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Spotify is Trump-proof: Mitchell Green
Lead Edge Capital's Mitchell Green on the state of the tech sector....
Spotify sees 2018 revenue growing 20%-30%, slower than 2017
Spotify, the world's biggest selling music streaming service, expects revenue to grow 20-30 percent this year as currency swings slow the pace from 2017 and it gears up for one of Europe's...
Experian buys 3-year-old fintech group ClearScore for £275m
Experian announced its acquisition of LEC-backed ClearScore for £275M...
Why Spotify decided to go public
Lead Edge Capital founder Mitchell Green explains why the music-streaming service Spotify chose to go public, arguing that the company wants to acquire more customers....
30 AND UNDER: Rising stars in NY tech who find hot startup deals and manage millions of dollars
LEC General Partner Nimay Mehta is select on the list of rising stars in NYC VC....
Lead Edge’s Mehta Sees SoftBank as Positive for Tech Startups
Nimay Mehta, Lead Edge Capital partner, discusses the landscape for venture capital with Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."...
Spotify files IPO as direct listing on NYSE
Spotify doesn't need to raise money, says Nimay Mehta, Lead Edge Capital partner, talking about the company's plans to go public as a direct listing....
Spotify is the reason music is growing: Lead Edge Capital’s Mitchell Green
Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital founder and managing partner, and Balaji Srinivasan, Earn.com CEO & co-founder and Andreessen Horowitz partner, discuss the outlook for tech IPOs like Spotify....
SoftBank says Benchmark, Menlo Ventures ready to sell some Uber stock
Still, many investors remained enthusiastic about Uber and told Reuters they were not selling. Mitchell Green of Lead Edge Capital, which invested when the company had a $40 billion valuation, has said...
Uber Hack Clouds Valuation as SoftBank Readies Bid
Mitchell Green, founding partner at Lead Edge Capital, an Uber investor, said breaches have become so commonplace that consumers are going to keep using the service and the core business won’t be...
50 startups that will boom in 2018, according to VCs
"Duo just reached a valuation over $1 billion with their latest growth financing that we co-led, after first investing in the business nearly three years ago," says Avery Rosin, Principal at LEC....
Uber Employees Could Become Overnight Millionaires with SoftBank Deal
San Francisco could see scores of newly minted millionaires if SoftBank Group’s investment in Uber goes through....
Alibaba’s Singles Day Is About to Put Amazon Prime Day to Shame
Mitchell Green, managing partner of Lead Edge Capital said: "Alibaba created a holiday and it actually worked. It's remarkable."...
Meet Persistent VC Mitchell Green
Mr. Green’s passion for tech investments has landed deals in Alibaba, Uber and Spotify. People who know him say he is a force of nature who obsesses over things until he gets...
Duo Security Raises $70 Million at Billion-Dollar Valuation
Duo Security Inc. has joined the billion-dollar startup club at a time when venture capitalists are investing record amounts into the cybersecurity sector. ...
Facebook Security Chief’s Favorite Cyber Tool Raises $70 Million and Becomes a Unicorn
Duo Security, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based cybersecurity company, has closed a new round of fundraising worth $70 million at a valuation of $1.17 billion that includes the capital raised, the company said...
Why Uber’s New CEO Is The Perfect Antidote To Travis Kalanick
All those connections make Brian Neider, Lead Edge Capital Partner, "super comfortable" and "pumped" with the choice, he told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Monday, adding that it would be great for Uber...
Road ahead for Uber includes controlling Travis Kalanick
Ed Lee, Recode managing editor, and Brian Neider, Lead Edge Capital Partner, discuss Dara Khosrowshahi's new position as Uber's chief executive....
Uber Is Running On All Cylinders Even Without A CEO, Uber Investor Says
"The reality is the vast majority of people just want to get from point A to point B as quickly and as cheaply as possible," said Mitchell Green, managing partner of Uber...
How Uber Is Printing Money Off Your Addiction
The bottom line is that Uber is making a lot of money off of riders because it doesn't have to pay to acquire them, they just keep coming back on their own...
Uber investors hope Dara Khosrowshahi will unify fractured board
One shareholder, Mitchell Green of Lead Edge Capital, a firm that owns shares in Uber, said he was optimistic about Mr Khosrowshahi’s appointment but also wanted to see Uber’s board bring in...
Dara Khosrowshahi, a family man taking the wheel at Uber
Dara Khosrowshahi is now Uber CEO. “He is super low-key, he is even-keeled, he is no bullshit,” said one shareholder, Mitchell Green of Lead Edge Capital, adding that the investors in his...
Lead Edge’s Green Not in a Rush for Uber to Go Public
Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital Management founding partner, discusses the outlook for Uber Technologies Inc. with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Mark Barton on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)...
Full Show: Bloomberg Technology (09/01)
Lead Edge Capital Partner Mitchell Green comments at 9:10 about Uber's hiring of Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO, a potential IPO, and the future outlook for the company....
