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Something Ventured is a 2011 documentary film investigating the emergence of American venture capitalism in the mid-20th century. Something Ventured follows the stories of the venture capitalists who worked with entrepreneurs to start and build companies like Apple, Intel, Genentech, Cisco, Atari, Tandem, and others, and looks at the influence of Georges Doriot.
In 2024, he appeared at #15 on the Midas List of the world's best venture capital investors [24] and at #2 on the list of seed investors. [25] He was listed at #5 on the Seed List and #11 on the Midas List of Top Tech Investors. [26] [27] [22] Frankel was appointed to the board of directors of Rand Merchant Investment Holdings in 2018.
From 2010 to 2015 Klein was a venture partner at Index Ventures. He ran Index Seed, Index Ventures' seed fund, in partnership with TAG. [8] In April 2015, Saul and Robin founded LocalGlobe, a Venture Capital Firm focusing on early stage (Seed) investment in Technology enabled businesses.
Jeremy Liew has been a featured speaker [27] and moderator at conferences on video game monetization [28] and has been called a "social game visionary." [ 29 ] He has invested in a number of successful gaming companies, including Playdom (acquired by Disney ), Serious Business (bought by Zynga ), Kixeye , [ 30 ] and Fan Controlled Football . [ 31 ]
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Charlotte Page, a 24-year-old venture capitalist based primarily in Florida. It has been edited for length and clarity.
The title of his blog, Above the Crowd, and the book eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists that profiles the Benchmark team, both reference his height; the subtitle of eBoys is “The true story of the six tall men who backed eBay, Webvan, and other billion-dollar start-ups." [35]
Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist. [3] Formerly a partner of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), he was an early investor in Hotmail, Memphis Meats, Mythic and Nervana Systems. [4] He is currently a board member of SpaceX among others. He later co-founded the firm Future ...
Roelof Frederik Botha (born 19 September 1973) [1] is a South African-American actuary, venture capitalist and company director. Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and as of 2022 sits on the boards of MongoDB, [2] Evernote, [3] Bird, [4] Natera, [5] Square, Unity, [6] and Xoom. [7] He also worked with AssureRX, FutureAdvisor, Instagram ...