Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

4/19/2009 – Still an agency. 12/11/2009 – Slight tweak: Now you use our tools to control your social media. Our engaging social app-vertisements —games, quizzes and contests— create social brand loyalty. We help brands to engage their audiences by extending their advertising campaigns into the social world.

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media networking social gaming SaaS 281

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The company’s computing-focused AI accelerator products will revolutionize AI computing efficiency and expand client computing solutions. Verma, a Princeton University professor since 2009, has conducted pioneering research in next-generation computing technologies. EnCharge AIs future product roadmap is equally ambitious.

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development peer-to-peer energy sustainability 52

TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Kontent, a platform designed to help companies manage business-related content in the cloud, today announced that it raised $40 million from Expedition Growth Capital as part of a growth capital infusion. “CMS solutions are part of companies’ critical digital infrastructure with a lifecycle of 5–10 years.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Since our industry has been so heavily dominated by male leadership in both tech and venture capital for so long, this “inclusion” is something that would benefit us all in making better decisions. Dan talks about a landmark case in 2009 that involved whether it was legal to strip search a 13-year-old girl.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

AppWorks , the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. Founded in 2009, AppWorks started its accelerator program before launching a $11 million debut fund in 2012. for the other funds.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Others, meanwhile, have predicted that it is a passing fad but one that downward pressure on prices on current agency work.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

A portion of the capital — $10 million — was debt, while the rest was a Series A equity tranche led by Georgian Capital Partners. Savana was founded in 2009 by Sanchez, who previously served as the president of the international division of FIS. million in capital. ” To date, Savana has raised $54.2

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 20, 2023

In a statement, FunP said that it will use the recent capital injection to develop and roll out smart retail and cloud services solutions for the Indonesian market and other Asia Pacific (APAC) countries, under its business unit cacaFly and in a partnership with Ennoconn.

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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. Look for future analysis of these points as more information becomes available.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 19, 2022

It’s been a brutal year for many in the capital markets and certainly for Amazon.com shareholders. Two years later, the company would re-accelerate growth from 13% to 26%, and again to 34%, while driving to profitability and increasing their cash position from $540m to $738m. But he might have written it today.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). But if I’m funding their “first institution capital” round and they are obsessed about what we call it that is probably not a great sign for me.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz’s recent hire of former Jordan Park Group Chief Investment Officer Michel Del Buono suggests the venture capital firm is getting into startup founder wealth management. Both Iconiq Capital and Sequoia Capital offer money management services. Andreessen Horowitz is not the first to dip its toe in this arena.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Existing investors Durable Capital Partners LP and Vulcan Capital also participated in the round. The company has largely been bootstrapped, although it did raise a private round of a few million dollars in 2009 and a $20 million injection of capital in 2020. Rowe Price Associates.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

was founded in 2009 and has raised $12.9 million in funding from investors including Grotech Ventures and Blumberg Capital, according to Crunchbase. This powerful combination of content and intelligence will push the industry forward at an accelerated pace.”. perspective that it still exists as a standalone product.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

billion valuation from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities. ” He believes that perhaps they were a bit too early for the market, but as digital transformation accelerated during the pandemic, companies of all types increasingly needed the kind of product data analytics Mixpanel provides.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A month later, the startup closed a $500,000 pre-seed investment from early-stage investors like Lateral Capital , Ventures Platform , Golden Palm Investments and Rally Cap. The startup also joins 39 other African startups per YC data which have passed through the accelerator since 2009.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Revolution Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investors Madrona Venture Group, Oregon Venture Fund and Mucker Capital, as well as Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus. CEO Karkal has a long history in the fintech space, co-founding Simple, an app unifying various accounts into one accessible bank card, in 2009.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

Still, founder Alex Zhavoronkov doesn’t think that Insilico Medicine’s strengths lie primarily in accelerating preclinical drug development or reducing costs: its main appeal is in eliminating an element of guesswork in drug discovery, he suggests. . Currently we have 16 therapeutic assets, not just IPF,” he says.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

FundamentalVR , an immersive simulation platform for medical and health care professions, has raised $20 million in a round of funding to “accelerate skill-transfer and surgical proficiency” through virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) applications.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

How to Turn Your Startup into a Social Star: From building your audience to creating viral content that moves your business forward, Redpoint’s Josh Machiz and Rashad Assir will tell you how to capitalize on the multiplier effects of genuine online communities. Currently he’s a partner at Pillar VC.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Culture Amp was founded in 2009 to let companies conduct anonymous employee surveys, but since then, its focus has expanded to helping employers turn the data they collect into action. The company announced today it has raised $100 million in Series F funding, led by returning investors Sequoia Capital India and TDM Growth Partners.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Yoon founded a seed fund, Forest Ventures focusing in automotive sector and was an investment director at SAIC capital, one of the leaders in China’s automotive industry. “Gabriel is the Director of Innovation, focused on mobility and energy, for Elemental Excelerator, a climatetech accelerator founded in 2009 in Hawaii.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2022

Last month, Andreessen Horowitz — one of venture capital’s largest and most prominent players — announced that its “ headquarters will be in the cloud ” going forward. Founded in 2009 in Menlo Park, California, the firm — also known as a16z — has for years been a symbol of Silicon Valley investing. stock exchange.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Founded in 2009, Strava has emerged as one of the preeminent activity tracking services, proving particularly popular in the cycling and running fraternities which use the Strava app to plot routes, converse with fellow athletes, and record all their action for posterity via GPS. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Rsquare will spend the proceeds on advancing its AI-based proptech platform, accelerating its commercial building transaction and fulfillment centers brokerage service and increasing headcount to 400 employees by next year, Lee said. million Series B funding from Yahoo Japan Capital and SoftBank Ventures Asia.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The company, which started in 2009 as Mainstream Motors before adopting the Rivian name two years later, has exploded in terms of people, backers and partners in the past few years. The company has told TechCrunch more recently that it employs more than 8,000 people, an indication that its growth is accelerating.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of commerce globally. For better or worse, COVID-19 has accelerated e-commerce adoption among businesses in the same way it has accelerated e-commerce adoption among consumers. In the US, e-commerce penetration increased from 16% at the end of 2019 to 27% in April 2020.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the Business Beat, Jeff discusses how the pandemic has accelerated the growth — and funding — of delivery drones and other autonomous systems. That’s nearly a fivefold increase and that compares to just $438 million in venture capital funding for the entire decade between 2009 and 2019.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

After raising nearly $500 million while private , the company has an enormous capital base underneath it, meaning that there is also institutional pressure for the firm to pursue an IPO. Let’s talk about acceleration post-lockdown. That Turo has filed to go public is not a surprise. Turo’s financial rebound.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Most companies are pitching investors when they have a bit of traction, so it’s safe to assume most of the capital will go toward accelerating growth. For most decks and most company stages, the go-to-market slide is the most critical in the presentation. Image Credits: Slidebean.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Let me elaborate on that a bit; as an investor, I’m less enthused by companies looking to raise capital to generate more demand before having some market validation. You need to plan to achieve your targets COVID and a low cost of capital were a tailwind for more technology businesses than we realized. and then budget accordingly.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 23, 2020

As one of the first spaces to open in North America by joining the Impact Hub network in 2009, Impact Hub San Francisco has had significant impact in their community including housing and supporting the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP) in its early years.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

The 2009-founded startup has raised more than $290 million to date over its decade+ run but describes itself as just at the beginning of a journey to make a dent in the massive and growing market for temporary work, expecting demand to keep stepping up as more sectors and processes go digital in the coming years.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

InvestNext is a Detroit fintech startup that has created a platform to streamline how real estate investment firms raise and manage capital. They were just acquired for $300 million by Beringer Capital , and are growing fast. In late 2021 RoboTire raised $7.5 InvestNext. They recently closed a $4.3 Onboard.io. Love crypto?

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

He started working on it in 2007 and developed the business plan in 2009. One of the challenges we’ve faced is fundraising for capital, which is a struggle that many start-ups deal with. Raising capital is often a full-time job, which takes away time spent on your business. We’ll participate in a three-month accelerator program.

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