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Paul Graham and The World Out There

This is going to be BIG.

YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. My own track record as a VC across First Round Capital and Brooklyn Bridge Ventures actually starts in January of 2010, *after* the Airbnb class of Winter 2009.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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What is the Definition of a Seed Round or an A Round?

Both Sides of the Table

5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007. Entrepreneurs started demanding that VCs call their first-round financings “seed” rounds even if they were $3 million. and there''s always a but]. I saw this myself a few times in a row.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking.

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In My Words: Aaron Lee on How EO Accelerator Altered His Journey

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me. My company is now four times larger in staff and nearly 10 times larger in revenue than when I began EO Accelerator. One of the most meaningful discoveries I made in EO Accelerator was that I was not alone as an entrepreneur.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

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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Mono, a startup that wants to build Plaid for Africa, gets backing from Y Combinator

TechCrunch

In a region where more than half of the population is either unbanked or underbanked , these open finance players are trying to improve financial inclusion on the continent. However, for Hassan, Mono’s play overlaps open finance and open banking. Getting into the accelerator helps Mono with one of its biggest challenges.

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