TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser for portfolio companies. For well over a decade since the 2008/2009 Great Recession, the cloud market has known only one direction: up and to the right. Andy Stinnes.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

In 2008-2009, the financial markets seized up, and there were quarters of complete uncertainty, but ultimately VCs started investing again and things normalized. The crisis began in August 2008, but by March 2009, deal activity in venture had picked up again and economic activity in the venture ecosystem normalized.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 8, 2023

MEF IV has the same interest to help improve the quality of financial services to retail consumers in Vietnam,” said Phung Anh Tuan, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of F88. Giao said that their investment on F88 is their first investment in the financial services sector in Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Blackrock, GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Birla MF are among the investors who financed the anchor round, Paytm said in a filing with a local exchange. Paytm launched in 2009 to help users easily make digital payments from their phones and top up credit.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

We’ve been seeing layoffs and cost-cutting measures across the board as companies look to shore up their balance sheets. The social media company had raised a down round in 2009 before it went public in 2012 at a $104 billion valuation. Unfortunately for startups, it seems these down rounds are here to stay. .”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market. Make sure your board challenges you enough about long-term vision & innovation. And I can tell you from 20 years of experience that if your revenue figures are strong very few boards will challenge you beyond your short-term financial successes and 12-month plan.

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HPA

OCTOBER 9, 2020

” Wilkins went on to thank HPA Members and YCharts board members, Bob Giammanco and Jeff Kleban for all their guidance and support to the company over the years. Founded in 2009, YCharts has become a powerful, customizable tool that helps analyze securities, build portfolios and communicate investment opportunities.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

Stein, who began her career as a holistic nutrition counselor, started the company in 2009 after going back to school and learning about superfood ingredients and food as medicine, a concept that wasn’t as popular then as it is now. “It It felt like an opportunity in the market for products to help people,” she told TechCrunch. “We

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I first met Nick Halstead in 2009 when he was running a company called Tweetmeme (the predecessor to DataSift) who had invented the Retweet button and actually helped Twitter develop its early API. So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Green, who has collected a series of accolades, including being honored in Time’s 100 Most Influential People and named a Top 20 Venture Capitalists by The New York Times, currently serves as a board member on several portfolio companies, including Glossier, Faire, Hims-Hers, Curated, Ritual and Modern Fertility.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

No chip off any block right now : Samsung cuts memory chip production , with Kate reporting that the consumer electronics giant hit its worst quarterly profit since 2009. Meanwhile, Rita reports on a promotion over at Tesla China , and Kirsten reports that JB Straubel could return to Tesla as a board member.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 1, 2022

The need for bringing products direct from Cambodian producers to consumers has never been greater,” said Parth Borkotoky, Azaylla’s CEO and chairman of its board of directors. “We Founded in Phnom Penh in 2009, Insitor backs early-stage entrepreneurs building life-changing solutions for low-income customers in developing Asia.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 25, 2023

Both angel group portfolios offer statistically significant sample sizes, and three previous large studies by Professor Rob Wiltbank also showed IRR’s in a similar range: 27% ( 2007 study ), 22% ( 2009 study ) and 22% ( 2016 study ). John Harbison , Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels and ACA Board Member.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The company was founded in 2009 by Suhail Doshi and Tim Trefren and has raised $277 million with today’s round, according to Crunchbase data. Doshi was CEO from inception until 2018 when he moved to become chairman of the board. How Mixpanel got its startup groove back by focusing on its core product.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

“Gabriel is the Director of Innovation, focused on mobility and energy, for Elemental Excelerator, a climatetech accelerator founded in 2009 in Hawaii. ” Strohband also served as PM at Volkswagen, led Stanford racing’s autonomous car, Stanley, co-founded Metamind, and sits on the board of various companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. While I or other full time partners may sit on the boards of 8-10 companies each Hamet will sit on the board of 4-5.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me. Aaron Lee is the CEO and founder of iluma Agency (formerly Illuminati Studios) and joined EO South Florida in 2011. . I had been bumping up against the growth ceiling for 10 years and needed to understand why I was in business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

So we as a board kicked off a search for the next CEO. just as crucially, in my mind, we secured Jason’s commitment to staying in the company not only as an important board member & large shareholder, but also full-time in a key senior-executive capacity.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

He’ll remain on the Board of Directors as co-chair with Factual founder Gil Elbaz. In 2009, Foursquare was better known for its location-based social network. He’s also been running the Foursquare Labs R&D group since then. Going forward, Crowley won’t be working full-time at the company. Foursquare merges with Factual.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

This was until about 2009 because most the investments in companies came from one, maybe two, sources. If I’m a higher-volume fund that doesn’t always take board seats and wants more diversification (let’s say 50-70 deals per fund) I might only want 5-10% and I might prefer lots of other investors. Size of my check.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)). Companies need to evolve and so do boards. I wrote a post recently about how we’ve evolved the board at Invoca by adding experience industry veterans and tried to offer some advice on how to think about this for your company. SOME INTERESTING DATA.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

I distinctly remember being impressed by the possibilities of D&D on an original Microsoft Surface… back in 2009. “They see the digital crossover is going to happen — people are playing online board games now. If the pitch sounds familiar… it’s been attempted once or twice before.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Amichai Steimberg as Chairman of the Board. In his 28 years there, Amichai worked at all levels of the organization, including as CFO for nine years (2000-2009), and COO and President for 10 years (2009-2019). From February 2019 until his retirement, Amichai led Orbotech through its acquisition by KLA. Read more here.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

Get to Know Bill Payne: Bill Payne is an active angel investor, board member, and educator for entrepreneurs and angel investors. Bill was awarded ACA’s prestigious 2009 Hans Severiens Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Angel Investing. He and his wife Ann are residents of Whitefish, Montana and Henderson, Nevada.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Back to top The History of the ACA's Public Policy Efforts The Angel Capital Association was a nascent organization in 2009-2010 when Congress developed the bipartisan Dodd-Frank Act in response to the fallout of the great recession. In May, ACA Board Chair Marcia Dawood was named to the Small Businesses Capital Formation Advisory Committee.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

So he said he plans to live in the present, riding this potentially short-term wave of loose monetary policy and racking up some runs on the board. Remember March 2009, when the Fed began buying bonds as part of its Quantitative Easing (QE) money printing operation? Its intended destination? All aboard the S.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Gogii came in my office in 2009 with three of the most talented founders I had seen. I took for granted that having the team mostly on board was enough. I’m on record all over place saying that 70% of my investment decision is the team & 30% is the market. I have to love both – but it’s in that proportion.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

The organization serve as an informal business advisory board. … 2009: Know what you stand for and surround yourself with people who are aligned with that mission. We grew our customer count 30% in 2009. I certainly did. Bonus lesson: Set your domain name to auto-renew!

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OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. Despite the coronavirus crisis, 40 new jobs in Israel were added in the past month to the OurTalent job board.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“This essay is dedicated to the great VC’s on my board who I am lucky to work with: Sameer Gandhi from Accel, Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed, and Kirsten Green from Forerunner. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. But I became a VC in 2007 and wrote my first check in 2009 – 4.5 I rest my case.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 9, 2012

Sometimes Principals can lead deals and sit on boards, sometimes they can't. When I first sat down with Josh back in September of 2009 to talk about joining First Round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

to 13.1%) between 2009 and 2017. Hardorp will also have a seat on Ksana Health’s board. . “We In 2019, a study in “ Abnormal Psychology” analyzing data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that the rate of young adults (18 to 25) reporting signs of major depression jumped 63% (from 7.7

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 27, 2010

Geolocation is so 2009. Sometimes it pays to jump on board before a lot of big questions have been answered—simply because you can feel the market starting to notice it and create mindshare momentum. Undaunted, he went back to work, got some great partners on board, and kept plugging away. Haven’t you heard?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

The biggest media attention in our industry went to the so-called “super angels&# during the 2009/10 timeframe and while I don’t believe there is such thing as a super angel I believe that much media attention was deserved. Spawning of Micro VCs. These people understand that the nature of startups have changed.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Since its formation in 2009, Simon [link] Lecca, founder and solo builder of MBG has created, with his team, functional art pieces. Pattinson, 33, and Stewart, 29, dated for 4 years starting in 2009 after meeting on. link] $9 If you haven’t heard of it yet, Codenames is about to be your favorite go-to board game on game night.

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