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Mozilla launches $35M venture capital fund for early-stage ‘responsible’ startups

TechCrunch

It seems that every internet company and their dog have at least one venture capital (VC) arm under their wing, with the likes of Google Ventures (now GV), Microsoft Ventures (now M12), Salesforce Ventures , Twilio Ventures , and Zoom Ventures all serving their corporate namesakes potential cash cows via hundreds of equity investments.

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Alterpacks’ commercialization drive gets boost with $1m funding

AsiaTechDaily

The funding round was led by Plug and Play APAC and SEEDS Capital and was also participated by Earth Venture Capital and angel investor Alice Foo, the company said in a statement. He looks forward to having many other sustainability investments with SEEDS Capital in the future. The genesis of AlterPacks lies in garbage.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial). Private Equity. Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo).

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. 11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. OpenCandy.

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Thoma Bravo agrees to acquire digital forensics firm Magnet Forensics for over $1B

TechCrunch

Thoma Bravo, the private equity and growth capital firm, today announced that it would spend $1.8 ” Launched in 2010, Magnet Forensics develops digital investigation software that acquires, analyzes, reports on and manages evidence from computers, mobile devices, Internet of Things devices and cloud services. .”

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Concurrently, the number of funds raised in the eight-year period up to 2022 was 2,700 , up from 883 in 2010. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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Top Grand Rapids Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

Not only do they work in business development, market placement, and research to help develop solutions for the food service industry, but they also run their own startup incubator! Claira is a new Grand Rapids startup using AI to hire better and make use of human capital. Relish Works is based in Grand Rapids and Chicago.