Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A And UK institutions continue to invest: This summer, Mastercard, Barclays and the London Stock Exchange Group announced a £1 billion fintech fund to back British growth-stage fintech companies. A full 8 years earlier than the U.S.)

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OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. The post In the News: Coronavirus, industry reinvention & venture capital appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. Too many angel deals just means more to watch and invest in for the ones that do succeed (if the VCs can get in at reasonable prices).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Electric bike sales boomed in 2020, a phenomenon driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it delivered consumers’ daily lives. Existing investors Durable Capital Partners LP and Vulcan Capital also participated in the round. The company, which was founded in 2007, initially was a low-volume custom bike builder.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to get a job in venture capital. But how do you do that? . Monetizing our deal flow.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

I recently sat down with Troy Carter to talk about what he does and why he believes it is applicable to venture capital. Troy represents what I believe the best magic of Los Angeles is – the merging together of creative talent with technical talent and he brings the lessons learned from these two fields into investments nationally.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 5, 2018

” A few hours later, as I boarded the plane home, I read Fred Wilson’s post on Buffett and Munger’s critique of cryptocurrency investing. Buffett and Munger argue that buying crypto isn’t investing but speculating. You aren’t investing when you do [buy crypto]. That is not investing.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

By Joe Camberato – CEO National Business Capital. 2) Capitalize on Available Assistance Programs. These financing options can help you mitigate cash flow disruptions, cover short-term expenses (including employee bonuses and raises), and even invest in larger projects and initiatives so your business shows growth and direction.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

He left for business school at Harvard University intending to make a career switch to investment banking. On a whim, Moeller and a friend tried out for a reality show called American Inventor, a precursor to Shark Tank that aired on ABC in summer 2007. How it works. It was here that the entrepreneurial bug first bit.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Because Sweetgreen raised hundreds of millions of dollars during its life as a private company, including myriad venture capital rounds — through a Series I in 2019 — along with capital from other investors. That is the point of raising private capital, to invest it at the cost of near-term profitability and cash flow.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The startup, which sells software to neighborhood automotive shops to digitize their operations, had struggled to capture capital from venture firms. The idea of Shop-Ware began when Coquillette started her own San Francisco-based auto shop, Luscious Garage, in 2007.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When I started leading deals at First Round Capital, I sourced investments in 8 companies. I found GroupMe at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon. My first set of important meetings was with an endowment that had invested in my second fund. A large family office that had invested prior turned over its staff.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. I guess that makes USV, Spark Capital, Foundry Group, Accel, Benchmark, Revolution (along with several others) pretty happy right now. source: Capital IQ.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. Eventually you have to invest.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management.

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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. Close shop to try and control monetization and you can only rely on your own internal innovation machine & capital. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly.

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