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The Venture Capital Diversity Gap and Why It Matters

StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I’ve created 15 funds in the last year alone. .

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

David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

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).

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Singapore’s Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India Raise $541M, Prioritizes Women-Led Startups

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. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Without further ado, here are the five judges who will pick the 2021 Startup Battlefield winner: Kirsten Green is the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm she formed in 2010. Von Tobel joined the management team of Northwestern Mutual as the company’s first chief digital officer.

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

TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

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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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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Golden Gate Ventures forecasts a record number of exits in Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Despite the pandemic’s economic impact, Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem has proven to be very resilient. While tech fared well compare to many other industries, one downside was that the COVID-19 pandemic caused overall global venture capital investment to decline.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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In the News: Israel’s exit value grew 800% in the last decade

OurCrowd

JANUARY 20, 2020

Startup Nation and beyond. Exits inked throughout the 2010-2019 decade amount to $111 billion. Startup nation: Israeli high-tech sector notes record 2019, outstanding decade. Watch my interview from the SALT Abu Dhabi conference, where I was the first Israeli VC to speak publicly in the Gulf. . Some 138 deals totaling $21.7

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

TechCrunch spoke to Francisco Polo, Spain’s high commissioner overseeing delivery of the entrepreneurial strategy, to get the inside track on the plan to grow the startup ecosystem and find out which bits entrepreneurs are likely to see in action first. Meaning that the political administration, it’s more agile.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

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.” E-commerce. billion).

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Back to top The History of the ACA's Public Policy Efforts The Angel Capital Association was a nascent organization in 2009-2010 when Congress developed the bipartisan Dodd-Frank Act in response to the fallout of the great recession. This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

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. They want to raise capital because they are highly qualified, period.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

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. They want to raise capital because they are highly qualified, period.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

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