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Green Transformation: How it’s Leveraging Technology to Address the Impacts of Climate Change
April 5, 2023 – Businesses are adopting a GX framework to tackle environmental issues. Justin Yue from our investment team explores what GX is, its technology opportunities, global implementation, and future prospects.

A Decade in Review — Laying the Foundation for the Next Decade of Venture Investing
January 25, 2023 – Over a series of articles, Arvind explores how a few interconnected themes will play out over the next decade. This first article reflects and assesses the technical evolution over the last decade, so we can look to the future of where we’re going.

Our Investment in Chronosphere: Powering the Future of Observability
January 10, 2023 – We’re thrilled to announce our investment in Chronosphere, a disruptor in the observability space created to serve the next generation of cloud-native companies with the world’s most scalable, reliable, and customizable cloud monitoring solution.

Collaborating with Startups from a Corporate Viewpoint
December 15, 2022 – As innovation accelerates and technology continues to permeate every aspect of how we live, work, and play, it’s more important than ever for corporations to establish and maintain an active strategy of startup engagement. Will Horyn explores the opportunity.

Announcing Our Investment in TRM Labs
November 10, 2022 – TRM Labs joins the Geodesic portfolio as our first bet on a Web3 future. TRM Labs makes Web3 safer for individuals and institutions to transact and easier for investigators to identify, prevent, and bring justice to financial crimes. We believe they will play a critical role in intuitional digital asset adoption through their virtuous flywheel of accuracy, transparency, and collaboration.

Succeeding in Japan: Japan Entry GTM
October 4, 2022 – In this installment of the “Succeeding in Japan” series, Marcus finally dives into the details of building a Japan entry GTM strategy. While this is by no means a comprehensive document, it’s meant to function as a useful guide for companies embarking on their Japan journey.

The Future of the Town Square: A Return to Privacy
June 27, 2022 – With data privacy rules and regulations dominating headlines globally and big data continuing to grow, there is a natural tension that is hard to ignore. Brent explores how we arrived at our current state, and highlights the challenge created by the Privacy Paradox — consumers’ expectation of a personalized experience without the use of their personal data.

Security Vendors, The Time for Japan is Now
March 16, 2022 – Now is the time when security founders should press on the gas in Japan and take advantage of the opportunity at hand. Our latest article dives into: 1) Recent trends / why the time is now for security vendors in Japan; 2) Japan cyber market overview; and 3) Potential challenges for security founders to navigate in Japan.

Defining ESG & The Spectrum of Responsible Investing (Part 2)
February 24, 2022 – SRI and Impact investing are often used interchangeably with ESG — but they’re distinctly different frameworks. This article outlines the differences between the three to encourage fruitful conversations about financial sustainability.

ESG: Speaking the Same Language (Part 1)
December 16, 2021 – ESG rapidly gained mindshare and it’s critical that we understand both its origin and purpose to have meaningful conversations about investing for long-term sustainable growth. In part 1, Nick looks at the history and relevance of ESG as a framework.