Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 15, 2023
That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 15, 2022
The company is claiming this is the “world’s first” technology of its kind, and Daniel Russek, founder and CEO of Atarraya, told TechCrunch that Shrimpbox was an idea he got after college in 2005 when he started with a non-government organization working with fishing communities. Atarraya’s Shrimpbox aims to sustainably grow shrimp.
TechCrunch
APRIL 6, 2022
They include Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, who said last year he was moving his venture capital firm , 8VC, from Silicon Valley to the city, and Geoff Lewis , founder and managing partner of Bedrock Capital. Today, Austin’s angel investing space is incredibly robust.”.
Angel Capital Association
JULY 13, 2020
By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Earlier this week the Clean Energy Venture Group (CEVG) and E8 Angels announced a partnership for national climate tech angel investing with the goal to achieve greater efficiencies and impact. Interested investors are welcome to contact CEVG and/or E8 to get involved.
Don Dodge
APRIL 6, 2015
Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. None of the local VC firms invested.
TechCrunch
MAY 11, 2022
per annum] from 2005 to 2020, beating both the S&P 500 and gold by more than 200%,” Auslander said. Because of their scarcity, they have historically had a low correlation to traditional markets and have provided a stable return during periods of broader volatility and inflation, according to Auslander. The company has raised $2.5
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