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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

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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Optimize for authentic relationships, not bluster

This is going to be BIG.

Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. You recognize the value in collaboration over selfishness. She helped inspire me to start writing about business and form a business newspaper on my college campus.

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Launching Orange Collective: Exclusively Investing in Y Combinator Companies

David Teten VC

The team has founded 5 companies which participated in 5 graduating batches spanning from 2009 to 2017. If youd like to learn more or see room to collaborate, please reach out! Im happy to share that Ive started working (part-time) with Orange Collective. Orange Collective exclusively invests in Y Combinator companies before Demo Day.

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Google DeepMind’s robotics head on general purpose robots, generative AI and office WiFi

TechCrunch

Earlier this month, Google’s DeepMind team debuted Open X-Embodiment, a database of robotics functionality created in collaboration with 33 research institutes. The researchers involved compared the system to ImageNet, the landmark database founded in 2009 that is now home to more than […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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East Ventures and SV Investment Inject $100m Fund to Supercharge Tech Startups in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

The primary goal of this fund is to promote investment opportunities and collaboration between Southeast Asia and South Korea, bridging the gap between the two dynamic tech ecosystems. East Ventures, established in 2009, has an impressive track record of supporting more than 300 technology companies.

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Taiwan’s funP Innovation raises $3.12m to fuel smart retail, cloud drive into Indonesia

AsiaTechDaily

CacaFly in collaboration with Ennoconn has committed to help in these initiatives. Established in 2009, FunP Innovation Group (BVI) controls cacafly.com, a leading digital advertising sales, consulting agency and Tenmax.io, an advertising technology development.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

Jody self-funded the company and worked from his spare bedroom in February 2009. To conclude, I note that we’re all in the same ecosystem (angels, seed, VC, growth equity, IPOs) and should view each other as collaborative even though we sometimes compete. His passion stemmed from what he saw moms doing.

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