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SafeGraph: Selling Data as a Service
Nanda, Ramana; Nagaraj, Abhishek; Ciechanover, Allison M.Case HBS-821082-EEntrepreneurshipSet in January 2021, the CEO of SafeGraph, a four-year-old startup that sold Data as a Service, looked to the future. His aim was to become the most trusted source for data about a physical place. The company provided points of interest (POI) and foot traffic data on nearly 7 million businesses in the U.S. and Canada from a variety of providers, then labelled attributes of the data such as the brand affiliation and how long consumers remained at ...Starting at €8.20
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NewView Capital and Venture Capital Secondaries
Bernstein, Shai; Nanda, Ramana; Ciechanover, Allison M.Case HBS-820038-EFinanceWhile still a general partner at Silicon Valley-based New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Ravi Viswanathan considered the challenges presented by evolving market dynamics in the venture capital space. Startups were staying private longer, which led to limited partners thirsty for liquidity and venture capital funds managing overloaded portfolios. Viswanathan and the senior leaders of NEA orchestrated the purchase of 31 NEA unrealized portfolio compa...Starting at €8.20
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Hyperloop One
Sahlman, William A.; Nanda, Ramana; White, Robert; Ciechanover, Allison M.; Huizinga, JeffCase HBS-817027-EEntrepreneurshipThe case explores the attempt of Shervin Pishevar, a prominent Silicon Valley investor, to shepherd hyperloop, a futuristic pod-in-tube transportation technology, from concept to transformative reality via Hyperloop One and Sherpa Capital, both companies he co-founded. The case outlines the technology-first brought to widespread attention by Tesla and SpaceX executive Elon Musk-then follows Pishevar as he builds a team, develops prototypes, recru...Starting at €8.20