Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. 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. How did you get into VC? (9:30

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

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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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

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.

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