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Alexander, Les

Navigating a Down Round in Venture Capital: GoStage Ventures (SPANISH)

Alexander, Les; Jain, Nik

F-2133 | Published November 13, 2025 | 19 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This is a Spanish translation of the August 5, 2024 version of UVA-F-2082. GoStage Ventures Fund LP (GoStage Ventures), a global venture capital firm, has a portfolio company, Motocredible Technologie... Read More

Innovation at Bat: The Savannah Bananas

Alexander, Les; Kalogeropoulos, Demitri; Maiden, Stephen E.

ENT-0242 | Published September 25, 2025 | 13 Pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In early 2024, the Savannah Bananas were more popular than ever. The team provided an innovative mix of baseball and entertainment—with everything from dancing base coaches to a batter on stilts—that ... Read More

Theranos: “Fake It till You Make It”?

Alexander, Les

F-2099 | Published January 29, 2025 | 13 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case is about the rise and fall of Theranos Inc. (Theranos), a private company founded by Elizabeth Holmes to revolutionize the blood-testing industry. Holmes dreamed of a world where blood tests... Read More

Navigating a Down Round in Venture Capital: GoStage Ventures

Alexander, Les; Jain, Nik

F-2082 | Published August 05, 2024 | 19 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

GoStage Ventures Fund LP (GoStage Ventures), a global venture capital firm, has a portfolio company, Motocredible Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (MotoSpin), that is pursuing a much-needed Series B financing r... Read More