A VC in Vacationland
Seeking the next gen supply chain technology breakthroughs
recent posts
- The Role of Generative AI in Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- AI’s Impact on Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- The ‘New Normal’ is now the ‘No Normal’ in Supply Chains
- SRR—Sustainability, Resilience, Risk Management: The Latest Supply Chain Buzzwords & Investment Opportunities
- 3PLs–Investing in the Next Generation of Outsourced Supply Chain Solutions
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Category: Venture Capital
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Image via Wikipedia Are you finding it difficult to raise money to grow your company? According to Xconomy, a new online investment service called MicroVentures might be the answer to your credit crunch troubles. Austin-based MicroVentures matches companies seeking capital with investors looking to invest anywhere from $250 to $5,000 or more. The online investment…
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Image via CrunchBase According to Xconomy, California-based thredUP (see earlier post), the online platform for swapping children’s accessories, recently completed a $7 million Series B financing. Redpoint Ventures led the round with Trinity Ventures and former eBay CEO, Brian Swette participating. Tim Haley of Redpoint Ventures will join Patricia Nakache of Trinity Ventures on thredUP’s…
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Image via CrunchBase According to a February 2011 post on Xconomy, there a few platforms that aim to connect investors and startups on the web, including AngelList, but for the most part investment transactions and venture funding is done face-to-face, many times with a hand shake involved. A new startup, called CapLinked, is hoping to…
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Image by Earth Class Mail via CrunchBase I'd thought I would follow up my Megabus/truck musings of last week with a review at some start ups that are looking to beat up on FedEx and UPS. Where have we heard this story before? Plenty of times in the last decade and no serious competitor has…
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Image via CrunchBase According to Xconomy, Chicago-based startup GrubHub, a service that lets you order food for delivery or take out from local restaurants online or by mobile phone, has raised a whopping $20 million in Series D funding led by DAG Ventures with Benchmark Capital participating in the round. The startup recently raised $11…
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The Billion Prices Project lives! Here is the press release from last week: The BPP is proud to announce the launch of PriceStats, a start-up based in Cambridge MA with the mission of becoming a leading source of daily inflation statistics around the world. PriceStats will allow the BPP to focus on research and…
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Image by jdlasica via Flickr Any entrepreneur knows that it is a still a tough time for good ideas to get funded. I have said often times in the past that I rarely see a bad idea, but often see a bad business model attached to a good idea. Reid Hoffman, serial entrepreneur- think Facebook and Zynga Gaming Network…
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Image via Wikipedia One promise I made to myself when I became a venture investor was never to become a pr*** like a lot of guys in the VC world. I have had to live with my share of tough investing partners in this business. Often, they were right about how deals should go down,…
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Image via Wikipedia So you want to raise money for your startup and Uncle Bob recommends a friend of his who is "in the investment banking business". Be careful, be really, really careful when you choose a broker to solicit funds on behalf of your company. First and foremost, they must be a registered broker in good…
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Image via Wikipedia Mobile information service Global Traffic Network(NASDAQ: GNET) has announced the launch of real-time traffic information alerts. Called the Mobile Traffic Network (MTN), the system is being launched in Kansas City and identifies accidents and delays and pushes audio traffic alerts automatically to drivers before they reach an accident. The alerts are automatically pushed to the…
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