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What Did I Learn From the First VC Check I Ever Wrote?

Both Sides of the Table

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. As I was trying to figure out the role I wanted to play in the VC world I decided I wanted to focus on businesses that were building deeply technical products to solve problems for business users. Over the past 2.5

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Papaya raises $50M to give you a way to pay bills via its mobile app

TechCrunch LA

The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). But of course, part of its capital will go toward building awareness and growing its headcount.

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Girls in STEM and Cyber Security Among Top Startups at Eureka Park 2018

Tech.Co

Deep Learning Analytics. Using artificial intelligence to compartmentalize and discover patterns within large volumes of data is a forte of Deep Learning Analytics. Their team is filled with data scientists with experience in deep learning, machine learning and predictive algorithms in defense and medicine.

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). and Microsoft had become.

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With Pellini on Board, Maris Sets Course at Section 32

Xconomy

It’s not easy to catch up with Bill Maris at Section 32, the venture firm he founded last year near San Diego. It took a while to arrange a call to discuss how Foundation Medicine’s Michael Pellini had joined Section 32 as Maris’s first investing partner, and what they plan to do together.

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With Pellini on Board, Maris Sets Course at Section 32

Xconomy

It’s not easy to catch up with Bill Maris at Section 32, the venture firm he founded last year near San Diego. It took a while to arrange a call to discuss how Foundation Medicine’s Michael Pellini had joined Section 32 as Maris’s first investing partner, and what they plan to do together.

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Microsoft Venture Fund Aims to Harness Early Stage Innovation

Xconomy

Microsoft plans to invest more in early stage startup companies through a new corporate venture fund, headed by former Qualcomm executives. Nagraj Kashyap (photo courtesy of Qualcomm). Microsoft did not outline a specific pace of investments to be made from the fund, or its size.

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