Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. While a few iconic brands including Uber, Airbnb, and Square emerged successfully from the last downturn, most venture-backed companies struggled during this period, and many ended up pursuing M&A strategies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Booz Allen Hamilton, the Virginia-based, defense-focused IT consulting firm, today announced the launch of a corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, that will initially put $100 million toward “strategic” defensive and offensive technologies. In the U.S.,

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 20, 2021

iMCI) recently led a $750,000 seed-round investment in Oklahoma City-based PrivacyBrain. The investment included $375,000 from the iMCI-managed Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, along with co-investment from Cortado Ventures, the i2E-managed SeedStep Angels, and remaining investment from other Angel investors.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

However, in this moment, I think one''s career in venture capital depends on changing your perspective. If you are a venture capital investor and you''re not preparing yourself to succeed in a more diverse ecosystem of entrepreneurs, you''re just going to get left behind. YC''s best investing days may be behind it.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures. iMCI) is a private, for profit investment and fund management company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of i2E, Inc. iMCI currently manages $88 million across five venture funds. . – September 3, 2020 – PhotoniCare, Inc.,

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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. For venture capitalists this isn’t troubling. It was an investment management class.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. ” Numero uno.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

It''s kind of a funny answer to "When did you start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures?". What might be a more relevant date is May 22nd, 2007. So when did I really start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures? My godfather got me IBM stock right after that, so that''s how I knew that a stock market and investing existed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

As an investor who prides himself on being able to identify the best early-stage startups, I’m confident that VCs with high-quality seed investments don’t need to fear a potential slowdown. The capital markets are still very much on the side of founders, and there’s plenty of room for the scales to rebalance.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Matheus is a hedge funds investment analyst for a major global investment manager and technology provider. In prior roles, he was an associate at a LatAm-focused venture capital firm and worked in corporate venture with regional banks and the Brazilian stock exchange. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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StartupNation

JULY 28, 2021

In 2019, venture capital investment into U.S. investment actually increased to a whopping $166 billion with about the same number of deals as the year previous. In spite of this, investment into women-led startups tumbled to just 2.4% are female founders who have the true authority to control investment decisions.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

million in seed funding Investors: Led by Earth Venture Capital, with participation from Undivided Ventures, Investible, and climate-tech angel investor David Pardo Field: Solar-as-a-service solutions Future Plans: With the $1.5 Funding Details: $1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 23, 2020

million seed-round investment in Tulsa based MS Pen Technologies, Inc., The investment round includes $500,000 from the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, which is managed by i2E Management Co., iMCI), is a private, for profit investment and fund management company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of i2E, Inc.

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Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . VCs in NYC invested, on average, only $2.4 US Angel Investment – All Regions. Investment. All Seed-VC. Silicon Valley. New England.

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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. The history of tech will always tell you there was a defining moment for companies (like Twitter at SXSW in 2007) but the reality is often more nuanced. And can the lessons of what be applied to the other?

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

“Pre-Seed” is somewhat of a controversial term in the investing world, triggering reactions questions its validity, its effectiveness, and even its contribution. About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. Some press showed up, too.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 14, 2020

million seed-round investment in Tulsa based MS Pen Technologies, Inc. The investment round included funds from the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund and private investors. “We iMCI) is a private, for profit investment and fund management company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of i2E, Inc. Since 2007, iMCI and i2E, Inc.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2020

investing for growth in Oklahoma, as well as Oklahoma and Kansas angel investors. The iMCI-led investment in Ten-Nine Technologies includes $1.65 million from the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, as well as $500,000 from the Accelerate Oklahoma Fund and $350,000 from the Oklahoma Angel Fund. Since 2007, iMCI and i2E, Inc.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 14, 2020

million Series A investment round in Clear River Enviro, Inc. The investment round included funds from the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, Accelerate Oklahoma Fund, Oklahoma Angel Fund I, and members of the SeedStep Angels group. . iMCI currently manages $88 million across five venture funds. Since 2007, iMCI and i2E, Inc.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 17, 2012

I am ecstatic to announce the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --my new seed investment fund. It is the first venture capital fund based in Brooklyn--the city’s most exciting and creative borough. It is home to cool startups like Etsy, Makerbot, Pontiflex, HowAboutWe, Energyhub, and Loosecubes.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014). There’s also been tremendous growth when it comes to dollars invested in female-founded companies. At the same time, according to research by All Raise, only 15 percent of all venture capital funding is allocated to female founders.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Quona Capital and Kinea Ventures co-led the round. The São Paulo-based startup was founded in 2016 by a trio that includes former Citi investment banker Gustavo Müller, Bruno Oliveira (who worked in strategic planning for Telefonica) and Felipe Adorno, an ex-senior developer for Netshoes and Infracommerce.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Backblaze, based in San Mateo, California, has a very limited venture capital history. The company confirmed that in its filing, stating that: Our operations have historically been efficient with limited outside investment. million in outside equity since our founding in 2007. Prior to issuing $10.0 Prior to issuing $10.0

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Ian Hathaway

JANUARY 6, 2020

Over the next eight years, Facebook would attract half a billion users and nearly $7 billion in venture capital investment, on its way to a May 2012 IPO that valued the company at more than $81 billion. businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007-2014). This restricted-use dataset at the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures. 406 Ventures.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 22, 2021

In her position, Hauger will have a key advisory role managing Series A investments as well as looking ahead to future capital projects. iMCI) is a private, for profit investment and fund management company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of i2E, Inc. iMCI currently manages $88 million across five venture funds.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. A CHF 1-2 million Series A or a CHF 5 million Series B investment is common.

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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.” In fact, the investment represents NFX’s largest initial investment to date. They are rethinking the entire software stack and building a modern fintech company, free of legacy constraints,” he added.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 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

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

To understand what I mean, let’s look at the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the ensuing regulation of the financial services industry. Banks were forced to respond by making new and significant investments in risk and compliance management systems.

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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. Not that losing money is a sin, per se; many venture-backed companies run stiff deficits while they scale.

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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. That Nash would start a fintech company specifically isn’t surprising, considering his involvement with Wealthfront, as well as some of the personal investments he has made in recent years.

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