Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 21, 2019

and the George Kaiser Family Foundation recently co-led a $4 million Series A investment round in THG Energy Solutions, LLC, a Tulsa and Austin-based provider of energy management and demand response technology serving multi-facility clients throughout North America. The George Kaiser Family Foundation invested $2 million in the seed round.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

The investment comes from GR 2022 Holdings Inc, headed by Mr. Radhakrishnan Gurusamy. The funding will be utilized for e-con System’s growth plans, including investment in building contemporary and state-of-the-art facilities for imaging, Autonomous Mobile Robots, Autonomous shopping, and Cellular and Molecular Imaging Core Laboratory.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Ajay has been an instrumental investor since joining Bain Capital Ventures in 2003. He spends most of his time investing in early-stage application software companies, so if that’s you, you’re not going to want to miss this roundtable. If you haven’t already, book your pass soon as we’re quickly approaching capacity.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

Morgan, Gaingels, BMO Technology & Innovation Banking Group and Manulife also participated in the equity investment, along with platform partner and new backer Barclays. In 2003, FreshBooks’ co-founder Mike McDerment was running a small design agency. Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

K1 Investment Management, a big name in later-stage SaaS investments, is the sole investor in this round, which is Ocelot’s first-ever outside funding. Of course, why that happens is down to a complex set of reasons, but Ocelot’s bet is that one of the biggest is money.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

So, there’s been this huge conundrum in the investment community. The second one is probably the most important in nuance, which is a lot of the use cases that we apply it to, correctness is really important, like robotics, but getting something absolutely correct is very, very hard and requires a tremendous amount of investment.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Cradle, established in 2003, holds a rich legacy of supporting more than 1,000 Malaysian tech firms, making contributions amounting to over 3.4 Simultaneously, Bursa Malaysia will leverage the data shared by Cradle to work collaboratively on programs designed to streamline and improve funding access for budding entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

LMS365: Tracking and reporting Image Credits : LMS365 The story so far LMS365’s history can be traced back to 2003, when dentist Bjarne Mortensen founded a company called Elearningforce that was focused squarely on on-premise deployments of Microsoft Sharepoint. Germany, and Australia.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Austin’s venture capital scene has been hot for years now, but a pair of local investment firms just closed on new funds aimed at injecting more capital into startups in Austin and elsewhere. Axios reported that this was 211% over the number of dollars invested in 2020. ?. Keri Findley, founder of Tacora.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Morgan, and was a managing investment partner at SoftBank. Latin American venture capital and growth investments through 2018 had averaged less than $2 billion per year. As a banker covering technology, I thought there was an opportunity to invest in the region and decided to quit my job at J.P. He formerly worked with J.P.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

My godfather got me IBM stock right after that, so that''s how I knew that a stock market and investing existed. I tried to write a book for college kids in 2002-2003, couldn''t get it published, so I started blogging in February of 2004. So when did I really start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures? Well, I was born in 1979.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

After assisting in founding four angel groups - the Frontier Angel Fund (2006), Vegas Valley Angels (2003), Tech Coast Angels (San Diego - 2000), and Aztec Venture Network (1999) – it was clear to Bill that angels needed comprehensive education, no matter where they were in their investing journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains. So, too, investments.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2019

As the founder of Poe Group Advisors , a company that has been facilitating the sale and transfer of accounting firms since 2003, Brannon is no stranger to connecting people and growing an organization. The time and energy invested are starting to come back in spades. I would say that I’ve been energized by this in a big way.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. This geographic distinction is now less about actual geography and more about mentality and style of investing of these types of firms.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, to weigh in on what we are seeing, and while they’re trying to make sense of things, too, they noted a couple of things that could impact the velocity of deal-making that we’ve been seeing. We asked Beezer Clarkson, partner at Sapphire Ventures, and Josh Lerner, the Jacob H.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one He suggested an idea that comes from the NFL called “ The Rooney Rule ” enacted in 2003 in an effort to end the era of all-white football coaches in a league with > 75% African American players.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Investments and M&A in the sector are also being spurred by Germany’s promised legislation. Oliver Lamb , co-founder and investment manager, Óskare Capital. billion by 2026. Our belief is that M&A will be front of mind for all legal cannabis operators. Viken Douzdjian , managing partner and co-founder, Argonautic Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

That spurred investments in riskier assets. The first company to go public was Callidus in October, 2003, though it wasn’t the most successful exit. Sound familiar? Capital was extremely cheap to borrow as interest rates dipped as low as 1.67% (compared to rates in the last few years bottoming out at 0.25%).

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She is also principal of Broadway Realty, investing in, and repurposing, historic properties. She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. McGee Award and was the 2003 Journal Record Woman of the Year. How can a decade have flown by!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

2) Invest in the proper tools. Berkeley in 2003 through the Interdisciplinary Studies Field program, Andrew writes and consults for numerous clients in the field of product design, software, and professional services. Get a website, blog regularly, learn how to get found by the search engines, and establish yourself on social media.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Fred Wilson’s perspectives on trends in consumer web investment created a big brouhaha over the weekend. Commenting on a WSJ article , Wilson offered his confirmatory observations that follow-on investments in the consumer web have become more challenging as momentum investors have shifted toward enterprise. of VC dollars.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. And so forth.

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Feedough

MARCH 1, 2021

Unfunded startups are further categorised into: Self-funded: A self-funded startup is operated through an influx of investment by the founders who take care of the startup expenses using personal finance. A funded startup is a high-growth disruptive business that has had an influx of investment from external investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

According to a recent letter sent to its investors, Tiger Global Management , the New York-based investing powerhouse, is raising a new $3.75 million venture fund called Tiger Private Investment Partners XIV that it expects to close in March. Every investing decision was made by the three. billion in capital commitments.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

It was June of 2003. At least if you and some Silicon Valley VC get inked up in one of the breakout rooms, you can get it removed more quickly than you can get out of an investment relationship. If you don't put in enough time to think about the investors you take or the investments you make, you're bound to regret what you picked.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

In general, the more you can invest as capital, the better. Ben Reynolds founded Sure Dividend – which generates 7 figure revenue now – with little capital and no outside investment to start. It makes good business sense to verify the market for your business concept before you invest all of your money. Raise Funds.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The funding comes from ArcLight Capital Partners, a venture fund that invests in energy infrastructure. The startup, which finances electric vehicles and has plans to build, own and operating the corresponding charging infrastructure, came out of stealth on Wednesday with an initial $200 million in capital commitment.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Are you thematic in your investing or entrepreneur focused? (11:40-14:15). In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. Highland has been around for 22 years currently investing the 8 th fund which is $400 million. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare). 11:40-14:15).

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 16, 2021

Part of the proceeds from ’Stached will support, griefHaven®, an organization that has provided grief support and education since 2003. It was launched with a POWER grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), a federal-state partnership investing in the socioeconomic future of 420 counties in 13 states in the Appalachian region.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Impact Investments & an Impact Future Project. Steering Group for Impact Investment (2017-20); Founding CEO of India’s Impact Investors Council. 2014-2017); Founding CEO of WNS Knowledge Services (2003-2007); Founding Country Manager of. Aspire develops Impact Science and supports scaled impact for organizations.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. I start to notice when bad behavior creeps into the system as a whole. I have seen much of that behavior over the past 2 years get worse.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

This discussion expands on my Quora answer to a specific question: “ Why were the stock options of MySpace employees worthless even though the company was sold to News Corporation for hundreds of millions? ” The complete story includes a startup-within-a-startup, investments and exits by two VC firms, and some genuine corporate drama.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The second is because the tails of the solutions tend to be so long, think something like self-driving where there are so many exceptions that could possibly happen, the amount of investment to stay ahead increases and the value decreases. Then they come to us, we invest in them, and I join the board. I remember when I joined Ph.D.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 9, 2018

He looked at his resume, and asked just one question: “ What’s your edge? ” My friend got the job because his answer was differentiated, credible, and backed up by a history of investing success. Traditional venture investing is challenging. It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e.,

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Me: So, who was willing to invest in that? At an accelerator ….

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. The company pitched to River Valley Investors in April 2022 and RVI invested one week later. KNOX Knox created Frictionless Ownership to make owning investment property as simple as owning a share of stock.

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