From Oliver Verhage - Kennet Partners (@olivierverhage)
Isn’t everybody saying that the costs involved with setting up a company are increasingly declining and that it’s so simple to launch a business these days? And don’t you frequently read about easier starting points, better scaling technologies and how new software development tools and...
Guest Post from Matti van der Gronde - Oneplanetcrowd (@Matti_vd_Gronde)
Crowdfunding on par with venture capital?The size of the global crowdfunding market is already on par with the traditional venture capital market and may surpass it this year. In The Netherlands the crowdfunding market doubled from €63 million in 2014 to €128 million in...
From Pieter Welten - Prime Ventures (@pieterwelten)
The perception is that venture capitalists invest in relatively young, fast-growing technology companies that are deemed to have great growth potential. Moreover, these companies are supposed to disrupt and challenge incumbents in their existing markets. Considering this, it shouldn’t surprise...
From Olivier Verhage - Kennet Partners (@OlivierVerhage)
So why are tech companies going public at the slowest pace since 2009?Before we start looking forward to 2016 and 2017, it’s important to take a step back and to take a look what happened in 2015. Last year should have been a banner year for tech IPOs as the Nasdaq and FTSE 100 were at...
From Olivier Verhage - Kennet Partners (@olivierverhage)
As an investor with a strong focus on enterprise software, I frequently speak to tech entrepreneurs that built their business on the Salesforce platform. Although most people think of Salesforce as the incumbent CRM monster, the company also has a cloud platform called Force.com that...