The venture world is changing profoundly and over the next few months we will see a huge increase in “big” seed stage (Pre Series A) deals. As Ben Levy, co-founder of BootstrapLabs, mentioned in his recent blog post “Seed is the New Series A”, we will over time see more and more seed stage investors […]
As most you know I have been an early supporter of what Naval and his team is doing with AngelList, I think AngelList is disrupting the whole angel and early-stage Venture Capital landscape, and thus we are also an investor in AngelList. Because I get a lot of questions about how AngelList works in general and about […]
In a world where access is king and real “value-add” to startup founders creates true differentiation, some Series A (and even Seed) VC firms are in for a rude awakening. The Shift Seed is the New Series A captures much of what is going on in the startup and VC world these days. The cost […]
Two weeks ago, we wrote about how AngelList is disrupting the angel investment landscape with its syndication model, and last week we announced our own AngelList syndicate in partnership with Gil Penchina, the #1 AngelList Syndicate lead. Today we would like to tell you about Trusted Insight, a company that is applying the same disruptive […]
BootstrapLabs is partnering with Gil Penchina, the #1 Syndicate Lead on AngelList with over $6.5M in backing (more info below), and launches its syndicates. Last week we published the blog post “The rise of Angel(List)” because we felt it was important for the world to wake up to AngelList and its disruptive potential when it […]
Disclosure: BootstrapLabs invested in AngelList, see our profile here. The cost of building technology companies over the past decade has decreased by a factor of ten. Software has been eating the world, yielding incredible productivity gains that empower entrepreneurs to execute two to five times faster. Globalization, standardization and connectivity have all been driving unprecedented […]
At BootstrapLabs we invest in the best entrepreneurs from all over the world with a focus on Software Powered Innovation or “Software will Eat the world” – as we see a huge opportunity for disruption and value creation when software and data meet in an innovative way that can change the world as we know […]
Dear Bootstrappers, It has been a terrific year for BootstrapLabs and no doubt 2015 will be even greater! The quality of our deal-flow is incredible and we are privileged to be in a position to invest in, and work side-by-side with, some of the best entrepreneurs the world has to offer. Prezi’s latest round of […]
Google interview BootstrapLabs founder on how you apply technology impacts investment criteria and building startups.
Our portfolio company Prezi, that has been eating away at Microsoft’s Powerpoint and Apple’s Keynote market shares for the last few years, is poised to become a far more mainstream product than some might have previously thought. It’s making two major announcements today. The company announced this week on stage at Slush in Helsinki — that it has […]
Innovations are often thought of something that is coming from a single disruptive or break-through idea. But in reality innovation is more like “ideas having sex” – it is just like the genes that merge to create a new set of genes. Innovation is created through memes that meet and combine into new memes. This […]
Steve Blank recently published an interesting post called: Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook. I have to say that I loved the first part of the title as I often make the point that today, startups have to think Global because while they can go and market their product anywhere […]
How hard can it be for us to convince you…it’s in Hawaii people! Come attend this great event where US, Japanese, Korean and Chinese startups will meet global minded investors and battle it out to penetrate each others’ market. Ben Levy, co-founder of BootstrapLabs, will speak on the Opportunities and Headaches of Cross-Border Investing, alongside […]
BootstrapLabs spoke to a group of Emerging Leaders Fellow on technology empowerment, lean governments and late adopters’ opportunities at The Asia Foundation round table last September. With offices in South East Asia and Korea, BootstrapLabs has a a strong pulse on cultural differences, opportunities and challenges in the region, and believes Asia has been and will remain […]
BootstrapLabs recently spoke about the danger of Banks becoming irrelevant and shared its thoughts on Globalization, Disruption and the “Future of Money” with 10 Senior Executive from Swiss banks (i.e., BCV, Lombard Odier, Pictet, Julius Baer, NorInvest, Piguet Galland, etc.) during Swissnex ‘Future of Money” Tour. According to the Millennial Disruption Index, Banking is the […]