Archive: Apploi

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Portfolio Update

By Andy Gordon on May 15, 2015

  Dear Startup Investor, Summer is around the corner. A good time to kick back and relax? At least just a little? A far-fetched notion for the seven startups we’re updating below. They’re busier than ever, from hopping from festival to festival (Bohemian Guitars) to wrapping up current fundraising efforts (Ansa). Here’s the full scoop on the summer plans of seven startup teams in our Startup Investor Portfolio… Care at Hand | Recommended: March 2015 Portal: OneVest…
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Portfolio Update: Apploi

By Andy Gordon on April 17, 2015

Dear Startup Investor, My colleague Adam and I had lunch with Daniel Freedman yesterday. Daniel is the chief strategy officer and head of business development at Apploi. We recommended Apploi to Startup Investor members in June last year. Daniel confirmed our own observations. That the company is making good progress,…
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Portfolio Update

By Adam Sharp on February 12, 2015

Dear Startup Investor, Now that our portfolio has reached 21 companies plus the pre-IPO fund, we’re experimenting with new ways to update members on portfolio companies. We have some exciting updates to share, starting with Underground Cellar. But first, a note about limitations to our updates. Because we aren’t investors…
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SpeechTrans: From 1 million to 100 million users.

By Andy Gordon on November 19, 2014

Founder and CEO John Frei can’t wait for the new year to start. It’s shaping up to be SpeechTrans’ most exciting year yet, says John. He and Co-Founder Yan have planted numerous seeds. Next year, they expect many will blossom. One example: their current deal with African mega-telecom company MTN.
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Dear Startup Investor: I’ve evaluated about 300 startups since the beginning of the year. Many of them had nice technology and pretty good leadership teams. But I didn’t bite. Why? They didn’t have what the company I’m recommending to you today has in spades. Many times these new technologies simply…