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Just How Troubled is the Bay Area Startup Scene?

Tomasz Tunguz

There’s a prevailing narrative that the health of the Bay Area startup ecosystem faces challenges. San Francisco’s share of startup rounds by count has fallen from its perch ten years ago. In 2021, San Francisco Bay Area startups raised $126b. In 2019, US startups raised $126.4b.

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Why I Angel Invest

Angel Capital Association

THE ORIGIN I was the Founder & CEO of InboxDollars from 2000 to 2019. Our Leadership Team started noticing something interesting around 2010: many of our customers were VC-backed startups. About Daren Cotter : I founded InboxDollars from a dorm room (literally) as a college freshman in 2000. MY 2013 ANSWER TO “WHY?”

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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

16k+ Twitter followers, 5500+ e-mail subs a week, 6th most read VC blog, appearences on Bloomberg and CNBC and I can't use any of it to market any kind of financial product--but if I wanted to sell you a watch or build a video game, I'd be set. Want to know why there aren't more female partners at VC funds? [scratches bald head].

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Daily Crunch: NASA sings ‘I don’t want to miss a thing’ as DART spacecraft strikes asteroid

TechCrunch

At TechCrunch, we love being a conduit for everything that happens in the startup ecosystem. Here’s my recruitment link : Ingrid reports that Calendly, the $3 billion+ scheduling startup, is getting into the recruitment game with its acquisition of Prelude, a startup that automates scheduling around job recruitment.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. As in other countries in “COVID 2020”, VC tended to focus on existing portfolio companies. COVID brought unexpected upsides: Israeli startups, usually facing longs flight to Europe or the U.S. And in 2019, Bay Area investors put $1.4

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund.

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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. It is unclear if VCs will agree to these terms, but LPs believe they now have more leverage. Smaller VC fundraises?

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