by Larry Scheinfeld | Jul 3, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology, Venture Capital
Charities have recently come under attack for running like multimillion companies who get tax breaks to boot. According to critics, nonprofits are behaving like VCs by funding and investing in up-and-coming startups. Biotech startup investments work best for these...
by Larry Scheinfeld | May 22, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology, Venture Capital
Jim Balsillie, co-founder of Research In Motion (now BlackBerry Ltd), found that wealth from ideas is not something Canada is currently equipped for. The need to build a proper infrastructure to aid entrepreneurs globally is where the secret lays. Policies currently...
by Larry Scheinfeld | Apr 30, 2015 | Larry Scheinfeld, Technology
YouTube began at the San Diego zoo in April 23, 2005, when co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded an 18-second clip. No one suspected it would become the standard for internet video service, no one but Google. At a hefty $1.6 million in stock, Google bought YouTube to...
by Larry Scheinfeld | Apr 1, 2015 | Technology, Venture Capital
Twitter Ventures (TV), Twitter’s VC arm, has appeared on a list of investors in Cyanogen, a mobile operating system startup. The modestly-sized technology company, has thrown its hat into the venture capitalism ring alongside tech giants Google, Intel and Qualcomm....
by Larry Scheinfeld | Mar 22, 2015 | Technology, Venture Capital
A successful angel investment went from seed to fruition on Nasdaq at the opening day of Etsy’s public offering. Etsy’s IPO, which was priced at $16 per share, more than doubled on its first day of trading. At the highest, it hit $34.54 a share. CEO Chad Dickerson...