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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Guy Resheff of Grove Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: A follow-on question that comes to my mind is that if you are looking for most of the core R&D to be done before you come in, what is the assumption about how the prospective company funds that R&D phase? Is it coming out of university research? Is it coming out of government
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Heidi Roizen of DFJ (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: The subtext of all these things that you’re saying is that there aren’t that many billion-dollar exits. Ultimately, the only valuation that matters is your exit valuation. If you’ve got a billion-dollar valuation in a private round and then you exit for $200 million, what is that going to do for you? Heidi
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Guy Resheff of Grove Ventures (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Guy Resheff, Grove Ventures was recorded in December 2017. He is no longer with the firm. Guy Resheff, Partner at Grove Ventures, focuses the spotlight on Israel. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about your
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Heidi Roizen of DFJ (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Heidi Roizen, DFJ was recorded in March 2016. Heidi Roizen, Operating Partner at DFJ, discusses her important article, “How to Build a Unicorn From Scratch – and Walk Away with Nothing,” and imparts crucial
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jon Staenberg of Staenberg Venture Partners (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: People are scrambling. There are a lot of people in the industry who are also scrambling to put in little bits of money. By the time you get to raising Series A, you’ve raised six rounds of financing already. Jon Staenberg: I love to refer to the millennial problem. Pivoting, sometimes, is a
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jon Staenberg of Staenberg Venture Partners (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: You said earlier that you’re interested in Bitcoin. Can you talk a bit more about how you’re analyzing the Bitcoin situation? Bitcoin is not a capital-efficient area to invest in. It’s going to be expensive more often than not. How are you parsing the Bitcoin opportunity? Jon Staenberg: Let me step back for
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jon Staenberg of Staenberg Venture Partners (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Have you selected where you want to play in this continuum? Jon Staenberg: I haven’t. Maybe it’s a bad strategy on my part to say I’m more opportunistic, but I don’t have a fund right now. I’m investing on my own or I’m investing with syndicates. I have a group of people I
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Jon Staenberg of Staenberg Venture Partners (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. The following interview with Jon Staenberg of Staenberg Venture Partners was recorded in November 2017. Jon Staenberg, Managing Partner at Staenberg Venture
