Nobody was talking investment or tech bubble at Lowenstein Sandler‘s annual Venture CrushNY Event which took place in New York City’s Edison Ballroom today. The venture capital community came together for a discussion of its world as well as a review of several hot startups. Ed Zimmerman of law firm Lowenstein Sandler was emcee and […]
Jerry Neumann is a partner in Neu Venture Capital, a New York City-based seed-stage investor group with investments in 33Across, Metamarkets, PerformLine, The Trade Desk, Optim.al, Media Armor, and Yieldbot among others. Jokes all start with one of a few stock set-ups. “A man walked into a bar.” But the punchlines are all different. VC […]
Jeff Crowe is Managing Partner of Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). NVP’s portfolio includes companies such as Admeld, Brand.net, Turn, Komli, Kayak and SocialVibe. AdExchanger.com: Recently it was announced that Google will buy NVP portfolio company Admeld pending regulatory approval. What intrigued you about Admeld initially? And, beyond a successful exit, what is it that Admeld […]
David Pakman is a Partner at Venrock, a venture capital firm. AdExchanger.com: Hypothetically speaking, what do you think the experience of being a venture capital investor affords you should you decide to get back into a startup of your own? DP: Well, the best experience for building startups is doing startups, so nothing will prepare […]
Kiran Hebbar is General Partner of Valhalla Partners, a venture capital firm with investments in such companies as JumpTap, Legolas and TidalTV among many others. AdExchanger.com: How did you get started in the venture biz? KH: I was the first person in my family to go to college and am very achievement oriented. I have […]
Chris Fralic is Managing Partner of First Round Capital, an early-stage investment company. In an update of his interview a year ago, Fralic recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about the investment climate and the digital advertising ecosystem. AdExchanger.com: In retrospect, what has surprised you about last year’s acquisition of Invite Media by Google? CF: I’m impressed […]
Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal & Partners of agency holding company MDC Partners announced the launch today of its new investment initiative known as kbs+p ventures which will “seek to invest in early- and mid-stage companies that focus on advertising and mobile technologies and design,” according to The New York Times’ Tanzina Vega. Read more. kbs+p’s chief […]
Seth Levine is a co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, an early stage technology venture firm based in Boulder, Colorado. AdExchanger.com: Why get into the venture capital side of the business? Do you ever get the entrepreneurial “itch”? SL: I first got into venture capital about 10 years ago and I love my job. […]
Dan Boberg is President of Tallwave, a digital business accelerator. AdExchanger.com: Where do you see Tallwave fitting in the venture capital, angel and seed investing world? Is it competitive to these silos? Is it similar to Betaworks, for example? DB: Tallwave is a digital business accelerator that combines traditional consulting practices and start-up incubation services […]
Andrew Weissman is founder and COO at Betaworks, which invests in and operates Internet and digital media companies. AdExchanger.com: There’s been a lot of good buzz about Betaworks recently. Why do you think that’s the case? AW: Luck? Right time at the right place? Our companies speak for themselves; to the extent there is attention […]
