Need to Meet: Adrian Fortino, a thematic investor at Mercury Fund

Posted on September 2016 | Adrian Fortino | Midwest, Venture Investment Strategy

Need to Meet: Adrian Fortino, a thematic investor at Mercury Fund, was published in Venture Capital Journal and was written by Eamon Murphy. Adrian Fortino, Partner at Mercury Fund, shares his insight into his experience as an entrepreneur and his thematic investment strategy as a VC. Before Adrian Fortino …

We Band of Brothers: Crisp, CRISPR, Crispin’s Day and the Democratization of Crop R&D

Posted on August 2016 | Dan Watkins | AgTech, Science

We Band of Brothers: Crisp, CRISPR, Crispin’s Day and the Democratization of Crop R&D, was published on Biofuels Digest and was written by Jim Lane. Dan Watkins, Partner at Mercury Fund, shares his insight into the revolution in biology with lower costs in CRISPR-CAS gene editing. At the critical juncture …

VCs remain optimistic about Austin despite overall tech slowdown

Posted on July 2016 | Aziz Gilani | Midwest, Texas

VCs remain optimistic about Austin despite overall tech slowdown, was published in Crain’s Austin and was written by Mary Ann Azevedo. Aziz Gilani, Partner at Mercury Fund, shares his insight into Austin’s sustainability as a thriving city for entrepreneurs. While much of the nation is seeing declines in venture capital …

LISNR: The Lion that Roared

Posted on July 2016 | Blair Garrou | MarTech, Midwest, Software

LISNR at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Cincinnati based startup founder, Rodney Williams, gave a keynote at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in France last month. Each year, select experts in innovation are invited to speak at the festival to share their insights and experiences. …

7 Ways to Build Security into your Mobile App Dev Lifecycle

Posted on July 2016 | Aziz Gilani | Software, Startup Operations

learn_7_ways_ways_to_make_mobile_app_security_part_of_your_agile_process

7 ways to build security into your mobile app dev lifecycle, was published in TechBeacon and was written by Will Kelly. Aziz Gilani, Partner at Mercury Fund, shares his insight into the importance of incorporating app security in the earliest stages of the app development lifecycle. Mobile app security doesn’t …

9 Secrets Of Data-Driven Companies

Posted on June 2016 | Aziz Gilani | Software, Startup Operations, Texas

9 Secrets Of Data-Driven Companies, was published on InformationWeek and was written by Lisa Morgan. Aziz Gilani, Partner at Mercury Fund, shares his insight into how companies that are using data to fuel customer-centricity have shifted their hiring and workflow allocations. Mercury Fund portfolio company, TrendKite, is an example …

VC Investment in IoT Companies Continues to Soar

Posted on June 2016 | Adrian Fortino | AgTech, Midwest, Venture Investment Strategy

VC Investment in IoT Companies Continues to Soar, by Mary Ann Azevedo, was originally published on The Network. Adrian Fortino, one of Mercury Fund’s partners, shared his perspective on the opportunity for industrial internet of things (IIOT) technologies last year with The Network. Below is an excerpt from the article.…

Can Agile Processes and DevOps Fuel Your Digital Transformation?

Posted on June 2016 | Aziz Gilani | Software

Federal Government Adoption of Agile and DevOps

Can Agile Processes and DevOps Fuel Your Digital Transformation?, by Will Kelly, was originally published on CMSWire.com. Aziz Gilani, Partner at Mercury Fund, focuses on the SaaS and DevOps startup space. With other experts, he shares his thoughts with Will Kelly about how the government is now adopting agile and…

Launching Station Houston

Posted on February 2016 | Blair Garrou | Texas

In November at the Rice Alliance IT and Web Venture Forum, Emily Keeton and I announced we were launching Station Houston, a new coworking organization that will bring together key players in Houston’s startup community to launch software startups. Station Houston to open at SURGE Shack on March 1st…

How to Get Into Seed Accelerators and Advice on Seed Stage Funding

Posted on February 2016 | Aziz Gilani | Advice

Alex Theuma is Founder and Editor-in-Chief at SaaScribe. He interviewed Mercury Fund partner Aziz Gilani for a podcast that provides advice to SaaS company founders who may want to raise venture capital and/or join an accelerator. Kirk Coburn, Founder and Managing Director of energy-exclusive accelerator, SURGE Ventures, addresses the crowd …

Subscribe

Share Insight