Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

It feels like a tsunami of deal flow , and for me, I’ve outlined how I pay attention to inbound flow in terms of what gets priority. And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc. Investing in resources to help founders hone this skill would be valuable.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia. The 2023 edition of the accelerator, running from July 25 to November 10, will focus on deep tech startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

“We see HGGC as a strategic, long-term financial partner that embraces and accelerates our vision to create unparalleled education experiences that make it accessible for people to change their lives.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Following a Covid-driven boost, the popular AllTrails resource for hikers, bikers, climbers, and anyone else who enjoys the outdoors, announced today it’s raised $150 million from the growth fund of global private equity firm Permira to further accelerate its business. Image Credits: All Trails.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

This morning Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and a venture capital fund, announced that Maëlle Gavet is its new CEO. Techstars wants to go find those founders and invest in them. That means, we presume, more accelerators in more places investing in more founders.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While VC dollars still overwhelmingly funnel into places like Silicon Valley, Brookings research shows tech jobs are finally spreading out — movement spurred by the availability of hybrid and remote work, private investment, and federal initiatives.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

One of the questions I heard most often from commenters was: “if Techstars is an example of a failed accelerator, what does a good one look like?” This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Aviel and I know something about this.

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Startup Lawyer

MAY 18, 2016

I previously wrote that accelerator documents should be easy. At the time, I thought accelerator documents should be easy primarily because of the potential adverse selection problem for the accelerator.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 28, 2023

Specific to Santa Barbara, TurnOnGreen is undertaking an inaugural project on behalf of the Towbes Group , a fully integrated real estate investment, development and property management firm that is well established in the Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Counties. EVs represent 18% of the overall market share in CA.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Berlin-based early-stage fund APX today announced that its two investors, European publisher Axel Springer and sports car maker Porsche , have increased their investment in the fund to a total of €55 million. So far, the group has invested in more than 70 companies and plans to increase this number to close to 200 by 2022.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 28, 2022

On what terms? Originally a computational physicist who spent many long nights at a particle accelerator, since 2000 Paul inspired thousands of people to innovate, help hundreds of startups launch, overseen investments in 50+ startups and held leadership positions in the national angel investor community. Your Instructor.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

Trillions of dollars are being invested in the AI sector and that will continue for as far as this eye can see. 2023 was the year that web3 held its ground and 2024 will be the year that regulators and lawmakers come to terms with web3. But none of that will matter if we don’t accelerate our focus on our warming planet.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 22, 2022

We have a mission at i2E to invest in entrepreneurs and help them build successful high growth companies right here in Oklahoma. Our popular e3 mini-accelerator is a great fit for that mission as we help participating entrepreneurs determine market acceptance for their product and gain insight into the concept.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds. Friends, family and fools: [Email readers, continue here…] This term, although pejorative, describes the typical mix of early investors in a small, young growing business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

As the global venture capital market contracts following a historic investing boom, the downturn impacts each startup market differently. Sweden, which has a population of around that of Michigan in the United States, punches above its weight in both cultural and business terms. And narrow our focus.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2023

“There’s a ton of stuff that really could be impacting the lives of everybody on Earth, that is not making it out of the lab and into practical application,” said David Van Wie, founder and chief investment officer at Aventurine Capital Group. If it sounds as if it’s the antithesis of quick growth and timely exit, that’d be accurate.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The investment, led by Radical Ventures , Raptor Group , Lateral Capital and EchoVC was closed in Q3 2020 and came after the fintech startup raised $500,000 in pre-seed two years ago. They aggregate users’ financial data and share it with these financial players through APIs driving more data-driven insights and value-added products.

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Revolution

JULY 13, 2023

Core to our investment thesis was Scopely’s platform approach to IP partnership and game development, its exceptional ability to drive monetization among users, and the team’s dedication to becoming the preeminent free-to-play mobile gaming publisher. Revolution Growth first partnered with Scopely in 2017 when we led the company’s Series C.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 We expect these ventures to have clear commitments to achieving zero emissions and adopt circular business models, as we believe this is the most effective way to create positive impact at scale in the long term. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Register Taiwanese decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Term Structure , specializing in non-custodial fixed-income protocols for peer-to-peer borrowing and lending, has successfully raised initial funding of USD 4.25 This seed fundraising effort has made Term Structure’s total funding over $8 million.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Torenberg, an early Product Hunt employee and the founder of investment firm Village Global, assumed the role only a year ago. It resembles a classic accelerator, but perhaps one step earlier than a Y Combinator. Tiger’s investment was designed to give it a clearer view of the pre-seed and seed world.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

The deepest irony of the VC business – which we understood not at all when we started but is obvious in hindsight – is that excellence in investing requires the exact opposite of what’s demanded from the best startup founders. . First, the increment of learning in VC is investment decisions managed to maturity.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action In a world echoing with the urgent call for environmental change, the Impact Hub Network is committed to supporting innovative green ventures for a brighter tomorrow. The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

By now it’s common knowledge that 2021 is shaping up to be a breakout year for the startup and venture capital worlds, surpassing years of strong results in a long-term bull market for tech-focused business upstarts. China’s venture capital market, meanwhile, is easing as others accelerate. But no boom is equally distributed.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

All of these factors have led to belt-tightening in the corporate world, layoffs and hiring freezes and a more conservative investment posture from the investment community. In some ways, these market forces might actually serve as an accelerant for creativity and advancement in technology. Short-term impacts.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

QuintoAndar describes itself as an “end-to-end solution for long-term rentals” that, among other things, connects potential tenants to landlords and vice versa. Its long-term plan is to ??evolve We’re receptive to the idea but our core strategy is to focus on organic growth and our own innovation and accelerate that,” Braga said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

For over a year, Andreessen Horowitz has quietly piloted its own take on an accelerator for early-stage entrepreneurs, and today, the firm announced the program’s official debut. Investment terms will be discussed with final candidates, the form says.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

New data indicates that France’s startup market is posting record totals in terms of dollars raised. CB Insights counts nearly $8 billion invested into French startups in the last two quarters , with the totals roughly split between the two periods. Let’s talk Europe! Why Techstars picked Paris, Stockholm.

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Red Rocket

MARCH 6, 2024

Or, poorly investing their sales and marketing dollars. Strategic Dead Weight Strategic dead weight is building a strategy plan that has you focusing in areas that the business really shouldn’t be focused on, investing resources in a way that is either not driving an ROI or it has become a distraction to more profitable areas of the business.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2022

Worth around a fifth of all venture dollars invested last year, fintech startups raised nearly unfathomable sums of capital but with good reason. In simple terms, financial technology has been busy digitizing consumers’ lives in recent years, just as enterprise software helped corporations ditch pencils, paper and generic spreadsheets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

A spokesperson of 42dot told TechCrunch that the startup is in talks with Hyundai Motor, but cautioned that terms including stake size and deal valuation hadn’t materialized yet. billion (12 trillion WON) for connectivity and autonomous driving software investment. Series A to accelerate its growth. million) in 42dot.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

TechCrunch has covered Acceleprise several times over the years, including a look at its mid-2020 accelerator startup batch from its three accelerators. And befitting its new name, the company is now more than merely a collection of software-focused accelerators. The new seed vehicle totals $13.2 Why is it so much bigger?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Jake Jolis is a partner at Matrix Partners and invests in seed and Series A technology companies including marketplaces and software. Dana Stalder is a partner at Matrix Partners, where he invests predominantly in fintech, consumer marketplaces and enterprise software. More posts by this contributor. 4-year founder vesting is dead.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

Monday, March 13, 2023 - The near-term crisis has largely been averted with the Federal Reserve, Treasury and FDIC regulators announcing that depositors regained access to 100% of their money starting Monday and that no losses will be borne by the taxpayer. Click here to move down the page to resources.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Endowus is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to raise follow-on funding, adding $35 million SGD (about $25.6 In terms of what stage Endowus is at now, Van said the new round “is between a Series A and B for us.”. million US) to its war chest. Participants included SoftBank Corp.-owned

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Register Karakalpakstan , a region in Uzbekistan, outlines plans to allocate $200 million in soft loans to support companies and establish a Youth Socio-Economic Center in the Khojaili district, with an investment of 1 trillion soums. in foreign currency and 12% p.a. in national currency.

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