David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2018

Why are more US VCs investing in international startups? According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. This implies that the US is still the center of the VC industry, even while there is more opportunity for US VCs to invest abroad. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

IMVU has raised more than $77 million from five rounds since it was co-founded by “The Lean Startup” author Eric Ries back in 2004. The fresh investment will be used to fund IMVU’s product development and comes fresh off a restructuring at the company. The company declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . So, why invest in anyone who’s not a white or Asian male? . 100x investment opportunities only come along in VC occasionally. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Broaden your view of ‘best’ to make smarter, more inclusive investments. What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. So, why invest in anyone who’s not a white or Asian male? . Katherine Boe Heuck. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to make those investments, venture firms must first have the money, which means they’re not only just the funders, they’re fundraisers, too. To find the right investors, you first need to consider LPs’ investment criteria. How well do your target LPs understand your investment thesis?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The seed-stage venture capital firm holds more than $565 million assets under management and investments in over 150 startups. In 2004, Samuel co-founded Crackle, an internet video platform acquired by Sony for $65 million in 2006. Freestyle led the seed rounds in Airtable, Patreon, BetterUp, Narvar and Snapdocs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Acquisitions contribute to the health of the startup ecosystem, as entrepreneurs who realize liquidity through the sale of their company regularly go on to found innovative new companies and often invest in other startups as angel investors or venture capitalists. since before the dawn of the modern venture capital industry.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

Rob Olson is a partner and head of data strategy at M13 , a venture engine focused on investing in the core technologies that are going to drive and change consumer behavior over the next decade. exchange or an exit via M&A from 2004-2019. Contributor. Share on Twitter. What can early-stage founders do to accelerate outcomes?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 27, 2022

I later moved to Denver, Colorado, and have worked in the world of banking and real estate as a partner and co-CEO of a company called Legacy Management Group since 2004. Since relocating to America, I have independently invested in several other business ventures outside of my full-time job.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . So, why invest in anyone who’s not a white or Asian male? . 100x investment opportunities only come along in VC occasionally. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. We are also seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market. Enter Facebook.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I was in college from 2000 to 2004. Locking in on the ambition of my entrepreneurial spirit and focusing on my brilliance — my Black brilliance — made them want to invest in me. Eighty percent of investment partners are white, with only a staggering 3% being Black or African-American. I’m going to pivot.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

Those companies would have not only returned any fund that invested in them, but would likely return an entire career''s worth of investing over the course of several funds. Why invest at top dollar in the last round, when you can offer liquidity to early investors at a huge discount to the last round?

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

Venture investment in renewables has soared as global investment in energy transition more than doubled from $235 billion in 2010 to $501 billion in 2020, according to Bloomberg NEF. In 2019, venture and private equity investment in cleantech was estimated between $9 and $16 billion, up from less than $500 million in 2013.

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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. She began her professional career as a corporate loan officer with the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

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Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

This is our fourth such survey since 2004. We’re proud that grantees noted Surdna’s focus on social justice as a strength, describing the Foundation as clear and consistent about its “strategic investments in communities of color.”. Our commitment to racial and social justice is a strength. Source: Surdna Grantee Perception Report.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps. Well, I joined Google, I guess now fairly early, but it was 2004. Sorry, I interrupted you. How do you keep? Tomasz Tunguz: Yes.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition to his rich experiences working in the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors, Joseph has also sharpened his investment acumen through his multiple years in the audit and stock-broking industry before deciding to finally launch his cross-border investment firm, Kairous Capital , in 2015.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 6, 2021

In 2004, PayPal co-founder Elon Musk took what appeared to be a huge and perhaps reckless gamble. In 2004, Musk was way ahead of the curve in foreseeing the transformation of energy from fossil fuels to renewables. .” Memic’s strong management team is led by Chairman Maurice R. Learn More. Elon Musk’s genius is battery powered.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It becomes an incredibly deep tech investment not just to get to an MVP but to then break through the developer cold start problem. The attractiveness of the UGC business model is why Epic’s investment behind UEFN likely now surpasses that of UE alone.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . sold to Disney for $670 million and since our first investment was at < $10 million valuation we did quite well.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

<Small plug> – I invested in an awesome company called … awe.sm … that is a performance tracking tool that let’s you measure efficacy of channels like this (email, facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc.) Gregg is an ex Investment Banker and Wharton MBA. as well as what drove the success of the campaigns.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This lasted from about 2001-2004. Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Simple: according to Mike Polaris has followed on nearly every seed investment that they’ve done.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users and was everything that MySpace wasn’t. We will seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Its seed round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Insignia Venture Partners, Arka Venture Labs, Better Capital and Vietnam Investments Group. Founded earlier this year, Nektar has been working in stealth mode with five companies, and has plans for an early adopter release before a public launch by the end of 2021.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As reported by Slate from a study from researchers at the University of North Carolina, “We have lost about 20 percent of local newspapers in the United States since 2004, and at least 900 communities now are without any local news source in that same time frame.” It’s the Gannett cuts that worry me the most.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 25, 2023

VNG, established in 2004 and acclaimed as Vietnam’s pioneer tech unicorn, has experienced remarkable growth since its inception. With founder Pham Nhat Vuong holding 99 percent control of VinFast, the limited availability of publicly traded shares has led to potential stock volatility.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

For example, you may decide to invest in a franchise and enjoy the benefits that come with being a franchisee in an industry with brand name recognition. In 2004, I left the firm to join Intuit as their in-house GM. I was watching my division, MyCorporation, being negatively affected as less and less was invested in our marketing.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Despite the process being relatively laborious, if you believe that your company has created a truly unique invention, then it’s definitely worth the investment. An investment for the future. For example, Nicholas Woodman presented his patent in 2004 , to enable people to easily record their exciting life moments.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 28, 2017

One typical Friday morning in 2004, I walked into a government building and headed to work. Refactoring is a worthwhile investment when customers will churn. I was a junior Java engineer and part of a hired team building an internal system for a government agency. We were a few days behind on schedule, and a technical issue arose.

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Ian Hathaway

JANUARY 6, 2020

In February 2004, Mark Zuckerberg famously launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room at the age of 19. Over the next eight years, Facebook would attract half a billion users and nearly $7 billion in venture capital investment, on its way to a May 2012 IPO that valued the company at more than $81 billion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

“The Holy Grail problem has been: can you really know what is happening in your blood without using things to prick your skin and draw blood out,” says Ursheet Parikh the co-leader of Mayfield’s engineering biology investment practice. “We China and the EU are investing heavily in production of graphene at an industrial scale.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 19, 2024

In 2004, Tableau emerged from the Stanford campus to deliver their application to the users. Second, because we announced Theory’s $20m investment in the business. Centralize the data analysis to ensure accuracy or enable end-users to analyze their own data directly which is faster & more direct.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 21, 2013

From about 2004 to 2011, the average publicly traded SaaS company held an EV/Rev multiple of 3 to 5x. In the 2004 to 2009 period, average revenue growth for SaaS companies hovered around 25%. In 2010, SaaS companies as a whole began investing more to grow faster and in the past three years, average growth rates have risen to about 35%.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

The grey line smooths the chart to show long term changes and the blue dashed line marks the 2004 Median Series B pre-money. Perhaps investment size is remaining constant but valuations have increased and investors are satisfied with less ownership. The chart above illustrates Series A pre-money valuations in red.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 2, 2014

The chart above shows startup company formation rates, the number of new companies formed each year from 2004-2011 by Crunchbase sector. As the number of companies in a sector grows, do the odds of successfully raising capital decrease? Most of the categories are up and to the right. Though this is just speculation.

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