Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I only recently invested and I only got here through persistence. The opportunity came up to invest in this one and I pounced. But I never gave up.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 8, 2023

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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. With Wednesday’s investment, Paytm has now secured nearly half of the $2.45 billion capital it is looking to raise from the IPO.

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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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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. And now, an increasing number of companies are raising money at lower valuations than their last investment. Unfortunately for startups, it seems these down rounds are here to stay.

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HPA

OCTOBER 9, 2020

YCharts , a cloud-based investment analytics and communications platform for registered investment advisors, broker-dealers and asset managers, prepares for its next stage of growth with the acquisition by LLR Partners. LLR invests in several industries, with a focus on technology, healthcare and services businesses.

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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 which led Purely Elizabeth’s initial investment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Green has built her career as a VC by becoming an expert within the fields in which she invests, beginning in the consumer space and expanding to health and wellness, durable supply chains and more. She is also on the board of Nordstrom and previously served on the boards of Dollar Shave Club and Bonobos.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 1, 2022

Register Cambodian food distribution firm Azaylla announced that it has received Pre-Series A funding from Insitor Impact Asia Fund II, an impact investment fund managed by Insitor Partners. The investment in Azaylla marks the ninth in Cambodia for Insitor Partners, an impact fund manager based in Singapore.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

Then I went into banking, specifically investment banking in the early ’90s. A lot of the things that we ultimately did when I was running Global Payments from 2013 to 2023, a lot of things that we ultimately did were not even like a glint in my eye back in 2009, 2010 when I was just thinking about coming over.

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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. Before SAIC, she led the Corporate Venture Group at Maxim Integrated, where she led multiple strategic technology acquisitions and venture investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

Pre-money ($8m) + investment ($2m) = Post-money ($10m) and the investors now own 20% of your company $2m / $10m. This was until about 2009 because most the investments in companies came from one, maybe two, sources. How much am I willing to invest in your company? How much do I want to own % wise of your company?

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. source: Harris Interactive IM Shopping Poll (August 2009)). The first investment I ever made as a VC was in a company now called Invoca. Companies need to evolve and so do boards.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. 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. Why did the VC markets freeze so quickly?

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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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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

After assisting in founding four angel groups - the Frontier Angel Fund (2006), Vegas Valley Angels (2003), Tech Coast Angels (San Diego - 2000), and Aztec Venture Network (1999) – it was clear to Bill that angels needed comprehensive education, no matter where they were in their investing journey. Because angels invest their own money.

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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. Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. I rest my case. billion in returns.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) He thought it was super dovish, and revealed that he is fully invested in the markets. All aboard the S.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Mental health startup Ksana Health has received $2 million in seed funding led by re:Mind Capital, the mental health VC arm of Christian Angermayer and Apeiron Investment Group. to 13.1%) between 2009 and 2017. Hardorp will also have a seat on Ksana Health’s board. . “We

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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. If the experience is as good as they hope to make it, this is an investment many a player will not hesitate (much, anyway) to make. And I played with another at PAX many years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well. 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.

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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. That's why I'm not hiring any junior investment professionals. I wrote a post about how to do this a while back.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

We recently started a series of posts on establishing the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue startup companies for purposes of investment by seed and startup investors. He has invested in more than 70 startup ventures. It has been used by angels since, however Dave updated the model for 2009 ACA Leaders Workshop in Richardson, TX.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

That includes over $50 million from Goldman Sachs to help back the company’s green building financing, as well a $30 million investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. First of all, once it got some building owners involved, there was a big word of mouth effect, and that helped get more owners on board.

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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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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. Ok, so we’re all doing social TV now.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Yet they also have some other powerful advocates, including NEA investor Tony Florence, a kind of e-commerce whisperer who has also led previous investments on behalf of his firm in Jet, Goop, and Casper. “It’s why people liked wedding registries.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

And while over the past few years we have been laser-focused on cash returns, we are equally planting seeds for our next 10–15 years of returns by actively investing in today’s market. We are excited to share the news that we have raised $650 million across three vehicles to allow us to continue making investments for many years ahead.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m an Ashley Mayer superfan so beyond the affinity, have been fortunate enough to also bring her into Homebrew as an advisor to our portfolio companies, and invest in Coalition , a venture firm she founded along with three other amazing female operators. We had overlapping circles and then became friends.

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 21, 2015

As Fred Wilson wrote over the weekend , Janet Yellen, the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Fed), indicated last week that the Fed would likely increase the federal funds rate , which has hovered around zero for the last seven years - since the collapse of Lehman. See the chart for IPOs and M&A.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

banks consumer checking offerings have become less favorable across the board. In July of 2009, the UK instituted a new network known as Faster Payment Service with same day settlement to replace their equivalent of ACH. Many blame Dodd-Frank and the consolidation post 2009 for the loss of free checking. bank transfer to happen.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I came from a board meeting to here. I was saying to this CEO at the board meeting, I said, “I don’t know, I just have this blind belief that you guys are going to create an enormous success. I want to build a great company, and I want to get you on my board for my new ridesharing service. Which is just amazing.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

In short, small caps are utterly unattractive investment candidates for public market investors. First, board directors are encouraging companies to remain unprofitable longer to pursue bigger outcomes. The fraction of small IPOs with negative EBITDA has doubled to nearly 90% in about 30 years. Small IPOs. . Large IPOs. .

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 25, 2023

We all know that investing in startup companies is inherently risky. Over half of early-stage investments typically fail to return any capital, with the top 10% usually returning 85-90% of all the cash proceeds. The game is won on “grand slam home runs," not “singles."

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Today, Muck Rack is making another kind of connection, with investors: it’s raised $180 million in what it’s describing as its first outside funding, having been bootstrapped since being founded back in 2009. Elser and Scott Feldman of SGE will be joining the board.

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