[liberationtech] investing in liberation tech

[Arzak Khan]

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From: "Jesse Krembs" <jessekrembs at gmail.com>
Sent: 10 November 2014 22:13
To: "liberationtech" <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: [liberationtech] investing in liberation tech

I believe there is a distinct motivational conflict of interest for
Angel/VC folks, and liberation tech related ideas.
VC want a 100 mill return, lib-techers don't care, they want to change the
world.

This isn't to say such things don't exist to certain degree, but either
party ends of making some serious core compromises to achieve closure..

There is stuff like wickr, redphone etc that walk through this fire but
they aren't turning around investment monies and I don't understand how
they will.
Business models generally corrupt security best practices.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:49 AM, J.M. Porup <jm at porup.com> wrote:

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> Is it possible to make money investing in privacy- or security-focused
> startups?
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> I am putting together an angel fund (in Chile, but keep reading). I am
> not an investor myself, but I'm in a position to evaluate and propose
> startups to our participating angels.
>
> I'd really like to see an investment or two in liberation tech.
>
> After watching the flame war over Espionage (*not* rehashing that
> debate, please don't shoot), it occurred to me that the primary
> business model for successful innovation in this field is foundation
> money, not end users.
>
> But angel investors want to see a hundred million dollar exit, minimum.
>
> Anyone working on anything juicy in this space that would scale
> globally and make money too? Or am I looking for something that
> doesn't exist?
>
> Jens
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> J.M. Porup, CDWDS (Chief Dude Who Does Stuff)
> LatAm Startups Angel Funds
> www.LatAmStartups.biz
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