 |
Rory O’Driscoll is a successful VC by anyone’s standards. He’s been in the business for almost two decades and invests in mobile, internet, and enterprise software companies. Some of his successful deals include: Omniture (Nasdaq, acquired by Adobe for ... [see the full post] |
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: Adobe, CheckPoint, Cisco, Frontbridge, HP, Microsoft, NetGenesis, omniture, OuterBay, Placeware, Rory O’Driscoll, Scale Venture Partners, ScanSafe, VC, Zone Labs
 |
Jeff Calcagno’s impressive background as both a clinician and executive in the healthcare industry has provided the necessary background for his role as an investor. In this podcast, Jeff describes how he came to Scale VP and where he believes ... [see the full post] |
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Corporate, Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: Healthcare, Jeff Calcagno, Scale Venture Partners, Scale VP
 |
Scale Venture Partners Managing Director, Rob Theis, who invests in technology infrastructure and applications tells how it is a great time to invest in successful consumer applications that can be brought to the enterprise.
His latest investment, HubSpot is an example ... [see the full post] |
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: HubSpot, Rob Theis, Scale Venture Partners, venture capital, Venture Perspectives
 |
Andy Vitus discusses how he approaches investing in cloud computing. He describes how SVP talked to hundreds of directors in data centers so they could learn how to work more efficiently. As an investor in start ups, Andy shares SVP’s ... [see the full post] |
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: Andy Vitus, Cloud Computing, Scale Venture Partners, SVP
 |
It’s August 2009 and in the last 12 months, Lou Bock‘s portfolio has had some impressive success. He talks about how Zogenix, Horizon Therapeutics, Somaxon, Prestwick Pharmaceuticals and Orexigen have all done well. The Scale Venture Partners Managing Director has ... [see the full post] |
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: biopharmaceutical, emerging biopharmaceutical devices, FDA, Horizon Therapeutics, Lou Bock, Orexigen, Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Scale Venture Partners, Somaxon, Zogenix
 |
Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners, Mark Brooks tells listeners what types of deals he likes most. He also describes his analytical investment process and what tips he has for entrepreneurs who believe they have an investment for SVP.
|
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: Analytical Investment Process, entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare Services, Mark Brooks, Medical Devices, Scale Venture Partners, SVP, Venture Perspectives
 |
Capital efficiency and regulatory hurdles are the two main challenges for investing in healthcare today. Scale Venture Partners Managing Director, Lou Bock shares these insights as well as discussing what is most important to him in an investment today.
|
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Corporate, Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: capital efficiency, Healthcare, Jennifer Jones, Lou Bock, Scale Venture Partners, Venture Perspectives
 |
Reflecting on his life in venture capital, Managing Director, Jim Jones shares his thoughts on the best areas for investment today. At Scale Venture Partners, he sees three key trends as most intriguing: the cost of data in the ... [see the full post] |
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Corporate, Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: energy efficiency, Jennifer Jones, Jim Jones, Scale Venture Partners, Venture Capital Investing, Venture Perspectives
 |
Scale Venture Partners Managing Director, Sharon Wienbar gives listeners her perspective on life of a venture capitalist and what her interests are in investing. She is most excited about crowdsourcing, vertical content and business software-as-a-service. Despite the current ... [see the full post] |
Listen/download audio
|
|
Categories: Corporate, Venture Perspectives by Scale Venture Partners Tags: crowdsourcing, Jennifer Jones, recession, SAAS, Scale Venture Partners, Sharon Wienbar, Software as a Service, venture capital, Venture Perspectives, vertical content
 |
Jim Jones is a managing director at Scale Venture Partners, a venture capital firm which invests in emerging tech and healthcare companies. Jim’s focus is on semiconductors and consumer electronics, so we met with him last week at CES to ... [see the full post] |
Watch/download video
|
|
Categories: CES BlogHaus 2008, CES Las Vegas - Consumer Electronics Show, Connected Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, ScobleShow, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: CES, consumer electronics, Jim Jones, Scale Venture Partners, semiconductors, venture capital