Venture Hacks

APRIL 17, 2019

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. These valuations moved to $4-6M pre-money after 2010, with some demo days in the $8-10M range.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Since 2010, the government has initiated a plethora of business support programs to bolster technological advancement and entrepreneurship. Large enterprises champion in-house ventures, spearheading technological advancements, while venture capitalists ensure startups have the necessary funding.

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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. I’ll be running Open Angel Forum NYC with Brian Alvey on April 8th, 2010. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Here’s how it works.

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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. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

In 2005, when Y Combinator started, there was already a well developed ecosystem of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and Boston. But access to those venture capital firms was limited. Today, early stage biotech funding is dominated by the “venture creation model”. How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

According to a recent USA Today survey , more than 50% of today’s college students want to be entrepreneurs, and more than 1,200 startup incubators have sprouted up around America like dandelions in summer to assist the legions of hopefuls. This newest form of fundraising, while limited to just accredited investors, is expected to top $2.5

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 4, 2023

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. The firm has built accelerator programs, corporate innovation services and an in-house venture capital to make technological advancement progress faster.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

you don’t want to be the guy who sold 10,000 bitcoin to purchase two pizzas in 2010. the blockchain [is] simply changing one word: any entity exchanging value with any other entities in a frictionless way”— Ken Seiff , Managing Partner at Blockchange Ventures on The Pomp Podcast 2. Trust me?—?you that bitcoin is worth $3+ billion now!

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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

Exits inked throughout the 2010-2019 decade amount to $111 billion. Incubators… World’s first government supported medical cannabis incubator in Israel , featuring CanNegev. Watch my interview from the SALT Abu Dhabi conference, where I was the first Israeli VC to speak publicly in the Gulf. . Startup Nation and beyond.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And that sometimes the public sector makes the investment that not even the riskier of venture capital funds can do. So what we want to do is help connect the different incubators and accelerators and venture builders that we have in Spain. Meaning that the political administration, it’s more agile.

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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. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Does your business touch potential voters?

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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. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Does your business touch potential voters?

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