TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

The attractive returns in this sector have lured more investors into the market, but the processes associated with buying an investment property are still costly and fairly antiquated. The two decided to pair up to build a company that would help modernize the highly-fragmented investment real estate market.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Business financing is often an essential component to any successful business. Whether it’s financing new ways to help reach your current business goals, or accessing extra working capital when you’re in a bind, Rapid Finance can help. Real results. Marita’s Cantina. For years, Marita’s Cantina had its ups and downs.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 21, 2022

I graduated from college in 2008?—?before Instead, I was the guy who invested a lot in cutting my teeth in finance (including getting several licenses that I later had to give up), then switched industries, and then switched functions within my new industry. How did you break into a career in tech sales?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2022

Emily Paxhia, managing director, Poseidon Investment Management. Can recurring revenue financing drive growth in a turbulent market? ” Can recurring revenue financing drive growth in a turbulent market? Yoni Meyer, partner, Casa Verde Capital. Matt Hawkins, managing partner and co-founder, Entourage Effect Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I’m obviously only naming a small fraction of their investments since I don’t feel inclined to research them all and many other great venture firms have this kind of access. It’s hard for me to imagine that angel investing outcomes judged 10 years from now will have a drastically different profile. Or the CEO?

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. This geographic distinction is now less about actual geography and more about mentality and style of investing of these types of firms.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

During the 2008 economic downturn, Almond’s family lost their home. This is why Paystand is surfing the next wave of fintech, driven by blockchain and decentralized finance, to transform the $125 trillion B2B payment industry by offering an autonomous, cashless and feeless payment network that will be an alternative to cards, Almond said.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

In short: Access to great deals, ability to be invited to invest in these deals, ability to see where value in a market will be created and the luck to back the right team with the right market at the right time all matter. So if you truly want to be great at investing you need all the right skills and access AND a diversified portfolio.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

I lived and invested through the 2008 crisis, and I’ve been trying to share the lessons I learned through that struggle with my portfolio companies, some of which I want to share with you. Remember, if you don’t ask investors for support now, someone else in their portfolio will.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 9, 2022

VCs need to invest to make their returns—and eventually, they’ll want to raise the next fund to layer more fees upon more fees. Even after the worst period for VC in history—VC funds were back to market in 2004, no more than four years after the crash, right in line with the historical pace to get back at the game of investing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. At the same time, many investors are being more cautious with making new investments, preferring to focus on their existing portfolio before investing in new companies. A startup is not a lone adventure.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Natalia Holgado Sanchez is head of capital markets at Secfi , an equity planning, stock option financing and wealth management platform for startup executives and employees. That spurred investments in riskier assets. The crisis of 2008: The housing bubble pops. Natalia Holgado Sanchez. Contributor. Sound familiar?

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? We are active in construction with investments such as HOVER and Fieldwire and believe the entire sector is right for a digital and automation overhaul. About 10 percent of our time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. In both cases, about 25% of their overall investments went into fintech startups. Gone are the days of investing on a whim. And, while global fintech funding slid by 46% to $75.2

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Founded in 2008, Deputy has raised $104 million AUD (about $72 million USD) from investors like Square Peg and IVP, reaching soonicorn valuation. Between its formation in 2008 and 2017, Deputy didn’t have a CEO, until Ahmed stepped into the position after the startup’s first funding round. million shift workers.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Navin Chaddha is managing partner at Mayfield , an inception and early-stage investor with more than 50 years of a people-first investing philosophy. In a time of contraction, firms with funds that are close to their end of life will be under tight constraints and may not have allocated enough follow-on capital for their existing investments.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

million working capital financing from financial institutions. before settling in Egypt from 2008. OneOrder plans to, through its partners and backed by its extensive data, begin extending working capital financing options to restaurants as a way of helping them scale their operations. million, including $6.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2008, he ended up in a clinic, spending $35,000 on every kind of blood, stool, saliva or urine test there was to figure out why he continued to get sick. It’s also one of the reasons the company went after its first equity investment. Image Credits: Athletic Greens. “I Peter Attia, as well as a group of product users.

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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. Growth investors have become far more reserved when making new investments, and many are redefining how they approach valuations. Founders must consider a new timeline for the investment process.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. years ago. ” Still. Since then?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As a startup entrepreneur who is actively growing his business, Peter recently attended the inaugural MyEO Deal Exchange Conference in Denver, Colorado, where he pitched Table and Desk in EO’s first DX Angel-Shark Experience and received a US$250,000 investment in his company. . Our clients ranged from not-for-profits to luxury boatbuilders.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. I started doing SnapStorms, which are short burst of video around a certain startup or financing topic. But how can you invest in technology unless you’re going to use the tools and understand them? They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page?

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

The end of the lengthy startup boom that first formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and largely powered through until the final months of 2021 is shaking out, changing how the market views certain entities. Tiger, the mega-crossover fund, has evolved from a market-dominating change agent in technology financing to a bag holder.

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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. Startups that managed their finances wisely now can boast a strong balance sheet, lower expenses and plenty of cash.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo. If your company is too nascent to be valued, convertible notes might be a viable way to secure early financing.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Emerge Education’s Jan Lynn-Matern, meanwhile, was quick to point out that edtech investment in Europe is growing despite the slowdown in the United States — the sector has secured $1.4 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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment). Just because the valuation in absolute terms isn’t a big difference does not mean that people aren’t paying higher than intrinsic value for these investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. and the bigger funds can’t get in directly.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

One of the early investors, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA, has invested a total of $229,000. since 2008. Nancy’s community involvement includes service to the library, hospitals, and nursing homes. She has been a shareholder and chair of the Estates and Trusts Practice Group for Salzmann Hughes, P.C.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Launched in 2008 in Dublin, AccountsIQ’s cloud-based FMS aims to simplify how multi-entity businesses “capture, process and report” their financial results. Finch Capital launches third fund to invest in European fintech at Series A and B.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing. In 2008, people weren't sure if we were heading into a complete financial collapse.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Green has built her career as a VC by becoming an expert within the fields in which she invests, beginning in the consumer space and expanding to health and wellness, durable supply chains and more. She joined Pinterest in 2012 as one of the company’s first 35 employees after co-leading the Series A investment while at Bessemer.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Returning backers Jefferies Financial Group, New Residential Investment Corporation — an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC — and 166 2nd LLC ( the family office of WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann) also participated in the financing. Valon previously raised $3.2 Soros, Kairos and Zigg Capital. .

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses. As the entrepreneurs are hardly making any money to pay their personal bills, they devote a great deal of time and energy in making elaborate pitches for raising investment capital. Blade years usually last for 3 to 4 years, and the revenue generated is meagre.

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