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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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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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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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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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. ACA’s approach to public policy has evolved from a reactive stance to a proactive one.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. We spoke briefly about why.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In November of 2015, I posted a tweet that declared Benchmark was interested in discovering Internet healthcare investments. Over the next two years, I looked at many healthcare IT investment opportunities – I went “all in.” We also discovered what we believe is a large and investible trend/theme.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

In this episode, the two discussed how you can effectively sell in an environment where budgets are being cut, executive decision-makers are distracted with other priorities, and companies are less inclined to invest in innovation. His strategy for selling in 2009 is relevant to any economic downturn. What keeps them up at night?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009. But let me be even more clear.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. Jody self-funded the company and worked from his spare bedroom in February 2009. It soon became difficult to manage the many new investment leads.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Today, seven years after that announcement, the company finally has a C round, a $200 million investment on a $1.05 Now, the company can take advantage of that with the new investment. 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.

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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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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. The process starts slowly, but as the chart below shows, venture-backed M&A plummeted during the recessionary period, when venture investing also slowed.

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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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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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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 8, 2023

Register F88 Investment Joint Stock Company (F88) has raised additional investments amounting to $50 million from a recent fundraising that was led by Vietnam-Oman Investment Fund (VOI) and Mekong Enterprise Fund IV(MEF IV). Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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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

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

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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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: InsideTracker, optimizing human performance Going beyond ESG investing Laly David: Excited about FoodTech FT: OurCrowd leading Israel’s private sector in Gulf investments Join us online Dec. Invest Now. Going beyond ESG investing. Read more here. Read more here.

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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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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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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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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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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

You’ll find dozens of articles on keeping your deck to 10 slides or how you must have a board of advisers slide, but we base our thesis on some more tangible examples. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in.

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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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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Can you do this online before your visit, or are you handed a clip-board full of forms where you enter information you have already provided on previous visits? In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. Do they respond?

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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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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 12, 2013

But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. After I became co-managing director I pushed our firm to start adding more talent how had a mix of operational, startup experience and some form of investment experience.

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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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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2021

There has been this narrative about investing in VC funds that you have to get into the top quartile (25%) or possibly the top decile (10%) in order to generate good returns. Manager selection remains an important part of VC investing because the lower half of VC funds do not outperform the stock market.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2019

The Fantasy Cash Flow Model When I was an analyst at the General Motors pension fund, investing in VC funds, I had to build a model of how I thought they would perform. It started out with initial investment size, pricing, and outcome behavior for each deal and then it made a prediction around the distribution of outcomes.

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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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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. This geographic distinction is now less about actual geography and more about mentality and style of investing of these types of firms.

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