This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2011

But I am also someone who is very colored by my past experience of seeing the venture implosion after the first bubble and walking through the fundraising tumbleweed of late 2008. I'm all for people putting $25k to work to try something out--and if it works, having the momentum to raise more capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Rob messed around with some local video thing in 2008, which everyone but Rob thought was a pretty terrible idea. " — Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) December 29, 2008. Venture Capital & Technology' I'm fearing the day Yahoo goes "Oops!" Still, he got his guys in the Ukraine to code something up.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. a fbFund winner. Current round: $4.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] After all, most people don’t understand that “venture capital is a get rich slowly&# scheme. So companies are running for the first 1-2 years on significantly less capital than they did 10 years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. It was September 2008. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. We did not.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT). Go Boulder! Total Raised: $9.64mm.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 4, 2020

We reviewed the data in May and compared it to the effects of the financial crisis in 2008 on startup fundraising. As a reminder, 2008 saw a 40% reduction in venture dollars invested in startups. These corrections match 2008. We venture capitalists have raised record amounts of capital in the last 2-3 years.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When you’re running your own venture — especially if it’s your first — it’s unlikely you will find the time to deep dive into how venture capital firms work. So, I’ve decided to share the main lessons about VC that I wish I’d known when I was a startup founder chasing venture capital. But the opposite is also true.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher. That is good news for the innovation economy because healthy capital markets are a necessary support system. However, optimistic capital markets are necessary but not sufficient for a healthy innovation economy.

energy

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Stackoverflow was created in 2008. Jeff built the first version of StackOverflow with a bunch of old colleagues, and it launched in August of 2008. He then went on to work at Viacom and Juno in NYC.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Companies that defend APIs from outside attack have been particularly fruitful, lately, with startups such as Ghost Security and Corsha raising tens of millions of dollars in capital. The two were also colleagues at Corporate Express, which was acquired by Staples in 2008, where Useckas came in as an external pen tester.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun to talk about them. Dave McClure argued passionately that since the overwhelming majority of exits are sub $100 million we need to readjust how much capital goes in. Answer: Not much. And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. The Spark Capital website (it’s one of my favorites). Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia. These are both either “remnant” or free ad types.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

And there was a great discussion about generational change at Venture Capital firms handled so well by Benchmark & Sequoia and how Fred is thinking about it. Just look at our rebound from the financial crisis of 2008 as something that I feel proud of as an American. Do you need to be technical to be a great VC? Worst system.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008. I’m a venture capital investor so I will still be looking to make investments. In the end.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

The move should restore confidence and keep startups solvent and their employees employed, but there likely will be some longer-lasting psychological effects relating to capital risk that we should all be on the lookout for. history, behind only the 2008 failure of Washington Mutual with roughly $300 billion in total assets.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

“We looked back historically over the last decade and a little bit more, and it turns out that even during the 2008-2009 economic downturn, the space industry continued to grow at 7% per year,” Crawford said, adding that they saw almost no correlation between the performance of the Global S&P 1200 and the space industry.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

The company based in Lagos, Nigeria, was founded by Emeka Emetarom , Obi Emetarom and Wale Onawunmi in 2008. Nigeria is becoming Africa’s unofficial tech capital. CardinalStone Capital Advisers , a Lagos-based investment firm, led the Series A investment. This is where Appzone has found its sweet spot.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. To capitalize on this excellent growth opportunity, some entrepreneurs tend to make significant changes in a model that has been working reasonably well for them.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital? As an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has lived through two downturns (the post-2000 internet bubble bust and the post-2008 financial crisis), I know that entrepreneurial innovation is always alive and that company-building is a marathon, not a sprint.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Less than 2% of venture capital funding went to all-female founding teams in 2021, marking a five-year low, new data from Pitchbook shows. So how is it that despite the recent boom in startup funding, the venture capital industry is actually becoming an even tougher place for women to raise money?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. The tightening of the public markets essentially has a domino effect that ultimately makes it harder for startups at any stage to secure capital. This ultimately leads to more frugal post-funding strategies.

disruption

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Sanchali Pal first woke up to the world’s climate crisis after watching the 2008 documentary Food Inc. million in seed funding from investors including Sequoia Capital, which doubled down on its $1 million pre-seed commitment made when Joro was part of the firm’s early-stage founder program. Image Credit: Joro.

peer-to-peer

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

Sam Altman of YC recently pointed out that pulling back during the downturn in 2008 would result in several big misses: In October of 2008, Sequoia Capital—arguably the best-ever in the business—gave the famous “RIP Good Times” presentation (I was there). A few months later, we funded Airbnb.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

The companies that took their first venture capital during the craze decided to join forces with other well-capitalized competitors. Jomayra Herrera , partner, Reach Capital. When it comes to workforce learning, we believe companies are taking a different approach than they did in 2008. During the Great Recession, 1.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Their popularity has surged over the last decade, with the asset class growing from just over $3 trillion in 2008 to more than $10 trillion in 2019, according to data provider Preqin. . Existing investors Unusual Ventures , Acrew Capital , Alpha Edison , Foundation Capital , Gaingels and Coinbase Ventures also participated in the round.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Gen Z is getting a dose of some economic medicine that has older generations recalling 2008 and 2001, and Uprise is here for it. Uprise’s financial recommendations for Gen Z. Image Credits: Uprise. Jessica Chen Riolfi and Chris Goodmacher co-founded the company in March 2021 as a free financial planning tool for Gen Zers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

“It is a significant signal for large South Korean corporates participating as limited partners of environmental and climate tech-focused venture capitals like us,” Han said. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Backing the Dublin-based company, which targets mid-sized businesses that operate multi-entities, is Finch Capital, the fintech focussed VC that recently outed its third fund. Finch Capital launches third fund to invest in European fintech at Series A and B.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

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. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. The competitive landscape also underwent significant changes.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

For nearly 40 years, Ben Franklin has been providing investment capital, business support services, and operational assistance to emerging tech startups and small manufacturers. Since February 2008, ECGRA has invested more than $55 million in Erie County turning gaming revenue into transformative investments in Erie County, PA.

entrepreneurial ecosystem

TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Alexa von Tobel, co-founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, will be joining TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 taking place September 21-23 to help judge the startups competing in Startup Battlefield. After raising $75 million in venture capital and growing the service to 1.5

disruption

TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

EvolutionIQ today announced that it raised $21 million in a series A round led by Brewer Lane Ventures with participation from FirstRound Capital, FirstMark Capital, Foundation Capital, Altai Ventures, Asymmetric Ventures and insurance carriers Reliance Standard Life, New York Life Ventures, Guardian Life and Sedgwick.

health

TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. In terms of policy frameworks and regulation, the states where Husk works in India (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) have supportive policies.

energy

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Greater Colorado Venture Fund raises $25 million dollar fund, in partnership with Colorado Venture Capital Authority; Funds will be used to galvanize, support and expand rural Colorado founders and entrepreneurs in their business building efforts. ” “The impetus for our work originally at GCVF was the Colorado Venture Capital Authority.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Greater Colorado Venture Fund raises $25 million dollar fund, in partnership with Colorado Venture Capital Authority; Funds will be used to galvanize, support and expand rural Colorado founders and entrepreneurs in their business building efforts. ” “The impetus for our work originally at GCVF was the Colorado Venture Capital Authority.

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