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What I wish I’d known about venture capital when I was a founder

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Andy Areitio is a partner at the early-stage fund TheVentureCity , a new venture and acceleration model that helps diverse founders achieve global impact. 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.

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As fundraising gets harder, founders should ask investors for a flat round

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How to strategically manage your startup advisor’s compensation. VCs and university endowments should partner to make venture more diverse. With the economic downturn and associated uncertainty, startup founders at every stage have been rushing to shore up their balance sheets and extend runways.

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Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha: I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now

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Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction. What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital? I have looked at tech from both sides now (h/t Joni Mitchell ), as a three-time entrepreneur and as a venture investor through two downturns. More posts by this contributor.

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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

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The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history.

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One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

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Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital , a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with Abe Choi , a U.S.-based based entrepreneur and investor.

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Hear from these amazing investors and founders on TechCrunch Live this March

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We have Agility Robotics’ co-founder and CTO, followed by Snorkel AI presenting an early pitch deck, which laid the groundwork to raise $135 million in two years. DoubleVerify and early investor Blumberg Capital is speaking on how they’ve worked together since 2008. days of 2008.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular.

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