This board is a good test drive for the more formal board of directors required later, when going public (IPO) or upon the
interest of venture capital investors, and can give you plenty of great advice.
Giphy, which was created in 2013 as part of the New York - based venture fund / incubator Betaworks, got this valuation by raising a Series D funding round of $ 75 million from a
series of venture capital investors.
However, as I dig deeper into the
names of the venture capital investors listed, it was hard to refute the quality of the people and their work, for these are not just a bunch of one - hit wonders.
Driven by innovative apps, inexpensive cloud computing and the widespread use of mobile devices, the Sharing Economy has captured both the imagination of the public and the investment
dollars of venture capital investors.
A 2011 survey by the National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource found that 89 %
of venture capital investors were men and 11 % were women.
A 2011 survey by the National Venture Capital Association and DJX VentureSource showed that 89 %
of venture capital investors were men, and 11 % were women.