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. Later that year, I sent a tweet that inspired a company that initially only Rob thought was a pretty terrible idea: Using FlickrEdit and a JungleDisk network drive to backup all my Flickr photos to S3.

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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. And what we think about Sequoia’s website , First Round Capital’s and True Ventures (we both like to copy stuff from True). Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia. TechCrunch article.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. 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. Why is that?

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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. Read more: PaidContent.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

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. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.” Let’s be honest – the same is true for VC’s. So eventually the money has to start flowing.

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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). Total raised: $29.5mm.

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Dream It

JANUARY 23, 2019

Between that time and now, TrendKite raised approximately $46 million in venture funding. Dreamit Ventures is an early stage venture fund that accelerates startups building transformative tech products in the fields of healthcare, real estate/built environment, and security.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

Satoshi gave us the playbook to build a decentralized internet stack back in 2008 and I feel quite confident that we will have massive mainstream applications running on this decentralized stack well before 2028. So if we have healthier capital markets and more innovation than ever, what is up with the venture capital ecosystem?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. Buddy Media can build an application and drive 1 million users in just a few months.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 CEO Network – CEO’s from the portfolio companies are introduced to each other. Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973.

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MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. 6mm in Series A: Investors: Union Square Ventures (Brad Burnham) (lead), Ron Conway, Chris Dixon, Caterina Fake, Naval Ravikant, Nirav Tolia, Joshua Schachter, Micah Siegel, Bob Pasker – Read more: VentureBeat.

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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. Union Square Ventures is an investor.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. During the 2008 economic downturn, Almond’s family lost their home. Paystand wants to change that.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two. That was written in September 2008. For every bear there’s somebody else thinking they have an opportunity. Remember the RIP Good Times by Sequoia ?

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective?

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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. At this stage, entrepreneurs may leverage their growth momentum to attract venture capitalists and other investors. Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. million.

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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. First, the company says it created the world’s first decentralised payment processing network. Other investors include V8 Capital , Constant Capital and Itanna Capital Ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. I’m happy to say that in 2006-2008 we has some good exits including BillMeLater, DealerTrack, UGO Networks and PrePay Technologies to name a few. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

Afterpay and Square have the potential to build one of the world’s most important payments networks. Square has built a very significant merchant payment network, and, via Cash App, a thriving high-growth consumer payment service. Afterpay and Square have the potential to build one of the world’s most important payments networks.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Sanchali Pal first woke up to the world’s climate crisis after watching the 2008 documentary Food Inc. The app also has a community component, connecting users with sustainability challenges, classes and other educational tools, along with a social network to communicate with peers to track relative progress.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. the free YC Startup School courses). Peer groups.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While the University of Michigan has been formally educating students on entrepreneurship for decades, the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has notably ramped up in the last ten years and has effectively used its powerful alumni network to amplify its growth. In the mid-2010s, that focus began to evolve.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

cnp.benfranklin.org About the TechCelerator: The Erie TechCelerator program is a 10-week virtual business “boot camp” designed to assist inventors and early-stage entrepreneurs in converting their business ideas into operating ventures. cnp.benfranklin.org/techcelerator.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Join the rest of the nation including equity crowdfunding platforms like 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, where currently only accredited investors are allowed to invest. Equity crowdsourcing advocates are quick to mention that small business loans are at 75 percent of their 2008 peak.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Tribevest founder Travis Smith went on a fishing trip with his brothers in 2008 that he says they couldn’t afford. The groups source their own investment opportunities through personal networks or external platforms, as Tribevest is “investment-agnostic,” according to Smith. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

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 I’ve built that network within the startup ecosystem and reputation as an angel always ready to help. based entrepreneur and investor. Choi is the key to making that happen.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

.” The financing brings the San Mateo, California-based company’s total raised since its 2008 inception to $600 million. Bond led the latest round, which also included participation from LenX (formerly Lennar Ventures), Zeev Ventures, Fifth Wall Climate Tech and JLL Spark Global Ventures.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. The subjective ranking of factors (above) is typical for investor appraisal of startup ventures.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

He goes hard out of the gate with his inaugural story on the site, covering how Wheelocity raises $12 million for its supply chain network for fresh commerce in India. They say there’s a market wobble in progress, but you wouldn’t think so by the number of new funds and venture firms that got announced today.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As more data moves to the cloud, it often still lives in multiple places on a business’ network, making it difficult for organizations to understand and access the right data they need and easier for data breaches to occur.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Without further ado, here are the five judges who will pick the 2021 Startup Battlefield winner: Kirsten Green is the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm she formed in 2010. She later assumed the role of chief innovation officer through which she oversaw Northwestern Mutual’s venture arm.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Since then, the company has created a network of 30 staffed primary care providers (PCPs in industry shorthand), who treat female patients online, without phone or video calls. A 2021 study published in “ The Annals of Internal Medicine” analyzed 142 million primary care visits among people who had insurance between 2008 and 2016.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

ZEBOX , an international accelerator network founded by shipping conglomerate CMA CGM to introduce more tech innovation into the supply chain industry, announced today the launch of its APAC headquarters. The company says it has already reduced carbon emissions per container carried by 50% since 2008.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The round was led by Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, TLcom Capital , with participation from nonprofit Women’s World Banking. 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. .

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