A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 14, 2019

USV seeded Tumblr along with our friends at Spark in the summer of 2007 and were actively involved in the development of the company until its sale to Yahoo! I maintained an active Tumblog from before we invested in 2007 until October 2016, when I stopped posting there. There was no moment when I decided to stop posting there.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 15, 2019

In early 2008 we announced the formation of Founders’ Co-op. million it wasn’t much of one, just some of our own money and some from a few local friends who knew how hard it was to be a founder up in this remote corner of the world. Where does the time go? We called it a fund, but at $2.7 Somehow, all of a sudden, it’s ten years later.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2022

Contributed by Robert Young, an EO Nashville member, who is the founder and CEO of Covert Results , a private investigation and security firm. He’s also the founder of Operation Rose , a non-profit focused on solutions to prevent and combat human trafficking. He had a cool job, and I wanted to do the same thing!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

TechCrunch Live is thrilled to be hosting an event featuring Boston-local investors and founders. We’ll have founders who can speak to the other side — which investors should be avoided by founders, and the best way to attract and retain talent in the ultra-competitive Boston market. Greg Darcon, a Partner at.406

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The event starts with a conversation with Matt Caulfield , founder and CEO of Oort , and one of his investors, Greg Dracon , partner at.406 406 Ventures since 2007 and investing as a partner since 2013. Who should people know in the local area, and what events should founders attend? 406 Ventures. 406 Ventures?

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Source Link

APRIL 14, 2021

From Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who ran a prosperous dressmaking business that eventually led to her designing and sewing dresses for Mary Todd Lincoln, to Anne Wojcicki, founder of genetic testing and analysis firm 23andMe, women have proved they have what it takes to reach the top of the entrepreneurial mountain.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

“There are things you can do to make sure you’re not alone” Andrea Grisdale, founder and CEO at IC Bellagio and a member of EO Italy. “The entrepreneurial journey doesn’t need to be lonely” Emma Welsh, founder at Emma & Tom’s and a member of EO Melbourne. In fact, I believe it to be the opposite.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Written for EO by Torsten Oppermann, co-founder of the marketing agency MSM.digital and EO member since 2007. . I am a true northerner, whereas my business partner and co-founder Markus grew up in Bavaria. Torsten has been a member of EO since 2007. . . Of course not. Satisfied employees are better employees.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This week , we have Rajeev Batra, partner at Mayfield, and Christina Ross, co-founder and CEO of Cube, an FP&A toolkit company. Rajeev has been investing in startups at Mayfield since 2007. Christina is a serial CFO-turned-startup founder, and knows what it takes to get early funding. Not selected for this show?

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

The bottom line is that valuation is a negotiated settlement between investors and founders. It is also about the national economy, the business vertical and the geographic location. Why is it important for all angels to consider taking this workshop? In 1971, Bill founded Solid State Dielectrics, Inc., He sold the company to E.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 26, 2023

Established in 2007 and headquartered in Singapore , Apeiron Bioenergy is a globally integrated player in the bioenergy sector. Chris Chen, Co-founder of Apeiron Bioenergy, expressed his delight at the response received for the green bond issuance with the support of CGIF.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2023

Business problems and other life responsibilities in 2007 took control and made some days outright bad ones. Barry Raber is a serial entrepreneur, president of Carefree RV Storage , a 22-year member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , the founder of Business Property Trust , and an EO Portland Entrepreneur of the Year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2020

CommonGround , a startup developing technology for what its founders describe as “4D collaboration,” is announcing that it has raised $19 million in funding. ” CommonGround founders Amir Bassan-Eskenazi and Ran Oz.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

Suissa served on the Board of the Brooklyn-Queens Chapter National Organization, both as President (2006–2013) and as Vice President (2005–2007). If you had to share, “words of wisdom,” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? Prior to founding Dare to Run, Ms. Be prepared for challenges and adversity.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

That front-end work usually starts with helping founders who haven’t started a company before. i2E’s micro-accelerator, the E3 , helps founders vet and validate the path to market. Since 2007, i2E and Plains have invested more than $61 million of equity funding in 58 companies. Expect a real-world view. . Access to capital. .

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I sat on panels.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 5, 2017

By Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of O2E Brands. s COO in 2007. The COO and friend I let go in 2007 is now a super-successful consultant who enjoys better hours, projects he loves and higher pay. Firing is just as important as hiring, so why do we rarely get it right? Simply being transparent can ease their worries.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

But even founders willing to ingratiate themselves with the defense industry are sometimes reluctant to accepting funding from corporate arms. For example, Lockheed Martin Ventures has pledged only around $200 million toward startups since 2007.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

On a much larger scale, Sun King pointed out that since its founding in 2007 by chief executive officer Patrick Walsh and Anish Thakkar , its products have provided light and power to 95 million people throughout its African and Asian markets, including Cameroon, Mozambique, and Togo, three countries it recently expanded into.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Founder and managing partner at Ripple Ventures , Matt Cohen is a business operator turned early-stage investor. Founders must learn how to build and maintain circles of trust with investors. Matt Cohen. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Nash said on Twitter that the two met at LinkedIn, where Nash was himself VP of product management for four years beginning in 2007. A little more than four years later, in 2016, Wealthfront’s original CEO and founder, Andy Rachleff, reclaimed the role. But Nash didn’t disappear from the scene.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

We’re the first company to offer a fully managed solution that delivers active wildfire detection using artificial intelligence,” said Sonia Kastner, CEO and founder of Pano AI, in an interview with TechCrunch. ” A decade after the bubble burst, 5 climate tech investors explain why they’re all in.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

Every time he opens his mouth about founder diversity, he seems completely out of his league to address the topic. The biggest question I think VC''s face right now is whether or not, in the future, the best founders will look and act like the best founders of the past. YC''s best investing days may be behind it.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

The capital markets are still very much on the side of founders, and there’s plenty of room for the scales to rebalance. It took many years for early- and late-stage funding to rebound to 2007 levels, but during that window, the amount of capital pouring into seed rounds simply continued to rise.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

CEO Schwartz first joined Zillow in 2007, where he says he “built the sales and revenue operations from the ground up.” NFX founder and general partner Pete Flint has known Schwartz and Armstrong under a different capacity. They were once rivals. billion in 2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

The other day I was with the founders of Vidme – Warren Shaeffer and Alex Benzer – who are two of my most favorite founders to work with almost precisely because their behavior is antithetical to the frenzied market behavior.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The company, which was founded in 2007, initially was a low-volume custom bike builder. That changed in 2015, after Rad Power founder and CEO Mike Radenbaugh teamed up with friend Ty Collins and relaunched as a direct-to-consumer business. That year, they funded the RadRover Electric Fat Tire bike through an Indigogo campaign.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

An experienced investor, his journey in venture capital began in 2007, a tumultuous period with a global financial crisis. Kim emphasizes that while all investments are focused on short-term financial performance, founders must concentrate on their long-term business strategy to increase valuation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The fresh cash will be put toward several efforts, CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said in a press release, including supporting Hopper’s new social commerce initiatives.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Founded in 2007, Kryo/ChiliSleep’s products include the chiliPAD , a device designed to improve sleep by adjusting the temperature of your bed.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. How can you avoid this unnecessary fate?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

When Alex Zhou, founder and CEO of Yami, moved to the Midwest for college in 2007, he had limited access to Asian groceries and products. Zhou had to drive two hours to purchase his favorite Asian products at the nearest local Asian market. in 2013 after moving to Los Angeles. .

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In 2007, I was enrolled at Montclair State University, taking a slew of classes that did not interest me. Related: Eat Clean Bro Founder Says This Concept is the Key to Success in Entrepreneurship. Looking back, I realize I lacked the understanding of just how critical it is to be truly self-reliant.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Since M-Pesa’s mobile money infrastructure came into play in 2007, there has been a proliferation of fintech services ranging from wallets to savings and loans. came to East Africa in 2007 to work on philanthropic biofield projects. Founded by Brendan Playford and Cate Rung , Pngme started primarily as a lending platform in 2018.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

CEO and co-founder Emil Eifrem said that Neo4j, which was founded back in 2007, has hit its growth stride in recent years given the rising popularity of graph-based analysis. “We How to identify unicorn founders when they’re still early-stage. Erik Nordlander and Tom Hulme of GV were the leads for that firm.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. So, why should startup founders care about attracting and retaining a diverse workforce? Myth 1: Startup founders are young . Fastest growing 0.1

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