TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

fintech startup called Super Payments , a venture he founded back in February but which very little was known about up until now. million (roughly $27 million as of today) in a round of funding led by Accel, with participation from Union Square Ventures, LocalGlobe, and a slew of angel investors. Super has raised £22.5

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time. In a perfect world they would just hang out in our offices, work on tech ideas, help us evaluate opportunities, attend our investment meetings and be thoughtful advising tech companies that come to meet us.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Venture capital (VC) firm Lifeline Ventures today announced a fresh €150 million ($163 million) fund aimed at early-stage startups across Finland. Lifeline Ventures has also backed unicorns such as open source enterprise infrastructure company Aiven , which hit a valuation of $3 billion last year. when invited to do so.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

But I do have some insight into how this will affect venture markets. So why invest in that period of uncertainty unless it’s early-stage and thus valuation matters less. If the next 30 days stays calm then investment will pick up. So, too, investments. I caution people from thinking this is necessarily a bottom.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. What do I know about venture? I see it in many young pups.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

This is where venture capital comes into play. In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009. Read on to find out more about the advantages and disadvantages of VC funding and some of the smartest places to invest it within the business.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. New research looking into how U.K. Here the report found that 42.72% of U.K.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well.

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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. Half of all venture funds outperform the stock market which is the benchmark most institutions measure VC funds against. Well, it turns out that is not right.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Even then private market investors can paper over valuation changes by investing at the same price but with more structure so it’s hard to understand the “headline valuation.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. For venture capitalists this isn’t troubling. It was an investment management class. There are too many deals.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. It would be months before Foursquare's first round touched off a NYC venture frenzy. I'm ecstatic to announce that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures has just completed a first close of $3.5

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 13, 2021

In entrepreneurship and venture investing, “what if” is the cornerstone of our industry. Founded in 1998, i2E originated as the nexus of support for advanced technology entrepreneurs and a source of our state’s first organized concept stage venture capital. i2E now manages a continuation of $87 million in investment capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

venture capitalists are now asking tougher questions about start-ups' revenue and profits.". The reality is that, most of the time--like two thirds of the time--the venture market is totally open for good businesses to get fair valuations in reasonable turnaround times. What follows in this story is pretty laughable: ".venture

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Among the interested investors is Bessemer Venture Partners. MoveinSync: Revolutionizing Corporate Commutes with Diverse Solutions Established in 2009 by Deepesh Agarwal and Akash Maheshwari, MoveinSync has developed various solutions to streamline employee commutes for large corporations.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Investing is similar. The below analysis outlines an approach to quantify the attractiveness of investing in commercial real estate at a given point. Such hard data can increase investment conviction when either is tempting. This is a positive signal for investing. The highest score ever was 97.6

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

In the venture capital industry, “unicorn” is a term used to describe a privately held startup company with a company valuation of over $1 billion. As a venture firm, when you get your first billion dollar startup, you need to be talking about it—celebrating and giving thanks. That’s something very few venture funds can say.

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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.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Investing is similar. The below analysis outlines an approach to quantify the attractiveness of investing in commercial real estate at a given point. Such hard data can increase investment conviction when either is tempting. This is a positive signal for investing. The highest score ever was 97.6

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Dream It

MARCH 19, 2019

Stephens has been involved in advising over a million square feet of tenant and landlord representation transactions within Manhattan and across the country since 2009. He has worked with clients such as Conde Nast, ING, Ernst and Young, and many more.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

However, in this moment, I think one''s career in venture capital depends on changing your perspective. If you are a venture capital investor and you''re not preparing yourself to succeed in a more diverse ecosystem of entrepreneurs, you''re just going to get left behind. YC''s best investing days may be behind it.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Andreessen Horowitz’s recent hire of former Jordan Park Group Chief Investment Officer Michel Del Buono suggests the venture capital firm is getting into startup founder wealth management. This is just one of the numerous internal programs that the venture capital giant offers to founders.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Navin Chaddha is managing partner at Mayfield , an inception and early-stage investor with more than 50 years of a people-first investing philosophy. What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital? More posts by this contributor. Survival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction.

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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. While a few iconic brands including Uber, Airbnb, and Square emerged successfully from the last downturn, most venture-backed companies struggled during this period, and many ended up pursuing M&A strategies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Always have been.

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Jason Calacanis

DECEMBER 10, 2023

” “If only I had started an app or cloud company during the ZIRP run up from 2009 to 2021!” Unlimited venture capital for any winning startup (defined as a startup that can get to $500,000 in revenue), with reasonable gross margins and burn. ” “If only I had started a company at the start of the internet!”

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

As the situation is analyzed, lessons will be learned on everything from levered banking investment models and the impact of interest rate fluctuations on long term bonds to the allocation to cyrptocurrency investments.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

announced that it raised fresh funds in a round led by East Ventures and participated by Magic Fund. The lead investor, East Ventures , is a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm. East Ventures is the first investor of Indonesia’s unicorn companies, namely Tokopedia and Traveloka.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 20, 2023

million in additional investments to fuel smart retail and cloud drive into the Indonesia market. At the 2022 G20 Summit that was held in Indonesia, President Joko Widodo expressed his intention to focus on the digital transformation of the economy through investments in technology like cloud computing and 5G.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

They take fewer bets, they don’t mind being counter-conventional and investing in things that make others scratch their heads. And with the crash of Sept 2009 – March 2009 the market cleared out created an open field in which to invest, go slowly, learn and let companies mature before they felt the need to be “hyped.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic might have upended the global economy, but according to Meagan Crawford at Spacefund and Chris Moran with Lockheed Martin Ventures, it didn’t dampen investment in space startups. Crawford and Moran both agreed that interest and investment in space will increase as more startups have successful exits.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. Yoon Choi — Muirwoods Ventures. Alright, alright. .”

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 7, 2023

Register Indonesia-based hyperlocal online F&B startup, UENA , has secured new funding from existing investor East Ventures and new investor Trihill Capital in a round that closed in Q1 2023. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? The amount raised was not disclosed.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The Tory Burch Foundation, which was launched in 2009 by fashion designer Tory Burch, has a long history of supporting women entrepreneurs. billion in venture capital allocated to U.S. It’s best known for its fellowship program that provides education grants, networking opportunities and business advice to women entrepreneurs. “We

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

It''s kind of a funny answer to "When did you start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures?". So when did I really start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures? My godfather got me IBM stock right after that, so that''s how I knew that a stock market and investing existed. I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. years ago.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

AppWorks , the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. As part of Fund III’s close, AppWorks is recruiting new investment associates and analysts, especially ones who will focus on sourcing deals throughout Southeast Asia.

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