BERTY LAKE, Wash. and SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 18, 2017 — Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) and Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE: SSNI) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Itron to acquire all outstanding shares of Silver Spring for $16.25 per share in cash.
Answer by Paul Holland, General Partner at Foundation Capital, on Quora:
What things can a VC hear in a pitch that might excite them about a company? originally appeared on Quora - Answer by Paul Holland,
One of the biggest differences between then and now is just scale. The industry is now orders of magnitude bigger than back then, when it was literally a handful of people.
At Foundation Capital, we’re listening for three major themes: market, technology/idea, and people. We’re listening for them in that order, because, first, if there isn’t, or isn’t going to be, a large market opportunity, then we don’t have a chance at a really big exit and that’s what our job as venture investors is.
Paul Holland was one cool (bearded) cat on CNBC! On Squawk Alley to discuss Snap's lows, Uber's woes, & Disney-from-Netflix goes.
Huge Congrats to Trufa!Their enterprise performance application received the prestigious Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2017!!
Respond CEO Mike Armistead sounds the alarm about a fatal flaw in every major company's cybersecurity.
Steve was live from the floor of the NYSE for an interview about his most recent WSJ op-ed, Netflix’s first acquisition, and Uber.
In his latest for the Wall Street Journal, Steve explains how design has become indispensable to tech now and for the dawning “ambient computing.”
Congrats to Vetted, reinventing the pet healthcare industry!
It’s in the company of women such as these that I feel the most optimistic. Institutional sexism can’t and won’t be fought with just words.
Congrats, Graphcore! $30 million Series B to help lay the foundations or the AI future.
“Our walking business is growing phenomenally.” Congrats on another big raise, Rover!
Foundation is proud of what Skycure has accomplished, gratified that we were able to help, & excited for what comes next. Congratulations & upwards!
If you’re a SaaS founder in need of advice on how to scale your company, look no further – Ashu explains it all.
Charles discusses the latest sexual harassment allegations against Binary Capital and Blue Apron’s disappointing IPO.
Steve talks to gamification guru Amy Jo Kim about design, gaming, systems theory, and entrepreneurship.
Joanne offers some advice for getting the attention of a VC (hint: do your research).
What emerging technologies are likely to be mainstream in the next ten years? Joanne weighs in.
Steve was on CNBC to discuss his Wall Street Journal op-ed and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's resignation.
Joanne offers some insight into a typical day as a VC.
Joanne answered questions on everything from whether AI is overhyped to what she looks for in entrepreneurs to the names of her cats.
The computer giant could energize itself by acquiring Netflix.
For the past year, Ambuj and Anand have incubated Fortanix at Foundation Capital, building a solution to a critical security problem: encryption during runtime.
Ever since he was a child, Steve Vassallo has thrived on doing the impossible through the process of design.
Congratulations to Tubi on completing their Series C! Joining us in this round are Jump Capital, Danhua Capital, and Cota Capital LLC.
Design thinking, as it was conceived 15 years ago, has outlived its usefulness. Enter systems thinking.
Until very recently, success in Silicon Valley required focusing almost single-mindedly on an organization’s technical prowess.
It's a journey, a creative expedition -- and this book to help you find your way.
It's been a long road getting from there to here, but without further ado, allow me to humbly present … The Way to Design.
Designers love to tout their ability to empathize with users. But too much empathy can kill a company. Here’s what to do instead.
Super excited about Cohesity and congrats to the team on raising their Series C! We are thrilled to be part of it.
Cohesity, a company that helps enterprises to store and manage all of the secondary data they create outside of their production apps...
I'm very pleased to share the news that DogVacay will be joining forces with Rover.
I’m thrilled and honored to be joining Foundation Capital as an Entrepreneur in Residence, working closely with Steve Vassallo.
A team of scientists and engineers at Bolt Threads has produced a necktie made of 100% human-made spider silk.
Now, LendingHome is turning its attention to the Mount Everest of mortgage lending: consumers. And I couldn’t be more excited.
Let’s start with the big news: Pocket is being acquired by Mozilla, and will continue on as a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary.
Performance marketing has become such an essential driver of business success that CEOs who overlook it do so at the detriment of their business.
Like Perdomo, venture capital partner Joanne Chen has pledged to remain vocal.
At Foundation Capital, we rely on our network of industry leaders to help us assess where the greatest needs for innovation are.
The recent executive order suspending admittance of all refugees and banning immigration from select countries is odious and ill-considered.
Even though heat and sound are both forms of energy, when you were a kid, you probably didn’t need to be told not to speak in thermal convection.
I unlocked an achievement earlier this month: 10 years of attending CES. They even gave me a badge to mark the milestone.
What follows is a conversation between myself and DreamBox’s President and CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson.
“The paradigm shift from defined pensions to defined contributions happened for a reason and we’re not going back,” Inoue says.
How video can help your brand get personal, scalable, and virtual in 2017
I’ve been conducting a massive research project on the role of design in today’s startups and on what designer founders need to do to succeed.
Design is non-negotiable for startups. Businesses, even in the very recent past, weren't doomed to certain failure because of a weak design emphasis.
In my experience, the pitch matters a lot less than the people or the product.
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We asked the Product Minds community – our motley collective of product makers, creatives, and entrepreneurs – for suggestions on what to presents to give this holiday season. Here are some of the coolest gift ideas for 2016.
Venture Capitalist Paul Holland says it makes sense for tech leaders to come to the table.
I’ve been working on a months-long research project on this question &, more broadly, the role of design & of designer founders in the tech ecosystem.
Ann Sarnoff, President of BBC Worldwide North America breaks down the radical consumer shifts TV viewing and marketing.
A whirlwind tour of our whirlwind 2016. Many thanks to everyone in the FC community for a "good busy" year.
Artificial intelligence startups will be big next year, along with startups in cybersecurity, chatbots, VR and legalized recreational marijuana, according to experts.
Romeo Durscher of DJI with Joanne Chen of Foundation Capital at our AutoTech conference at #WebSummit 2016.
The revolution will not be televised. It will be streamed, snapped, tweeted, and projected in virtual reality.
TubeMogul's acquisition by Adobe is an exciting moment for both companies, and a proud one for all of us at Foundation Capital.
Tech has long been dominated by white males. Underrepresented groups hope Trump’s victory won’t make tech’s diversity problem worse.
President-elect Donald Trump. That reality landed Wed. morning to the kind of welcome the tech community usually reserves for an unexpected cyber attack.
A just-released survey of B2B marketers and agencies discovered that it's a defining moment for B2B programmatic adoption.
At our third annual CMO Tech Tour, we discussed today’s best-in-class marketing practices and attempted to uncover tomorrow’s brightest MarTech innovations.
Charles Moldow, speaking at the Okanagan Tech Community's Entrepreneurship All-Star Coffee, about his greatest fear.
Today, we encounter this technology whenever we watch Netflix or talk to Siri. Even the ads we see on Google are powered by AI.
As they struggle to predict what tech might spark a new boom, investors spread their bets
Video Yearbook: Foundation Capital CEO Collective 2016. October 6, 2016. Portola Valley, CA.
The unexpectedly large turnout at last week’s insurance technology conference in Las Vegas speaks to the changes in the fintech landscape.
Twenty-five years ago I met Neil Hunt, now Chief Product Officer at Netflix, when I joined him and Reed Hastings at Pure Software
Congratulations to Inderpreet and the entire team. We’re excited about what Azure is doing and will do.
Doug Fraser, Director of Marketing Science at Instagram, on why cookies and clickthroughs no longer cut it.
Why are CEOs perennially frustrated with their marketing leads?
I remember talking with him when he would come to our offices at Ideo with his most intractable design problems.
I’ve organized my fair share of industry conferences and attended even more. And on either side, my experience has been a mixed bag — of the branded tote variety.
At our third annual CMO Tech Tour, we discussed today’s best-in-class marketing practices and attempted to uncover the brightest MarTech innovations.
We are excited to announce the promotions of these 3 well-deserving leaders who have the expertise to manage Foundation Capitals operational functions
Just a few years ago, it seemed as though everyone from TechCrunch to Wall Street was predicting that manufacturing as we knew it was over.
This has been my Summer of Video — several months when it became clear to me that we’ve reached an inflection point in the transition from linear TV to online video.
The distinction between the two sectors is increasingly blurring, but investors say a predictable revenue model is key.
Millennials in the Mirror. This self-driven, selfie-driven generation has big dreams.
Indeed, 71 percent of students fund their college education by taking out student loans—debt that now totals $1.3 trillion.
Recently, the gig economy – aka the “on-demand” or “shared” economy – has drawn as much ire and excitement and cash from venture capital investors.
Rebecca Ward is the CEO of Moxie, the leading provider of digital customer engagement technology.
The Financial Services incumbents will develop against four key consumer trends: Simplification, Transparency, Analytics, & Reduce Friction.
Security attacks today, unlike in the past, tend to focus on businesses rather than consumers
There are 70 million Americans who do not have a pension, who do not have a 401(k), and the vast, vast majority of whom do not have an IRA.
Looking ahead, self-learning software will be the one thing that distinguishes legacy enterprise applications from modern ones.
I’m thrilled to be here working with Steve Vassallo on a design research project.
It's not yet the age of virtual reality, but more and more marketers are dipping their toes into the technology.
Technology has transformed marketing into a technical discipline as much as a creative one
The shift from art to science requires CMOs to reinvent themselves and their organizations or become irrelevant.
I sat down with Catheryne Nicholson, CEO and cofounder of BlockCypher, for FC's first-ever podcast.
The distinction between the two sectors is increasingly blurring, but investors say a predictable revenue model is key.
Technology is changing the world around us—from the way we communicate to the way we collect data, even the way we shop.
We’re pleased to officially open the investment period of Foundation Capital Fund 8 (FC8), a $325 million early stage fund.
The evolution of marketing technology has come a long way this year.
Rats in a maze –– that’s probably how we would appear to aliens watching from above.
As CMOs gain more power in the boardroom — and over technology spend — it will be critical that they understand the factors that drive success.
Over 20-year history, two-thirds of the investments we have led are the first institutional investments our portfolio companies have received.
The earliest companies in Silicon Valley were created by dreamers. Driven by visions of an improved future, these dreamers built entirely new areas of technology, including semiconductors, computers and networking.
Check out our annual summer party — and thanks to everyone who made this season’s kickoff our best yet!
Netflix’s CEO, Reed Hastings, discusses his “White Knuckle Moment” in this Foundation Capital Startup Story.
Foundation Capital hosted FCT3, an event where more than 20 high school kids got a platform to talk about their vision for the future of technology.
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