Y Combinator

OCTOBER 15, 2020

On November 18, we are hosting our first Future Founders Conference for women who aspire to become a startup founder. The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching your own startup or are in the early stages of building one, you’ll walk away with the knowledgeable to define your own path.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Engineers at Polymath Robotics were working late Wednesday night on multiple projects when co-founder and CEO Stefan Seltz-Axmacher noticed chatter about Silicon Valley Bank in a YC founder WhatsApp group. Seltz-Axmacher, as well as hundreds of other founders, couldn’t have predicted what would transpire over the next 36 hours.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2024

Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’ Founding Trio GoAhead Ventures (“GoAhead”) is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm founded by three Stanford graduates: Takeshi “TK” Mori, Clancey Stahr and Phil Brady (the “Managing Partners”). How did you break into tech investing?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Andrew has been investing in startups at Sequoia since 2014. She knows what it takes for a business to get startup capital. Then guests will provide feedback on the pitch: Is the information presented in a logical format, does the founder speak with authority, and what’s missing from the pitch?

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 1, 2014

On average, founders retain 30-33% more equity than 4 years ago through those first two rounds of institutional investment. In 2014, the median founding CEO equity stake after raising a Series A is 21% up from 15% in 2009. On the whole, the founder stakes for founding VPEng and VPProduct have remained relatively stable.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital , a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with Abe Choi , a U.S.-based based entrepreneur and investor.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

If you’ve been watching the recent wave of shows on disgraced startups (from Theranos to WeWork), you might be under the impression that startup founders have no sense of responsibility. Why does it matter if founders tell investors that they might take an exit before their company reaches IPO scale?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. It’s 2022 and already local VCs, angel investors, startup founders, incubators and accelerators, and more are pushing hard to make their startups go. Now this company raised over $40 million in funding since they launched in 2014. Good morning, Paul!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Image: Author Startups are supposed to be about an innate drive to change the world. That was my mindset in 2014 as my co-founder Lee Silverstone and I started Gymtrack, a startup that lets gym members automatically track their workouts. If the founder has other bids, maybe there’s a minor bidding war.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital. During the early recovery, however, VC-backed M&A rebounded and skyrocketed: Annual deal values eclipsed $30 billion in 2010, holding steady before ballooning above $70 billion in 2014.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

Gumroad , a startup that helps creators sell their work, is raising $6 million at a $100 million valuation. Now, investors and founders can raise up to $5 million per year from crowdfunding, up from $1.07 If this works, startup founders will start to be able to go direct more frequently,” Lavingia said. revenue multiple.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

Despite the fact that entrepreneurship is more popular and praised than ever, entrepreneurs pursuing their version of the American Dream are burdened with overbearing regulations, lack of access to capital, burdensome student loans, and public policies that favor big businesses over new startups. Learn more and apply for the program.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. Availability of Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

February 2014 seems so long ago. Dear Sophie, As a first-time, early-stage startup founder, I find it difficult to compete against other startups on compensation. Fledgling Founder. Dear Sophie: How can early-stage startups compete for talent? Which insurtech startups are set to thrive?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2022

whereas in 2014 around 71% of teens used Facebook, the study says in 2022 that number has dropped down to 32%. Aclima co-founder Davida Herzl wants everyone to be able to answer that question, and sat down with Jordan and Darrell on this week’s Found podcast to explain her mission. other stuff. ” Image Credits: Haus.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

And this is something that London-based generalist VC firm Playfair Capital knows all about, given its focus on backing super young startups that have yet to make much of a ripple in their respective industries. “We look for a few things, including examples of exceptional performance,” Smith said.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In a continuing effort to help shift the venture capital funding geographic imbalance in our country, since 2014 our team has traveled to 38 cities to meet entrepreneurs where they are. Every startup story sits at the intersection of technology and art. While founders need to focus in on the “tech”?—?or

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

What motivated you to launch your startup? In 2014, my elderly great aunt was forced out of her apartment in Istanbul in an effort to build a new shopping mall in its place. If you had to share, “words of wisdom,” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? Thank you so much for joining us!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2014, Micromax poached Samsung’s country head for mobile and digital imaging Vineet Taneja and appointed him the CEO. The Indian government, in September 2014, introduced its flagship ‘Make in India’ program, schemes to incentivize global manufacturers to localize production in the country.

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Y Combinator

JULY 7, 2022

They flipped the equation of a typical startup founder: instead of raising money to enable a certain amount of growth, they eliminated the assumption of fundraising, controlled their spend, and evaluated how to ramp up spending based on what the business was bringing in. seed round in 2012 and has been profitable since 2014.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

41:10 – How has the Indian startup ecosystem evolved? 43:30 – Can foreigners come to India and start a startup? 44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. 45:45 – After Meesho, what’s the most exciting startup in India? Vidit is co-founder and CEO of Meesho.

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