Venture Hacks

APRIL 17, 2019

The hard problem is getting your money into the startups you want. You can’t build a portfolio of pre-traction companies at $8-10M pre-money and expect to make a venture return. Valuations for pre-traction companies between 2005-2010 were $1-5M pre-money for the first non-friends-and-family round. Anecdotal valuation data.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

First Growth Venture Network formed to mentor high potential seed and early stage companies. NYC Seed announces a summer incubator for 2010 that includes 20k investments. Well, remember the dust up a while back with the backlash against “pay to play” pitch events where startups had to pay to meet angels? Apply here.)

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

Back when YC was getting started about 10 years ago, Paul Graham wrote some essays that predicted the way startup fundraising would change in the next decade – accurately, it turns out. How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now. But access to those venture capital firms was limited.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Whether by design or circumstance, every startup will eventually get disrupted. Congratulations, you have succeeded in turning your startup into a real company. According to a recent report by Massolution , crowdfunding is expected to top $30 billion this year (up from just $880 million in 2010). billion this year.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 4, 2023

Register Materials technology startup Alterpacks closed its pre-seed funding round with $1 million in investments to further its commercialization drive. 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.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clumsy English translation has it. So that’s our job.” France and Germany.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

Venture funds are joining the rush to renewable energy—and it’s not a passing fad • Government subsidies will help, but inno vative companies and business logic will drive growth. In 2019, venture and private equity investment in cleantech was estimated between $9 and $16 billion, up from less than $500 million in 2013. By OURCROWD.

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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. Incubators… World’s first government supported medical cannabis incubator in Israel , featuring CanNegev. Some 138 deals totaling $21.7

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

One year ago I predicted that in 2010/11 the economy, far from being on the path of permanent recovery was on a temporary resurgence and there was a strong possibility of a “double dip” recession. between June and July 2010 (and 25% from a year ago). raise money now to weather any storms).

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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. Concentration in consumer/branded products startups. Why is that?

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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. Concentration in consumer/branded products startups. Why is that?

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