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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. Around that time, I’ll be able to mark twenty years since I started as the first analyst at Union Square Ventures. It will also be my last venture capital deal.

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25 Sources For Funding Minority Entrepreneurs

Smart Hustle Magazine

Minority businesses make up a large part of the American economy. Here’s a list of top sources for funding minority entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, these businesses have had the hardest time scaling up, in part because of a lack of funding. These are needed for any business to grow. Website: [link].

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The VC Inclusion Clause #MovingForward

Both Sides of the Table

Upfront Ventures has a deep-seated commitment to equality in funding & building diverse teams across all ethnicities, nationalities and genders. If you’re an entrepreneur who would like to see this clause in more startups please ask your VC to include it in future term sheets and link to it from their home page.

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Questions from Hunter #MondayMailbag

This is going to be BIG.

I don''t know what the criteria will be or how we''ll work it out, but maybe we could just start with a Twitter hashtag and go from there. BBV has talked proudly about its large number of female founders. I think other people have talked more about the fact that I''ve funded female founders than I have.

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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

When I started leading deals at First Round Capital, I sourced investments in 8 companies. Singleplatform was a referral from an IT consultant who was trying to sell me stuff—which was pretty much the most random source ever, and Backupify was actually my own idea built by someone far more capable than I was to see it through.

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The Funding Divide: The Long Road to Fairness in Seed-stage Fundraising

Entrepreneur's Handbook

When it comes to fundraising, there are some things outside of your control. Source: DocSend At DocSend, we studied the fundraising process of 175 startups at the seed stage in 2019 and analyzed data to understand which seed startups were successful in fundraising and why. But to many, that’s all part of the draw.

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Failure is complex, especially in the world of startups

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To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. There’s the argument that startup tensions are inevitable and common, so should we spotlight every time something bubbles to the surface, especially at the cost of an underrepresented founder who may just be doing their best? i remember asking a prominent female founder ab drama i was hearing.

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