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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

Versatile VC runs a no-cost community for founders in transition, “ Founders Next Move “ We have collected a wide range of resources for founders who may be considering launching a new company ; angel investing/becoming a VC ; buying a company ; joining boards ; consulting ; serving as an interim executive , or just getting a job.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

By enabling customers that shopped online to be mailed an invoice with 30 days to pay, online shopping could be made easier and safer for consumers, which in turn helped increase sales for retailers. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. Siemiatkowski left undeterred.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

Doubling the limit to 1,000 and exempting certain categories, as proposed in the new legislation , could keep these companies’ options open (pun intended), enabling them to choose the timing of an IPO based on legitimate business needs rather than regulatory technicalities. (See this blog post for a full discussion.).

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

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.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

By enabling customers that shopped online to be mailed an invoice with 30 days to pay, online shopping could be made easier and safer for consumers, which in turn helped increase sales for retailers. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. Siemiatkowski left undeterred.