Dr. Barak Ben-Avinoam to join Celebration of the Finnish EU Presidency as keynote speaker
BGV is pleased to share that Dr. Barak Ben-Avinoam will be a Keynote speaker at the Celebration of the Finnish EU Presidency, an event aligning the European and Israeli Innovation Ecosystem, on September 24th. Please see below for the full agenda and list of speakers. Aligning the European and Israeli Innovation Ecosystems Finnish and Israeli […]
Intelligent Automation Radio – Episode #22: A Prominent VC’s Advice for AI & Automation Entrepreneurs
Wayne Gretzky, the greatest player in the history of professional hockey, was once asked how he had such an uncanny ability during games to be at the right place at the right time. He responded, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.” That quote more than […]
BGV Closes $70 Million Opportunity Fund And Announces Successful Exit of Portfolio Company Profitect
To view the original article, please click here. BGV, an early-stage venture capital firm with deep Silicon Valley roots and an exclusive focus on enterprise 4.0 startups in global markets, today announced the close of its Opportunity Fund, a $70 million investment vehicle. The Opportunity Fund is designed to make expansion stage investments in successful portfolio […]
How (and What) to Invest in the Edge
Raiyaan Serang (BGV Associate 2019), together with Yash Hemaraj, Anik Bose, Eric Buatois, and Amir Nayyerhabibi (BGV Partners), shares perspectives around how and what to invest within the edge computing space in this second of a two-part series on the topic. How (and What) to Invest in the Edge Because of the constantly evolving state […]
Why Edge Computing?
Raiyaan Serang (BGV Associate 2019), together with Yash Hemaraj, Anik Bose, Eric Buatois, and Amir Nayyerhabibi (BGV Partners), shares insights around why edge computing developed in this first of a two-part series on the space. Why Edge Computing? In many ways, traditional cloud computing was built to serve the large enterprise by providing shared, centrally […]
Fundraising – Arriving at a “MVC” – Minimum Viable Capital calculation
BGV Partner Yash shares his perspective on MVC – Last week I wrote a post on my observations around my observations at @Arka Venture Labs. I got a few requests to expand on this topic of “MVC”. So, I have tried to share my approach here. Each company is different and it is hard to […]
Dr. Barak Ben-Avinoam to judge and mentor at Coller $100k Startup Competition
Representing BGV, Managing Partner (BGV Europe & Israel) Dr. Barak Ben-Avinoam joins the 2019 team of judges and mentors at the Coller $100k Startup Competition, arranged by TAU. Teams composed of Tel Aviv University students and alumni will compete for an investment of $100,000 in front of an audience of investors, entrepreneurs, and students. The goal of […]
The Entrepreneur Fund Raising Challenge
Finding funding is stressful but it is job #1, 2 and 3 for all early stage founder CEO’s. Fund raising is a multi-stage journey beginning with initial seed capital to raising subsequent rounds with existing and new investors. At times fund raising can feel like a crushing responsibility that dampens the exhilaration of starting your […]