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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Though RBI will displace some traditional equity VC, its much bigger impact will be to expand the pool of capital available for early-stage entrepreneurs. . So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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Project Octane: Hustle & Heart

Entrepreneurs' Organization

ME/ “When we started out in 2010, we were the definition of bootstrapping entrepreneurs. What we lacked in capital we more than made up for in determination. Our shared commitment to unapologetically innovate formed the framework for our business. Before long, another baby was born— Pronexia.”.

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Announcing the startups and judges onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

The Singularity Platform is essentially a combo of three tools that Koop built: Koop API, Portal By Koop, and Insurability Sufficiency Framework (ISF). 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.

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Savana raises a fresh round of capital to digitize banks’ services

TechCrunch

A portion of the capital — $10 million — was debt, while the rest was a Series A equity tranche led by Georgian Capital Partners. Beyond this, Savana offers a low-code UI framework to build internal and customer-facing apps that interface with the aforementioned APIs. million in capital.

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My big jump: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy’s CEO journey

TechCrunch

Resolved to give myself a “blank slate” before making a final choice, I left Google when I was three months pregnant and joined Accel Partners, a top Silicon Valley venture capital firm and an investor in my previous startup, in a temporary role as CEO-in-residence. Under these conditions, I was prepared to make the leap.

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Daily Crunch: Raise now, pay later: $800M funding round slashes Klarna’s valuation by 85%

TechCrunch

This time around, we confirm the rumors were true : European Klarna bagged a hefty piece of venture capital real estate — $800 million — but did it at a lower valuation, so 85% less to land at $6.7 billion, Paul writes. Everybody wants you : And by “you,” we mean Gen Z.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. Having a great early investor provides downstream capital with a “signal” that you are a company worthy of being paid attention to even if you haven’t scaled your metrics.

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