WestRiver Group Senior Associate Sean Maier concludes his three-part educational series with an insightful post on investor expectations on valuations as we enter 2025.
About us
WestRiver Group is a multi-sector investment company that invests in early and growth stage businesses and concepts across the global innovation economy. Our thesis is anchored by our transformation of the investment leadership model through diversity, purpose-driven leadership, and long-term capital.
- Website
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http://wrg.vc
External link for WestRiver Group
- Industry
- Investment Management
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2002
- Specialties
- Equity
Locations
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920 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3450
Seattle, Washington 98104, US
Employees at WestRiver Group
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Liat Ben-Zur
Board Member | AI & PLG Advisor | Former Corporate Vice President Microsoft | Keynote Speaker | B2B/B2C SaaS & IoT Exec | ex Qualcomm, Philips
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Anthony Bontrager
Managing Director, WestRiver Group
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Gavriella Schuster
Gavriella Schuster is an Influencer Board Director | Global Business Executive | TEDx Speaker | Digital Transformation Leader | Empowering Allies & Women l Top Voice LinkedIn
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Alexander K. Zabik
Managing Director - Head of Credit at Pennybacker Capital
Updates
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WestRiver Group Managing Director Anthony Bontrager discusses what 2025 could hold in store for investors and startup founders after the tough lessons of the past year.
My latest article where I talk about the lessons learned from 2024 and hypothesize on what we can expect from 2025 and what appears to be a much better environment for investors and startup founders alike.
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WestRiver Group is excited to be recognized as an honoree of Inc. Magazine's 2024 Founder-Friendly Investor award. This award reflects our commitment to empowering founder-led businesses, accelerating growth, and driving value creation across the global innovation economy. Receiving this honor not only validates our dedication to our partners, but also reinforces our mission to supporting entrepreneurs on their journey. We look forward to continuing to build strong partnerships and helping visionary founders achieve extraordinary success. See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/ebhzF2Xq
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WestRiver Group Managing Director Anthony Bontrager shares his thinking as a former startup CEO on why we're seeing a return of the "grinder" CEO focused on business building and adding real value to the organization. As investors these are the kind of founders we love to back.
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WestRiver Group Senior Associate Sean Maier talks about the elements required to achieve true product market fit for your company in Part 2 of his 3 Part educational series. Great insights for any startup.
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WestRiver Group Senior Associate Sean Maier kicks of our new education series of blog posts focusing on the broader technology space. Part 1 - The Evolution of the Startup Ecosystem is out now. Give it a read!!
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WestRiver Group Managing Director Anthony Bontrager shares his thoughts on the true promise of AI and its role as an enabling technology that helps enhance human's inherent creativity.
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Congratulations to our friends and partners at QorusDocs on the launch of QPilot, the latest expansion of their AI enabled proposal management and RFP response platform. QorusDocs has been a trusted partner to some of the world's largest corporations and this latest product release should solidify their status as an industry leader in the broader sales enablement space. Cheers! https://lnkd.in/g6JKW_YU
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Another exciting announcement by our friends at Tagboard. In partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Adobe Tagboard's next-generation cloud-production suite empowers everyone from creators to enterprise broadcast producers with dynamic visuals that can be generated in seconds. 500+ media clients and more than 250,000 shows produced via Tagboard can't be wrong. See it live at the AWS Learning Lounge (W1343 ) at next week's National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas.
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WestRiver Group Managing Director Anthony Bontrager shares his thoughts on the exciting capital raising renaissance underway in the Middle East and what Western investors should know.
My latest blog post where I discuss the capital raising market within the Middle East and what Western investors should be mindful of before venturing to the desert.