David Hornik: Sh#%&t venture capitalists say

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, February 4, 2012 | Comments

	Venture capitalists vacation tons; have their assistants tweet for them, complain about their cereal As part of our Vator Splash SF event, David Hornik has become a regular "Late Night" host. As part of our February event, Hornik prepared a comical skit, as only Hornik could pull off, portraying venture capitalists in their true light.
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The dead zone in the venture landscape

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, January 30, 2012 | Comments

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VCs at RRE Ventures, First Round, NEA, Genacast, Grotech on the opportunities and challenges

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you know that the traditional VC model has been turned on its head, mainly because it has become cheaper to create and scale consumer Web companies. How has this changed the landscape for traditional VCs? To answer this, we brought together mainly old-line, traditional VCs to our Venture Shift NY event, which we ...

Top 10 Vator event panels and keynotes in 2011

by Kristin Karaoglu, December 30, 2011 | Comments

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Early-stage strategies, ReachLocal, ngmoco, Peter Thiel, Pandora lead the top 10

Did your panel or keynote make the top 10 most-viewed panel or keynote at Vator events in 2011? Here are the top 10 popular segments in 2011. Which early-stage startup strategy is the best? The average venture return over the last 10 years has been a negative 4%, said Michael Kim, founder of Cendana Capital, a venture fund that invests ...

Top 10 reasons raising capital is optimal right now

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, December 6, 2011 | Comments

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Late Night with David Hornik, and guests Alex Rosen, Josh Felser, Joe Kraus, Eghosa Omoigui

For our Splash events, we've introduced a new format called "Late Night with David Hornik." Faith Merino wrote a great write-up about the segment here. (Note: Hornik will be back for his Late Night segment during Splash SF this Feb 2. Register here for Early bird tickets before they sell out.) In this first episode during Splash SF this past September, the Late Night ...

Which early-stage startup strategy is the best?

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, November 2, 2011 | Comments

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500 Startups, AngelPad, Javelin Ventures, K-9, Cendana Capital discuss at Venture Shift

The average venture return over the last 10 years has been a negative 4%, said Michael Kim, founder of Cendana Capital, a venture fund that invests in early-stage VC funds. With that encouraging backdrop, what is the best investment strategy early-stage investors should pursue? That was the late-night panel topic discussed at Venture Shift SF at Cafe Du Nord in ...

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