article thumbnail

Taylor Freeman of UploadVR on Building a Passionate Culture for Good

Tech.Co

Taylor started pushing out content through social media and share what was happening in the industry. The company caught the attention of investor from China and secured a seed-funding round around $1.5 And UploadVR was born. Taylor then set up shop in San Francisco to further his mission.

Startup 70
article thumbnail

This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0. SV Angel / Ron Conway closes $20mm venture fund.

article thumbnail

Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. Kudos to John for an excellent pitch.

Startup 191