As a Global Technology Venture Investment Company deeply rooted in Silicon Valley, BootstrapLabs is at the forefront of global innovation trends and shared its observations and wisdom with France Fortune 50 CIOs from Lafarge, Gemalto, EDF, Decathlon, Alcatel-Lucent, Accor, La Poste, SNCF, AirLiquid, etc. that were all invited by Oracle France as part of their […]
BootstrapLabs Holiday Cheers!
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsDear 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 Root Access: How to choose technology to maximize funding, with investor Bootstraplabs
/in BootstrapLabs, Nicolai Wadstrom /by BootstrapLabsGoogle interview BootstrapLabs founder on how you apply technology impacts investment criteria and building startups.
Prezi raises $57M growth equity round, BootstrapLabs portfolio follow-on funding pass $90M
/in BootstrapLabs, Prezi /by Nicolai WadstromOur 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 […]
Innovation is NOT that single break-through idea
/in BootstrapLabs /by Nicolai WadstromInnovations 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 […]
At Steve Blank's Request: Here is BootstrapLabs' Go Global Startup Playbook
/in BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin LevySteve 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 […]
Ben Speaks @ East Meets West Conference – Hawaii Nov 5-7, 2014
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsHow 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 […]
What can Emerging (Asian) Leaders learn from the Startup Revolution?
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsBootstrapLabs 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 […]
Who needs a Bank anymore? Millennials are asking just that!
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsBootstrapLabs 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 […]
Dear Corporation…Innovate or Die: Speech to 25 Top CIOs
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsAs a Global Technology Venture Investment Company deeply rooted in Silicon Valley, BootstrapLabs is at the forefront of global innovation trends and shared its observations and wisdom with France Fortune 50 CIOs from Lafarge, Gemalto, EDF, Decathlon, Alcatel-Lucent, Accor, La Poste, SNCF, AirLiquid, etc. that were all invited by Oracle France as part of their […]
VC Disruption: How to Build a Next Generation Venture Firm?
/in BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin LevyNicolai Wadstrom, Founder of BootstrapLabs, and I have been on a quest to build a new kind of venture investment firm in the cradle of where it all started 50+ years ago; Silicon Valley. For background, Nicolai Wadstrom is a Swedish born serial entrepreneur that started building technology companies in his teens. He built a […]
Catch BootstrapLabs Founder @ Incubate 2014 – Woodside Sep 12, 2014
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsIncubate is the first conference dedicated to early founders and their choices of a Springboard. LEARN: directly from the Valley’s best Angels, Incubators, Accelerators, and VCs about the early stage choices for your next venture. PITCH: all founders get their shot at pitching VCs like Greylock Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Accel Partners, Spark Capital, and […]
BeGlobal – San Francisco Sep 12, 2014
/in beGLOBAL, BootstrapLabs, Korea /by BootstrapLabsJoin our friends at beGLOBAL for the annual Global Tech Conference with a Korean touch. Organized by the organizers of beLAUNCH, the top startup conference in Korea, beGLOBAL brings together the best of Tech from the East and West. Learn who the Unicorns of Korea/Asia are, their origins and how they grew to billion dollar […]
CTIA – The Wireless Association® Selects BootstrapLabs as Mobile Community Leader to Source Innovation Globally
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsWe are proud to announce that CTIA – The Wireless Association® has selected BootstrapLabs to join its exclusive club of Mobile Community Leaders in an effort to source global innovation and help shape its new CTIA Startup Lab initiative featuring 40 of the most exciting seed and growth-stages technology startups for its inaugural class […]
BootstrapLabs launches SV In.Fusion: a 2 Week Startup Bootcamp for Foreign Founders
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsAt BootstrapLabs we believe “Silicon Valley can not be replicated but its culture and best practices can be taught”. As such, we felt it was important for BootstrapLabs to invest in education and are pleased to announce the launch of SV In.Fusion, a 2 week startup bootcamp in Silicon Valley, specifically tailored for foreign founders. This […]
BootstrapLabs Welcomes Jeff Hoffman on its Advisory Board
/in BootstrapLabs /by Nicolai WadstromSan Francisco, California — Silicon Valley-based BootstrapLabs, a global accelerator for foreign technology startups, today announced that Jeff Hoffman, Founding team member of the Priceline.com group of companies and serial global technology entrepreneur, has joined its Advisory Board. Over the past 2 years, Jeff has spent the majority of his time supporting entrepreneurs and small […]