Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

HW: Frank is venture backed. Probably a correlation here with why there was more venture funding for golf tech than women’s fertility until very recently…. Look, socialists hate venture capital, and venture capitalists hate unions. How many times did you get called a socialist? LLH: It’s been interesting.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They met and bonded over both having type 1 diabetes — Westermann was diagnosed over 25 years ago — and started the MySugr app for diabetes self-management in 2012 ( they won a TC pitch-off back in 2011 ). 9am.health will also invest in advancing its virtual screening ability and expand the types of medication it can offer.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We formed a partnership with some of our favorite early stage investors and friends including Jim Andelman at Rincon Ventures and Peter Lee at Baroda. We announced Fund I in 2011. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

“When you can’t quite make it to product-market fit, there’s a third choice that too many entrepreneurs, and their investors, overlook: selling out,” says Kittu Kolluri, founder and managing director of Neotribe Ventures. But when Uber rolled out service in San Francisco in 2011, it really transformed the way people got around.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

“Pre-Seed” is somewhat of a controversial term in the investing world, triggering reactions questions its validity, its effectiveness, and even its contribution. About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. Some press showed up, too.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Accucast, where he served as CTO after leaving Delta, struggled with this as it pitched software and services for email marketing. Roy founded MessageGears in 2011 with Taylor Jones, a colleague, to productize this solution. .”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Loughlin was an entrepreneur before he was an investor, founding RelateIQ (an Accel-backed company) in 2011. Loughlin then “came back home” to Accel in 2016, and has led investments in companies like Airkit, Ascend.io, Clockwise, Ironclad, Monte Carlo, Nines, Productiv, Split.io, and Vivun.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Bezos Expeditions — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ personal investment fund — and Whale Rock Capital joined the round, adding $40 million to a $60 million raise led by Sequoia about one month prior. That raise came after a $40 million Series B in April 2019 co-led by Stripe and Index Ventures that valued the company at $355 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

In 2010 and 2011, Févry said the dean of the University’s business school let the budding business owner cut back on his hours so he could start iTrade International, an import-export business selling earthquake detection equipment in Haiti. The time at Stonybrook was also when Févry got his first taste of entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Transportation editor Kirsten Korosec reached out to 10 investors to learn more “about the state of mobility, which trends they’re most excited about and what they’re looking for in their next investments.” Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures. Abhijit Ganguly, senior manager, Goodyear Ventures. Walter Thompson.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. At this stage, entrepreneurs may leverage their growth momentum to attract venture capitalists and other investors. Today, disruption is rather slow-paced.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

If you invested in the first angel round of a startup company it is usually very hard to sell your stock – usually for many years if ever at all. The earlier you invest the higher the chances the company won’t work out and thus you pay a lower price than later-stage investors. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Loughlin was an entrepreneur before he was an investor, founding RelateIQ (an Accel-backed company) in 2011. Loughlin then “came back home” to Accel in 2016 and has led investments in companies like Airkit, Ascend.io, Clockwise, Ironclad, Monte Carlo, Nines, Productiv, Split.io

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StartupNation

APRIL 20, 2021

Since I first invested in his prior company back in 2011, we’ve shared meals and wine, successes and frustrations. “At I met Greg in the spring of 2011 when he approached me to invest in his new idea. Greg and his wife, Nikki, are dear friends of ours, so I’ve had a front-row seat to his incredible ascent.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? This has a tangible impact on the valuation of start-ups and the pace of investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

If you want a very quick primer on all the stuff nobody ever tells you about raising venture capital check out this video where Mark Jeffrey & I break it down on This Week in VC. In the video I describe how to best play this meeting and why, without a champion going into the meeting, you’re unlikely to get an investment.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Columbia Business School Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. VC’s don’t invest 100% of their own money. They raise money from institutions who want to have some allocation of their investment dollars in a category known as “alternatives,&# which is supposed to mean higher risk, higher returns.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? How much is it worth investing in international IP protection, if at all?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) ( Note to reader: this week’s essay is a continuation of my piece from last week, “A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee”.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. One particular four-letter word has been used pervasively by candidates of all stripes: Jobs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Felicis Ventures’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque showed us how valuable a simple pitch deck can be. Next week, we’ll sit down with Bain Capital Ventures’ Matt Harris and Justworks’ Isaac Oats. Her latest venture, Planet FWD, has raised $2.7 Every single Wednesday at 12 p.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. They controlled distribution to the masses. Now I don’t get any.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

He noted that the investment brings Saviynt’s total raised to date to $270 million following a $130 million debt raise in 2021, making Saviynt one of the better-funded startups in the identity management space. .” billion in venture dollars went into the identity management sector in 2021, up 2.5x

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. Siemiatkowski also shares what’s next for the company as it ventures further into the world of retail banking after gaining a bank license in 2017. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. Siemiatkowski also shares what’s next for the company as it ventures further into the world of retail banking after gaining a bank license in 2017. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

She also covers consumer packaged goods startups, and medical tech and biotechnology ventures. She launched Silicon Hills News in 2011. He launched his latest venture, Strangeworks in 2018 and raised $4 million in seed stage capital. Ecliptic Capital provides seed-stage, and early-stage investment to startups.

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