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

Both Sides of the Table

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. Some quick highlights include: The Role of a Seed Stage VC. Startup Lessons'

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

David Teten VC

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? VC Josh Kopelman makes the analogy of jet fuel vs. motorcycle fuel. VCs sell jet fuel which works well for jets; motorcycles are more common but need a different type of fuel. . 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010.

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How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years

Y Combinator

The only model of institutional seed funding was the “business incubator” model, where VC firms would fund well-connected founders they knew and incubate them in their office. Because these companies wouldn’t raise VC until they were much further along and had leverage, the balance of power shifted. But that’s no longer the case.

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

TechCrunch

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. ” Mar Hershenson — Pear VC. John received his Ph.D.

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

TechCrunch

They aren’t really old enough to remember the absolute horror of watching stocks and investments tank during the 2007–2010 economic downturn, but 2022’s environment is giving them a taste of that. Startups and VC. billion, Paul writes. Everybody wants you : And by “you,” we mean Gen Z.

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How To Decide If Your Startup Idea Is Worth Pursuing

Entrepreneur's Handbook

I’ll outline below a different framework I came up with to evaluate startup ideas and select a problem worth solving. This new framework is much more powerful in helping entrepreneurs select problems worth solving. But I was still debating which is the right problem to solve. Many do this, too, and it is flawed.

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Cross River Bank goes from tiny to mighty, with a $3B+ valuation and a crypto-first strategy

TechCrunch

billion last year — up 153% year-over-year in terms of global VC deal value — and include a range of outfits, from payments companies to digital banks to corporate spend players. Cross River Bank gets unconventional validation with a $28M VC round. Financial technology startups raised $121.6 Track record of growth.