TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Mack Kolarich is the VP of analytics at Assure and has extensive expertise in private capital and startup investing. One kernel of optimism for founders to bear in mind is that the state of “earliest-stage” capital has improved significantly over the last decade, with more angel investors and more venture funds than ever before.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011). 2011 Angel Group Valuation Survey. Bill Payne October 2011. Here is a summary comparison of the 2011 results to last year’s survey of only 13 groups: The average valuation increased from $1.7

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 1, 2020

(iMCI), recently led an $11.535 million go-to-market investment in Oklahoma City-based Linear Health Sciences. The investment comes on the heels of continued successes for the Orchid SRV, the company’s flagship medical device designed to reduce accidental IV catheter dislodgement in a novel way. million Seed round in 2016 and a $1.54

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 1, 2014

We all have our inherent biases and what I am not arguing here is that the venture capital world is a fair playing field for anyone. I repeat: I AM NOT ARGUING THAT VENTURE CAPITAL IS FAIR TO ANYONE. billion went to women-led ventures.". I AM NOT ARGUING THAT WOMEN AREN''T SEEKING VENTURE CAPITAL. Sounds awful, right?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

OMERS Ventures’ Principal Michelle Killoran has long been looking for a construction tech startup to invest in. Toronto, Ontario-based OMERS Ventures is the VC arm of OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees. Founded in 2011, the firm presently has about $1.6 Founded in 1902, it notched a reported $14.4

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Cloudbolt , a Bethesda, MD startup that helps companies manage hybrid cloud environments, announced a $35 million Series B investment today. It was split between $15 million in equity investment and $20 Million in debt. Kumolus, which was founded in 2011 and raised $1.7 We also recruit with with those ideas in mind.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 20, 2022

Investing is humbling. At 60, with 35 years of venture investing experience, I still get most things wrong. I told him the story of how I bumped into Rikki Tahta walking through the garment district in NYC in the spring of 2011 and Rikki told me he was working on a Bitcoin startup. And when I do I am rewarded.

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Revolution

MARCH 1, 2023

By Revolution Ventures Managing Partner David Golden and VP Alex Shtarkman Given the tumultuous year in tech and overall market uncertainty, a hot topic among institutional investors right now is the magnitude of potential markdowns in the coming year or two. for every dollar invested (net of fees and carried interest). since 2011.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Always have been.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Investing is similar. The below analysis outlines an approach to quantify the attractiveness of investing in commercial real estate at a given point. Howard Marks — the co-chairman of Oaktree — released a book in 2011 called The Most Important Thing. Such hard data can increase investment conviction when either is tempting.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Founded in 2011 to commemorate the legacy of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung (Asan), the foundation has been a driving force in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in South Korea. With its multifaceted support system, Asan Voyager is set to significantly impact the trajectory of Korean startups venturing into the global arena.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

In June of last year, Alexis Ohanian announced that he was leaving Initialized Capital , the venture firm he co-founded alongside Garry Tan in 2011. Nearly a year later, he’s announcing that his new venture firm, Seven Seven Six , has raised $150 million for its first fund. Thus far, the VC firm has made 17 investments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Kaszek Ventures , one of Latin America’s first venture firms, has raised $975 million across two funds. Specifically, the São Paulo-based firm has closed on Kaszek Ventures VI, a $540 million early-stage fund and Kaszek Ventures Opportunity-III (KVO-III), a $435 million vehicle for later stage investments.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Investing is similar. The below analysis outlines an approach to quantify the attractiveness of investing in commercial real estate at a given point. Howard Marks — the co-chairman of Oaktree — released a book in 2011 called The Most Important Thing. Such hard data can increase investment conviction when either is tempting.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

According to a recent letter sent to its investors, Tiger Global Management , the New York-based investing powerhouse, is raising a new $3.75 million venture fund called Tiger Private Investment Partners XIV that it expects to close in March. Lightspeed Venture Partners soon after announced $4 billion across three funds.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 29, 2023

Early-Stage investing is inherently cyclical, and for the first time in over a decade we are experiencing a downcycle. An important question leaps out: Is it better to invest more or less during a downcycle? 25% of those outcomes were initially funded during downcycle years (2001-2003 and 2008-2011) with the rest during the upcycles.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

Chris Neumann (of Canada’s Panache Ventures ) checks these boxes so I asked him to come on my blog (currently less consistent, hopefully still the other two) for Five Questions. Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? After DataHero was acquired, I felt like it was time to try something new.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Rather than waiting for the stock market to recover for a higher valuation for the next two to three years, he said, the Korean mobility startup prioritized investment in organic/ inorganic growth with the IPO proceeds. billion won ($ 284.2million) since its inception in 2011 before its IPO. billion won ($150 million) funding at a 1.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The company has raised a total of about $275 million since its inception in 2011, the company spokesperson confirmed. Its previous investors include SK Holdings , Bain Capital, Premier Partners, SoftBank Ventures Asia, Altos Ventures, KB Investment, Stonebridge Ventures, LB Private Equity, SG Private Equity, and more.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

He is also the founder and managing partner of HartBeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with a focus on lifestyle, media and technology. What’s more, Hart’s investment company seems to accomplish this while maintaining a focus on inclusion — financial inclusion specifically. Venture funding inequity remains a big issue.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Natalie Gordon founded Babylist in 2011, and today it’s a leading marketplace for baby gift registries. She invested in Babylist as a General Partner at Halogen Ventures. She invested in Babylist as a General Partner at Halogen Ventures. But it didn’t take off at first. This is normal! PDT/2:30 p.m.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Long before SoftBank launched its $2 billion Innovation Fund in Latin America, and before Andreessen Horowitz began actively investing in the region , Sao Paulo-based Kaszek has been putting money into promising startups since 2011, helping spawn nine unicorns along the way.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Months after bagging $116 million in an extension of its Series F round, database vendor SingleStore this week announced that it raised an additional $30 million from investors including Prosperity7, the venture arm of Saudi Aramco. Gartner predicts that 75% of all databases will be migrated to a cloud service by 2022. in 2019.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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OurCrowd

JULY 2, 2020

The three investors included founder and Chief Investment Officer of Key Square Group Scott Bessent; managing director at Insight Partners, Deven Parekh; and partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, Jeremy Levine. Bessent drew attention to the Japanese economy surrounding the Fukushima attack in 2011.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I was fortunate that Jennifer, who had started the law firm on her own in early 2011, had already established the groundwork for our new venture. We often work with businesses owned by immigrants and/or multi-generational family businesses in which the owners have significant emotional and financial investments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The new capital infusion gives Miro $476 million in total funding since the company was founded in 2011 by Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin. Iconiq Growth is back for the Series C round and is joined by Accel, Atlassian, Dragoneer, GIC, Salesforce Ventures and TCV. Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

There’s been talk of a slowdown in venture funding recently, with TechCrunch looking at it from different angles, including the fintech sector, a PitchBook report and even earlier on how startups should prepare in case it happens. We asked Beezer Clarkson, partner at Sapphire Ventures, and Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. That’s new.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. In his book “Unicorn in the Woods: How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers are Changing the Game , ” Pitts recounts how in March 2011 Salesforce purchased New Brunswick-based social media monitoring company Radian6 for approximately $300 million.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The funding round for MessageGears was led by Long Ridge Equity Partners and participated by Argentum Group and Atlanta Ventures. With the new funds, MessageGears now has investments totaling to $80 million since its founding in 2011.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2020

This isn’t the first time Amir Bassan-Eskenazi and Ran Oz have launched a startup together — they also founded video networking company BigBand Networks , which won two technology-related Emmy Awards, went public in 2007 and was acquired by Arris Group in 2011. ” Will Zoom Apps be the next hot startup platform?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Unagi, which doesn’t yet have its own website, was founded out of Paris by Charlie Guillemot , son of Ubisoft co-founder Yves Guillemot and formerly studio manager at Owlient, a free-to-play game studio acquired by Ubisoft back in 2011; and Remi Pellerin , also formerly of Owlient. Its latest €4.7 Previously, Unagi raised a €1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” And Greg has had the most influence on Upfront Ventures’ strategy since he joined. Invest more heavily in platform services. ” Numero uno.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

The MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner hadn’t actually seen Wonderschool’s original pitch deck before investing in the remote education startup. That was happening when I first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011. Before our conversation on Extra Crunch Live, Marlon Nichols dropped a bomb on me.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

million in a Series B funding led by Finnish VC fund Evli Growth Partners, alongside previous investors Karma Ventures and LVV Group. Ex-Rovio CEO Mikael Hed also invested and joins as board chairman. The company is also looking to invest in automating 3D modeling, QA, and asset management processes with AI.

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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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