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Joseph Lee, CEO of Kairous Capital, Shares His Cross-Border Investment Philosophy for the Asia Pacific Region

AsiaTechDaily

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. What qualities do you seek in start-up founders whose companies you would invest in?

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Tags: Start-up Advice.

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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

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Those were the dog days of entrepreneurship. When I went to raise money in 2006 I thought I knew every term in a term sheet but somehow I still got a bit duped by the option pool shuffle. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital. It was accept the terms or go into bankruptcy so we took the money.

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A Weird and Wacky Approach To Angel Investing

OnStartups

It was for learning entrepreneurship. I had promised myself I would at least enjoy grad school before "officially" jumping back into a startup and so I held off on officially launching HubSpot until the day I had my graduation ceremony (June 9, 2006). No board seats or advisory roles. Note: this is not investment advice).

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. We trade emails on the topic of entrepreneurship often. The company did well in 2006 as we delivered a phenomenal product that got much industry acclaim at conferences and with initial customers.

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