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Why every VC should spend a month with an accelerator

TechCrunch

I’ve sat at both sides of the table as a founder and a VC, and I understand how difficult it is to get them on the same page. However, I believe that accelerators can be the glue bringing the two together. Here’s why I believe every investor should spend time with an accelerator: See diversity in action, and mirror it.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains.

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These 5 investors are betting on helping you live longer and better

TechCrunch

Interest in the space seems to be growing rapidly in the VC community, so I spoke with five investors to get a better idea of where longevity tech is headed and just how big the market stands to become. Once the first ones are proven in a clinical trial, we expect that to go from zero to a trillion-dollar industry within a decade.

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The corporate venture comeback: What startups considering CVC need to know

TechCrunch

While few corporates used to offer startup investment (and the ones that did were primarily concerned with software, practically every corporate is involved in VC today and covers a range of niche sectors. Corporate investment arms have gotten stronger. That means there’s more corporate money and players for startups to explore.

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4 ways to ensure Latin America’s growing pot of capital drives long-term growth

TechCrunch

Investment dollars stretch far beyond business: In the United States, venture investment accounts for 0.2% of GDP, while revenue from VC-backed companies accounts for 21%. This recent spark could have a domino effect with other businesses and motivate governments to lubricate their journey by lowering the barriers to going public.

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Prime Movers Lab raises $245 million for second fund to invest in early stage science startups

TechCrunch

“There’s not enough technical expertise in VC firms to choose winners intelligently, rather than ending up with the next Theranos or clean tech bubble,” he said. “So that’s the first thing I wanted to solve.

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How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years

Y Combinator

The only model of institutional seed funding was the “business incubator” model, where VC firms would fund well-connected founders they knew and incubate them in their office. Because these companies wouldn’t raise VC until they were much further along and had leverage, the balance of power shifted.