World class venture investor, technology strategist, dealmaker, and executive. Managing Partner @n47capital
Palo Alto, CA
Joined August 2009
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We are excited to share that @tractian has raised a $130M Series D to keep the world’s infrastructure running!
We have been a proud partner since Tractian’s Series A, and it has been wonderful working with the entire Tractian team.
🦄 With this raise, Tractian is now valued at $1.4B! They continue to be the leading Physical AI platform for transforming manufacturing maintenance from a reactive to strategic advantage for industrial operations.
Congratulations to the entire Tractian team!
Read more here: theinformation.com/briefings…
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Is it time to put together your first board?🤝 In the first of a two-part series, @lananth and @wtswill share their advice for founders structuring their first boards.
Read more here👉 next47.com/your-first-board-…
#boardofdirectors #startupfounder #earlystagestartups
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“Our mission of protecting people, property & privacy unifies us. Whether you’re a customer or a partner, every time you implement a Verkada product, you’re doing the mission-critical work to keep your organizations and customers safe. Everyone deserves to feel safe.” #VerkadaOne
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🎉Congratulations to the Pando team on today's $30M Series B funding. We're thrilled to continue partnering with you!
@lananth and @coltondempsey share their insights into Pando's unique opportunity to pioneer the future of logistics. Check it out👇
medium.com/next47/next47s-in…
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Making your first sales hire? 📈
@lananth and @wtswill share some ways to avoid the mistakes founders often make as they scale in the early stage👇
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#sales #startupfounder #earlystagestartups
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Trying to figure out what's next in your enterprise startup's journey? Enter the Enterprise Founders Playbook: Seed to Series A 🎯
First up, @lananth and @wtswill tackle the importance of an early operating plan and how to build one that works for you.
medium.com/next47/to-plan-or…
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1. I have been trying to find the best "first question" to ask a startup when I meet with them. After many iterations, I think I have it. Here it is, and here's why it works.
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Skills we are looking for in these individuals:
1. Strategic thinker
2. Positioning/storyteller
3. Multi-audience thinker (not just media)
4. Social media skills
5. Data-driven + creative
6. Hustle to makes things happen
7. Persistence
8. Previous agency experience not required.
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See @asmagglobal's interview with our CEO Filip Kaliszan who shares how Verkada helps organizations protect people and assets by delivering a centralized security platform that's easy to use, effortless to maintain, and scales limitlessly across sites.
asmag.com/showpost/32741.asp…
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★ Just published a new episode of Building The Future Show - Radio / TV / Podcast: Ep. 488 w/ Lak Ananth CEO & Managing Partner at Next47. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/8f8de8…
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"Before I built a community, I had a very narrow view as an entrepreneur," admits @josephkn0ws, founder of @Knoetic and the CPOHQ community.
In the latest on the Review, he makes the case for leveraging community as a product-building tool.
review.firstround.com/a-foun…
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Introducing Observe.AI's Intelligent Workforce Platform: a new way for contact centers to reach breakthrough business results. Read more from @swapnil on our blog: observe.ai/blog/introducing-… #10XClub
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Looking for quick pointers to better refine your elevator pitch? @lananth #KF12 of @next47 recently joined @ExtraCrunch to listen and give feedback to founders on what makes a good elevator pitch. Watch here! 👀 youtube.com/watch?v=3Zs0s1kb…
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Tickets are flying! 90% of Attendee Hatching Bird Passes have been sold. Prices will go up once they're sold out – Why are you still reading this?
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Did you know? 🤔 There's easier way to solve those tough capacity planning challenges. 👉Join us and learn how to identify unused resources, address greedy workloads, and right size the capacity of your clusters. 😂
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“In an emergency, we can secure the building in seconds. I can lock exterior doors instantly through my phone or computer."
Join this webinar to learn how @GfldCommCollege uses our natively integrated #videosecurity and #accesscontrol for #schoolsafety: verkada.com/events/how-green…
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Here are 6 key considerations to keep in mind while you’re mining your events for data
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#EventMarketing #EventProfs
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Developers love @apollographql. That's what we learned in our discussions leading up to our investment in their series D. Congratulations to @GeoffQL and the entire team on this milestone. We're excited to be part of the ride! medium.com/@next47/5394db3b0…