TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

As a venture investor, I have invested in over 60 companies, and while many have gone public or been acquired, the journey has included pivots, near-death experiences and navigating through the 2008/2009 downturn. We then drastically cut product features, re-thought our go-to-market strategy and rightsized the business.

venture capital 92

venture capital creativity capital ventures 92

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The company, with bases in both Austin and Australia, was started in 2009 and facilitates exits for millions of online business owners, some that operate on e-commerce marketplaces, blogs, SaaS and apps, the newest data integration being for Shopify, Blake Hutchison, CEO of Flippa, told TechCrunch.

venture capital 123

venture capital SaaS leadership disruption 123

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

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.

VC 399

VC advice financing finance 399

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.

ventures 334

ventures startup capital board 334

TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

Of this lot, five were African startups: payments unicorn Flutterwave , credit-led neobank FairMoney , open finance startup Mono , card-issuing API Union54 and SMB credit provider Float ; Float’s round was announced in January but closed in late 2021. However, Tiger Global limited its activity in Africa from 2009 to 2014.

media 87

media investing investment VC 87

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Inside Plaid’s plans to build a new, global finance network. This couldn’t be further from the truth, and both startups and SMBs can, and should, invest in ABM strategies,” advises Jonas van de Poel, head of content marketing at Unmuted, an Amsterdam-based growth agency. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

strategy 78

strategy SaaS frameworks startup ecosystem 78

TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Pervasive BI remains elusive, but statistics on the category reveal that about a third of employees use BI tools for analytics to inform strategy. Pyramid, which bills itself as a “decision intelligence” platform, today announced that it raised $120 million in Series E financing co-led by H.I.G.

opportunity 86

opportunity collaboration health capital 86

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised $100 million in Series C financing — split between $70 million equity and $30 million debt. He started the company in 2009, facilitating peer-to-peer transactions from Kenya to Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast, and vice versa. That’s the grand mission of the company.”

peer-to-peer 108

peer-to-peer financing finance networking 108

Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Closely Monitor Finances. Before founding db5 in 2009, Chris served as Chief Executive Officer at Hall & Partners USA. Chris has 30+ years of experience in consumer insights with particular expertise in new product development, brand strategy, brand communications, and customer experience. Able to Focus on What is Important.

peer-to-peer 114

peer-to-peer media leadership advice 114

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. Often times when companies raise “bridge” financing (this is money from internal investors. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. -

VC 285

VC financing finance advice 285

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Not continuing to challenge yourself on product strategy will lead you down long-term ratholes.

incubation 354

incubation board VC innovation 354

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As evidence of that, the firm led Credit Karma’s Series A in 2009; led Remitly’s Series A in 2014 and participated in Nubank’s Series A in 2014. In terms of strategy, Rotman notes that QED has continued to lead deals that it feels “passionate about being involved in.”. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

investing 91

investing investment capital advice 91

StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009. Using VC spending to aid product development is a smart investing strategy as this could put startups ahead of their rivals thanks to a boost in both planning and manufacturing-based resources.

venture capital 89

venture capital capital ventures startup 89

Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Cautionary note: No competent VC is actually fooled when you show up after raising $6M in seed financing and say you’re now raising an A! 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007. Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 7, 2014. and there''s always a but].

VC 136

VC advice financing finance 136

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. He believes the only way to fix the financing problem is for people from underrepresented groups to gain capital and invest in one another. “We

energy 83

energy construction communities financing 83

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

… 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. The strategy of 2008 serves as a pivotal lesson of our 15-year life. Bonus lesson: Mistakes are the fertile ground of innovation!

peer-to-peer 130

peer-to-peer culture entrepreneurs strategy 130

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. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class. Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. Can a deal get done?

VC 263

VC board investing investment 263

TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

We report that “this is the largest decentralized finance hack to date.”. The company has been around since 2009 and just launched a new set of tools. Europe startups are having a good year so far : We’ve written about a slowdown in venture-backed deals in different regions, including the U.S.,

board 98

board strategy pitching media 98

TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

TechCrunch is bringing together three venture capitalists — Yoon Choi from Muirwoods Ventures, Mar Hershenson from Pear VC and Gabriel Scheer from Elemental — to talk about their investment strategies, what’s hot and what’s not. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. with Oliver Cameron (Cruise) and Laura Major (Motional).

micromobility 82

micromobility transportation pitching collaboration 82

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I understand why he wants to differentiate himself but I wonder if a scorched Earth strategy against the main funding source for your company pays in the long run. What micro VCs need to consider is what happens when several of your companies want to grow and require VC financing? We picked up activity aggressively in 2009.

disruption 308

disruption VC entrepreneurs financing 308

TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

TechCrunch is bringing together three venture capitalists — Yoon Choi from Muirwoods Ventures, Mar Hershenson from Pear VC and Gabriel Scheer from Elemental — to talk about their investment strategies, what’s hot and what’s not. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. with Oliver Cameron (Cruise) and Laura Major (Motional).

micromobility 78

micromobility transportation pitching collaboration 78

TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

TechCrunch is bringing together three venture capitalists — Yoon Choi from Muirwoods Ventures, Mar Hershenson from Pear VC and Gabriel Scheer from Elemental — to talk about their investment strategies, what’s hot and what’s not. Turning an AV Innovation into a Product. with Oliver Cameron (Cruise) and Laura Major (Motional).

micromobility 71

micromobility transportation pitching collaboration 71

TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Founded out of Boston in 2009, Lookout originally started out as a consumer-focused smartphone security and data backup business, garnering millions of users and hundreds of millions in funding from esteemed investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Greylock, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Telekom, and Jeff Bezos.

financing 104

financing finance strategy development 104

StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Integral is a Detroit software consultancy that works with cloud-native agile engineering practices, human-centered design, lean product management strategies, and other gold-standard software development practices. They help users navigate away from assumptions or use of outmoded data to drive their marketing strategy.

startup 108

startup real estate health energy 108

Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

require payment financing, invoicing/approvals, inventory management) and requirements differ from vertical to vertical. As a result, B2B buyers are looking for online platforms to help with the discovery, purchase, and financing of new products. Similarly, independent establishments in Faire’s core categories have grown from 1.47

accelerator 91

accelerator enablement mix-use communities 91

Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Instead, venture capital growth funds are financing these companies at these stages. Perhaps these investors are encouraging companies to continue to finance growth with negative profits, a trend that continues through the public offering but ultimately, isn’t the best decision for shareholders. Small IPOs. . Large IPOs. .

financing 40

financing finance strategy venture capital 40

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started out as a lawyer, corporate finance lawyer, for about two and a half years. 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.

technology 78

technology investing investment board 78

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. [00:12:15] MARK: Well, it all kind of equals out in the end.

startup 337

startup entrepreneurs consulting board 337

StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

For example, on their 2009 pitch deck, Airbnb had a market validation slide to support their thesis that people would be willing to stay on strangers’ couches. Market validation/why now (optional). A market validation slide is included to support products where adoption could be a challenge. This is our redesign of that slide.

pitching 110

pitching SaaS mix-use media 110

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. You’re a small fish. This team is talented. They wanted advice.

VC 332

VC advice financing finance 332

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

The structural problems of the EU monetary union came into focus in a big way from 2009–2011, when a number of European countries struggled to pay off the massive debts they had accrued over the preceding decades. Without ECB support, EU governments will be unable to finance themselves affordably. This is truly a FUBAR situation.

energy 133

energy support real estate investing 133

Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Second Seed rounds have grown dramatically in frequency since 2009, as the chart at the top of the post shows, reaching about 100 in 2013. The number of these seeds recorded in Crunchbase data has grown by 140% annually, from only 3 in 2009. Though 98 seems like a small number, these seed financings represent 7.5%

startup 40

startup financing finance strategy 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). Servers, databases, bandwidth – they’re all virtual now.

entrepreneurs 293

entrepreneurs VC advice consulting 293

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I ran a team of 14 people (12 Japanese, 1 German and 1 Turk … both of whom were fluent in Japanese) who produced an Internet strategy for the board of Sony. My first corporate job was at First Interstate Bank where I worked in Corporate Finance. I got to experience much of the local culture and customs. Close enough.

advice 295

advice entrepreneurs VC technology 295