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Why aren’t female founders getting a bigger piece of the pie? Theories abound

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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Reflections on Overnight Success

Founders Coop

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I know this is a familiar experience for many of my peers in Venture Capital. The world of software investing has changed dramatically since we started Founders’ Co-op back in 2008. This is obviously a huge milestone for the founders, not to mention the 1,600+ employees who have joined them along the way.

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15 Years of Founders’ Co-op

Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

We started the firm in 2008, on the cusp of the Global Financial Crisis, and it’s somehow fitting to be entering our 15th year as the laws of financial gravity reassert themselves once again. By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale. Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year.

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Payments company Paystone raises $23.8M to help service-based businesses engage with customers

TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Canada-based company got its start in 2008 as the payment processing company Zomaron, and rebranded itself as Paystone in 2019. While most of the company’s peers focus on product companies, Al-Ansari saw how underserved the service side was: their needs are different, and unlike retail, aren’t looking to sell online.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). Why is this?

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. 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. the free YC Startup School courses).

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. After gazing long and thoughtfully at the beautiful boats, the short seller asked wryly, ‘Where are the customers’ yachts?’ ”. The HFRI Index returned 18.3%

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The Series A Round: “Could A Round By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?”

Haystack

APRIL 27, 2018

At a minimum, getting to the Series A derisks (perhaps temporarily) a seed investment in a world where the shapes of investment outcomes can take a decade or more (consider, Uber is now a decade old and DocuSign, which just went public, was started in 2008). ” — Micah Rosenbloom of Founder Collective, April 2018.

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Dan Gwak of Point72 Ventures on why defense tech is becoming the next big thing for investors

TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2023

Then, like a gut punch, the financial recession hit in 2008. Unlike most of his young investing peers, Gwak quickly decided to join the U.S. Unlike most of his young investing peers, Gwak quickly decided to join the U.S. Out of school, he joined In-Q-Tel, which is the venture arm of the CIA.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces.

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5 companies doing growth marketing right

TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

In 2008, it was an absolute revelation. Of course, you should still run your own experiments, but it’s just more capital-efficient to emulate than to trial-and-error from scratch. Of course, you should still run your own experiments, but it’s just more capital-efficient to emulate than to trial-and-error from scratch.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). But VC is like congress. billion in returns.

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NYC's Innovation Community: What Came Before and What Comes nextNY

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 9, 2012

Every night, hundreds of people pack all the various meetups, there are hackathons and startup weekends, and it seems there's a new venture funding announcement everyday. Nowadays, you can get city grants and even venture funding for such entrepreneurial spaces, but I don't think it would have happened without Tony breaking his pick.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. I know this guy is a money maker.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. Raising money is hard. And when you’re relatively new to the process it’s easy to be confused by the process. Meet in person.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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. Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software.

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Here are The Missing Positives of This Election

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

It’s hard to feel any positives these days: We’re in the eye of the storm. We’re at peak anxiety. Maximum rancor. We’ve already blocked family members on Facebook or unfollowed obnoxious people on Twitter. We’ve scratched our heads at how one of Silicon Valley’s brightest could back a candidate so overtly racist. Don’t get comfortable, VOTE.

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