Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest startup funding rounds globally during the month of August. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, location of the company, investors in the round, and date of funding to further the analysis. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled […]
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Google Creates Venture Capital Fund In London To Back European Startups
Google is starting a venture capital arm in Europe, hoping to find the next Skype or Spotify early. When it comes to entrepreneurs and tech innovation, Google believes Europe may be the next frontier. The tech giant will open a $100 million startup fund in London. Google Ventures Managing Partner Bill Maris blogged, “We believe […]
An Angel in New York: Nihal Mehta
Nihal Mehta is an American entrepreneur who has more than 13 years of experience in innovating marketing technologies, and has founded 5 startups to date. Mehta is a founding general partner at ENIAC Ventures, Inc. It is the first venture fund to focus exclusively on mobile technologies. Mehta is a noted expert in emerging mobile […]
When to Code and When to Lead
As the CEO of a start-up, most of my time is spent helping my team figure out what we need to focus on and prioritizing everyone’s time. But as an engineer, my natural tendency is to deep dive and be hands on, to focus on the tasks themselves. I miss the solitary moments of coding. […]