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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. This is one book-end of the cycle. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Let’s be honest – the same is true for VC’s.

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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

TechCrunch

The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. . When Goslinga met Njeru in 2008, she worked for Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA). Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds.

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Introducing Talent x Opportunity Spring ‘24 Cohort

Andreessen Horowitz

Since its launch, the Talent x Opportunity Initiative (TxO) has been more than a funding vehicle; it’s been a launchpad for culturally inspired innovation and a community of support for under-networked founders. His career began in advertising, but the 2008 recession prompted him to shift to radiology. Once in the U.S.,

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Reimagining B2B Commerce with Faire

Y Combinator

To do this, independent retailers will need tools to support their growth in a world that has moved online. The most common example of this phenomenon is in the books category. Independent retailers are further buoyed by the fact that consumers increasingly want to support their local businesses whenever possible.

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Investors double down on tech stocks in massive DoorDash, Airbnb, C3.ai IPOs

TechCrunch

Gorny founded Nextiva in 2008, focused on what it describes today as “UcaaS,” or unified communications as a service. After years of light regulation, the Federal Trade Commission and , separately, 49 state attorneys general are suing to break up social networking company. Its big wins this decade have been from acquisitions.

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9 Steps to Start Making Money in Crypto

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Terra Money is one of the newest crypto networks that is also in the top ten by market cap. internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. FTX offers sophisticated asset price charts & order books. Terra, Secret Network, Juno Network, and Osmosis). Read the Terra whitepaper.

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Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India’s Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung

Y Combinator

Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. 47:40 – What’s a must read book and why? Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. It’s not just us, this is 2008 to 2012. Adora is a partner at YC.

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