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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital.

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DotCom Therapy raises $13M to provide therapy for kids, in and out of school

TechCrunch

It’s far from the only teletherapy company looking to capitalize on a boom in venture capital investment in mental health startups , but it’s operating in a hyper-specific sphere: therapy for kids. . We have the core of our business rocking and rolling with our education market,” says Robinson.

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Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile Are Changing the Face of Angel Investing

Angel Capital Association

With their shared dedication to professionalize angel investing, commitment to educate the angel community and decades long friendship, it is easy to understand why Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile have been so successful at changing the face of angel investing.

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After bootstrapping since 2002, Articulate raises $1.5B on $3.75B valuation

TechCrunch

CEO Adam Schwartz founded the company with his life savings in 2002 and hasn’t taken a dime of outside investment since. He says that the company started back in 2002 as a plug-in for PowerPoint. With the new capital, that number could triple over the next several years.

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Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75 billion venture fund, one year after closing its last

TechCrunch

billion in capital commitments. It’s a lot of capital to target, even amid a sea of enormous new venture vehicles. Another of its newest, biggest bets centers on the online education platform Zuowebang, in China. New Enterprise Associates closed its newest fund with $3.6 billion last year. million Series D round.

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Saving Lives, One School at a Time

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My first visit to Bangladesh was in 2002, and I had no illusions about this country. The progress in education, health and gender equity, and the fast improvement in basic living conditions, is also partly because of the success of the labour-intensive, export-based garments industry. I expected poverty and there was plenty of it.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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The Past (1985-2002). But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. The Present Era.