AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Register Singapore-based venture capital firm Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI) has successfully concluded its fifth funding round, raising $541 million. Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI) was founded in 2010 to drive innovation and support scalable businesses in the Southeast Asian and Indian regions.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Through our work with affiliates that include IASourceLink , SourceLink Nebraska , NetWork Kansas , MOSourceLink , Launch Network and more, we’ve learned first-hand the struggles rural business owners in America experience and how building a network of entrepreneurial support can solve for those challenges.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The report, which included analysis from McKinsey & Company, says its assertions are backed by an acceleration in strong market fundamentals and the impact of the pandemic. The report also pinpoints other metrics such as fixed and mobile broadband connections and mobile cellular network coverage. from 2010 to 2019.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015. Doubling down on that niche has allowed it to build what it claims is “the industry’s largest network of supplier intelligence.” While half a billion dollars raised in the U.S. It’s an enormous market.”.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

the first networked database in the U.S. We launched the first networked database and QR-coded pet ID tags in the United States in 2010. One of the challenges we’ve faced is fundraising for capital, which is a struggle that many start-ups deal with. We’ll participate in a three-month accelerator program.

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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. Stop--AND think. YC''s best investing days may be behind it.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Getting behind the empowerment of women stimulates societies, entrepreneurship, job creation, accelerates revenue growth and develops inspiring and motivated leaders.” – Ingrid Vanderveldt. Back in 2010, Ingrid had the vision to empower a billion women by 2020. Ingrid is also a Dell Women’s Entre­preneur Network (DWE­N) Member.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. To capitalize on this excellent growth opportunity, some entrepreneurs tend to make significant changes in a model that has been working reasonably well for them.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

DIMO based on a network of drivers and fleets to collect and share their vehicle data to learn more about their vehicle, save money, and build better mobility applications.” “Gabriel is the Director of Innovation, focused on mobility and energy, for Elemental Excelerator, a climatetech accelerator founded in 2009 in Hawaii.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 11, 2021

Toptal was co-founded by CEO Taso Du Val in 2010, and since then it has grown to become one of the world’s most popular on-demand talent networks. We thought, ‘What if we accelerated [the African remote network] and just enabled applicants from anywhere?’ Because it was always the plan to become a global company.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Last week, though, the outside world got a look at how Y Combinator, one of Silicon Valley’s most famed and feared accelerators, deals with the intricacies of a scaled, yet still ultra-exclusive, community after the accelerator kicked out two founders from its internal messaging board, Bookface. Privacy first.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

tl;dr + Techstars was once one of the world’s leading accelerator programs, but has steadily been eclipsed by Y combinator. Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. 8/31/2010 – Same thing. We’re not doing it for you.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. In contrast, entrepreneurs in most other fields risk a more significant portion of their own capital in their new venture , better aligning incentives.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If you want to see the future of financial services regulation, look to the UK The foundation: UK’s banking market and infrastructure In 2010, the UK was dominated by a small handful of large banks. The UK has had real-time payments since 2005, via the Faster Payments network. or the rest of Europe. It split the process in two.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 17, 2023

He has served as a co-fund manager of the San Diego Angel Conference, an investor with NuFund Venture Group, and a mentor with both the NexCubed Digital Health Accelerator and the Illumina Accelerator. The mantra for the 2010’s was that health companies needed to become tech companies before tech companies become health companies.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

venture capital deals, a spike in mega-financings where it’s common to see not only $100M private rounds, but companies that raise two or three types of financings like this in the same calendar year! Revenue acceleration is, too. [Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Specifically we talked about what single trigger vs. double trigger acceleration works and “termination without ’cause’ &#. DEAL OF THE WEEK. Following several completed advertising campaigns, Ad.ly

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Founders Coop

MAY 18, 2020

Founders’ Co-op partnered with David Cohen and Brad Feld to create the Techstars Seattle program back in 2010, one of the first expansion programs in what’s now a global network of entrepreneurial support offerings. We’ll open our networks, share our experiences and act as thought partners whenever you’re facing a tough situation.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of commerce globally. For better or worse, COVID-19 has accelerated e-commerce adoption among businesses in the same way it has accelerated e-commerce adoption among consumers. In the US, e-commerce penetration increased from 16% at the end of 2019 to 27% in April 2020.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Hence the parallel goal of tackling a variety of gaps (territorial, gender, socio-economic, generational and so on) that might otherwise be exacerbated by a more single-minded rush to accelerate the size of the digital sector. We accelerate also that path — into innovative entrepreneurship system. “First is investment.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 13, 2020

For Impact Hub, it made the liquid and digital elements of our network more important than ever, and at the same time encouraged us to reflect and pivot certain aspects of how we operate and how we provide support to Impact Hubs and our members across the globe. It’s not working from home, it is remote crisis management.

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Unvalidated Learnings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The communication may have taken place over the network of the US Postal rather than on a subreddit but the story has every other characteristic of Silicon Valley’s startup culture. With venture capital out of the equation, and only two business banks in his town, he couldn’t afford to lose one of them. “I

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

So, I decided to take on the debt in 2010, and be solo. Tommy Mello: In 2010, I started reading a lot and learning about … I read the E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. Bad employees get fired, good employees slow down the company, great employees accelerate. He exited the business, we’re still best of friends.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The Nordic countries make up just 4% of Europe’s total population, but they account for a significant amount of venture capital investment. One investors we spoke to said Norway is “becoming a major hub, with scale-ups and international capital incoming much faster these days.” Kjetil Holmefjord , partner, StartupLab.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Goldman Sachs bought Clarity for ~$100m. .

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