TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In March 2019, SoftBank Group International made headlines when it announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which started out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Latin America. The Japanese investment conglomerate has dramatically ramped up its investing in the region, and so have a number of other global investors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2019

Megan, also known at The Cyclist Lawyer , formed her own law practice in 2010 at age 29. In early 2018, we happened to fall into one of those phases where we had lots of new cases requiring lots of up-front investments in records, experts and filing fees. I streamlined my accounts and finances.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

VVSEAI Fund V’s substantial corpus includes a dedicated co-investment envelope of $50 million, which will be utilized to invest alongside the primary fund in startups led by women founders. Their investment scope encompasses key regions such as Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

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. It will make follow-on financings much harder and people will have to consider whether or not to do inside rounds.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

from 2010 to 2019. million jobs due to Google’s $1 billion investment in the continent. The continent’s investment story. The report first highlights the growth of venture capital on the continent over the past six years; within this period, investments in African startups have grown 18x. and Latin America’s 2.8%.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. So what is Revenue Based Investing? Absolutely not.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

I’m sharing my thought process because perhaps it will nudge some of you to angel invest too! I consider myself a furiously curious person, and angel investing is one of the most rewarding ways I’ve experienced to satisfy this curiosity. My angel investing hobby was making me a better Founder, CEO, and business leader.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

2018 YLAI Fellow Gastón is the founder of eaInversores , an online platform based in Córdoba, Argentina, that provides low-cost investment assistance and financial literacy education. Few in Argentina are actively investing their money,” Gaston says.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist? I’ve now been involved with many other successful foll0w-on financings. ” Still.

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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. Too many angel deals just means more to watch and invest in for the ones that do succeed (if the VCs can get in at reasonable prices).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

General Atlantic, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Princeville Capital and sovereign wealth funds, ADQ (UAE) and Qatar Investment Authority co-led the round. . The new financing also makes Trendyol Turkey’s first decacorn, and among the highest-valued private tech companies in Europe. The deal marks SoftBank’s first in the country.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

From 2010 to today, the number of GitHub users has exploded from 500,000 to 103 million. And investments in open source products have almost tripled from 58 deals in 2015 to 144 deals in 2021. Judging from these numbers, investments and star dynamics, COSS is in a sweet spot at the moment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Founded by Sheel Mohnot and Jake Gibson in November of 2019, San Francisco-based Better Tomorrow Ventures ( BTV ) has allocated $150 million to invest in startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. It has also reserved $75 million for an opportunity fund for follow-on investments. The personal finance company went public last year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

She set up shop in 2010 with her personal savings and contributions from family and friends, and the business has grown. But Rachael now needs additional financing to open another store. So how does she finance her expansion plans? But how do these lenders raise funds to bridge the financing gap for SMBs? Debt capital.

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Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . In 2010, MoneyTree© reports that only 138 seed stage VC deals were done outside of California, New England, NYC Metro and the Pacific Northwest.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? As of August 2010, Paul Graham famously proclaimed , “Convertible notes have won. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.” A convertible note financing is not a loan in the conventional sense.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I’m obviously only naming a small fraction of their investments since I don’t feel inclined to research them all and many other great venture firms have this kind of access. It’s hard for me to imagine that angel investing outcomes judged 10 years from now will have a drastically different profile. Or the CEO?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2019

In the third and final article in her series on personal health and finances, Megan Hottman shares a tool that helps her stay on course for financial success. She formed her own law practice in 2010 at age 29 and joined EO in 2018. Or perhaps you financed a piece of jewelry that makes you feel confident when you wear it.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

YC''s best investing days may be behind it. YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. Considering the myopia at the top, it''s not surprising that turning point may have already happened for YCombinator.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The financing follows a $131 million Series C raise led by Warburg Pincus, which remains the company’s largest shareholder. Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015. ” Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment. It’s an enormous market.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The New York-based company got its start in 2010 by founder and CEO Chris Ashenden and is the result of his journey to find out why he continued to feel bad. It’s also one of the reasons the company went after its first equity investment. Chris Ashenden, CEO of Athletic Greens. Image Credits: Athletic Greens. Gainful raises $7.5M

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

million that was raised in a seed round led by Brick & Mortar Ventures and First Round Capital – to advance on its effort to “reimagine construction finance.” Accel and Lightrock India co-led the Bengaluru-headquartered startup’s Series C financing round, reports Manish Singh, our man on the ground in the country. Love to see it!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

The truth is that I’ve been warning about convertible notes since 2010 it was first declared that “convertible notes have won.” Pre-money ($8m) + investment ($2m) = Post-money ($10m) and the investors now own 20% of your company $2m / $10m. So how DOES a VC think about financings at early stages?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 7, 2020

I wondered if Softbank's changes in investment strategy had much to do with it, but as the chart shows, they were not a meaningful contributor. Their investment is marked in the black line. Since 2010, the number of round by quarter has followed a periodic growth, with consistent seasonality.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

April users connect their payroll, bank statements, mortgage, prior year’s tax return and other finance apps to the platform and then tell April about significant tax events over the past year (e.g., Financing climbed to $131.5 tax system by integrating taxpaying processes with the banking and financial apps people already use.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Moreover, only 11% of finance executives say their organization has modernized systems to the point where they can easily incorporate new digital technologies, according to Deloitte. Deloitte reported last week that fintech investment decreased to $52.9 Many of Savana’s competitors have experts in finance among their ranks, too.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Drugstoc was founded in 2015 by Opara and Yehia, but its history dates back to 2010 when the duo founded Integra Health, a hospital management company based on Yehia’s master’s degree project. It is also building partnerships with financial institutions to increase access to sustainable supply chain financing.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

B12 co-founder and CEO Nitesh Banta is a former investor at General Catalyst — having worked at the firm from 2010 to 2015. The firm first invested in the company in 2016, leading its $12.4 B12 plans to use the new financing to accelerate growth, do some hiring and continue building out its product suite.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Existing investor Contour Venture Partners led the financing, which brings the company’s total funding since its 2010 inception to $35 million. Major League Baseball and Elysian Park Ventures, the private investment arm of the ownership group of the Los Angeles Dodgers, also participated in the round. .

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 10, 2019

Angel investing was an important part of the Startupland ecosystem. 2018 observed the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. And the total number of dollars invested by angels halved from a peak of $365M to $177M. Startup investing is no longer a cottage industry. Rewind a decade.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. and the bigger funds can’t get in directly.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. This geographic distinction is now less about actual geography and more about mentality and style of investing of these types of firms.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

How is it possible that an over $5 trillion industry growing at more than 6% cannot seem to attract investment capital? Enrollment in private Medicare has doubled from 2010 to 2020 and is expected to accelerate further over the next 10 years. So why are we even discussing Medicare as an investment opportunity?

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started out as a lawyer, corporate finance lawyer, for about two and a half years. Then I went into banking, specifically investment banking in the early ’90s. What areas in both technology investing as well as distribution or sales do we really need a bolster to really take the company to the next level?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Crosscut Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Next Play Capital and Owl Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the Los Angeles-based company’s total raised to $50 million since its 2010 inception. s SB Opportunity Fund.

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