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Alexander, Les
Navigating a Down Round in Venture Capital: GoStage Ventures (SPANISH)
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”?
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
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