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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

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Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. As a board member, Stone expects to be meeting with the startup several times per month, in addition to the actual board meetings. million in seed funding (5.1

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. two founders in a garage?—?(HP By definition?—?I’m

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Advice to Rising VCs and Founders Navigating The Correction

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VC dollars are at risk, we conducted a historical analysis of top quartile fund managers over the past quarter century (as far back as we could access reliable Cambridge Associates data). We looked at the analysis in two parts: the 1997–2010 time period and the 2011–2020 time period. since 2011. But what could that look like?

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How a Romanian medtech startup helped US doctors treat refugee Ukrainian cancer patients

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The “Tumor Board” project was initiated by doctors from the U.S., Medicai co-founder Alexandru Artimon (CTO) previously co-founded software company Atta Systems. Investors to date include D Moonshots, Cleverage Venture Capital, Roca X and Gapminder VC. Meanwhile the Tumor Board project continues. million), among others.

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

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and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. So mostly we just had to listen to customer feedback from founders, VCs and LPs. She worked for 5 years as a VC at Battery Ventures and co-headed M&A at IAC working with Barry Diller. I promise you, he really said this out loud.) So why now?

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Extra Crunch roundup: Optimized SaaS pricing, recruiting growth experts, VC surveys, more

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.” Here’s who she interviewed: Clara Brenner, co-founder and managing partner, Urban Innovation Fund. Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. David Lawee, founder and general partner, CapitalG. HubStop introduced usage-based pricing in 2011 to boost its retention rate, then near 70%.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Total raised: $29.5mm.

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