Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

The most valuable resource the accelerator provides is the network, so use all my time to navigate that network. A HUGE network enhancer. The partners at the program will be willing to introduce you to their network, not only investors but (mainly) potential clients and partners. The plan-sort of worked.

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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

AUGUST 15, 2023

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. the free YC Startup School courses). Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x Peer groups.

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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. These are just some of the reasons why we’re thrilled that Kevin Hart; his venture firm’s president and co-founder, Robert Roman; and Michael Elanjian, J.P.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Some have built reputations for adding phenomenal value, being staunch allies of founders as startups scale and helping them source expertise or resources through their networks. The Center for Venture Research estimates there were 363,460 active U.S. from the 124,900 active angels reported in 2011.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In January 2021, Prince Edward Island-based ScreenScape Networks was acquired by Spectrio for an undisclosed fee, then Halifax-based storytelling platform Wattpad was acquired by Naver in a deal worth $600 million. Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. venture capital.

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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. Their partnership was a bit of Silicon Valley luck, good timing and some old fashioned networking. “He That was happening when I first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2011

I am excited to announce nextNY Fellows--a program that will support four new community leaders in 2011 build on what we already have and make it better, all while building their own skills and network. Here's what they will get: - A $500 stipend for 2011 to be used on leadership development. Run two nextNY events (e.g.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

million in a Series C funding round co-led by Closed Loop Partners’ Leadership Fund and Piper Sandler Merchant Banking with participation from MissionOG, Harbert Growth, Grotech Ventures, Lavrock Ventures and Point Field Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. 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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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. 7/19/2011 – Same page, but Wayback Machine stops crawling pages.

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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. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. .” What the company does have now is $2.5

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Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. First Angel Network (Halifax). Robin Hood Ventures (Phila). Wilmington Investor Network (NC). We received data from thirty groups of the fifty angel groups from whom we requested data. New York Angels.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

DeFi network Stellar Enterprise Foundation participated, alongside new investors Kindred Ventures and the J. In 2011, Shivani Siroya founded Tala after leaving her job as an investment banking analyst. Upstart, a company founded by ex-Googlers Dave Girouard, Anna Counselman and Paul Gu, led the round. Safra Group.

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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. Extra Crunch Live has left room for you to network (you gotta network to get work, amirite?). Networking is open starting at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT and stays open a half hour after the episode ends. Make a friend!

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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.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

the first networked database in the U.S. She joined PetHub in June of 2011 as the modern pet ID tag startup was in its beginning stages. We launched the first networked database and QR-coded pet ID tags in the United States in 2010. for pets and pet parents. What is it that excites you about what you’re building?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The company has over several hundred customers, including Twitter, Airbnb, Twilio, DoorDash, Wayfair and McDonald’s, as well a global data network of 70 billion events per month. Insight Partners led the financing, which included participation from Union Square Ventures and Stripes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Stovell and his wife Sonia Stovell, Octopus Deploy’s chief financial officer, began working on the company as a “nights-and-weekend” project in 2011. Other portfolio companies in its ScaleUp Network include Pluralsight, Shopify, Twitter, Calm and Qualtrics. By the next year, it had reached profitability. Insight closes $9.5B

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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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Lead Edge Capital , a software-focused venture firm with one office in New York and another in California, was founded just 11 years ago. It sounds simple but it isn’t, says Green, who cut his teeth as an associate at Bessemer Venture Partners and at a Tiger Fund-affiliate called Eastern Advisors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moody’s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. These business and mentorship networks have made great strides helping entrepreneurs in local communities across the U.S. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

The conference also includes multiple networking opportunities each day for you to meet and engage with these influential leaders, so be sure to register and mark your calendar for the angel event of the year. She is an Entrepreneur in Residence at First Flight Venture Center, one of the nation’s largest high science incubators.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

New York-based Two Sigma Ventures led the round, with existing backers such as Homebrew, Susa Ventures, Crossbeam and angel investor and popular podcast host Anthony Pompliano also participating. This captive consumer base is crucial to building the network that is Nelo.”.

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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. Extra Crunch Live has left room for you to network (you gotta network to get work, amirite?). Networking is open starting at 2:30 p.m. and Vivun. EST/11:30 a.m. Make a friend!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2011, the company expanded to build themes for online stores. WooCommerce logo. Image Credits: Wikimedia. WooCommerce began life as WooThemes, a small design firm that didn’t look very different from the many others that created WordPress themes.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

2011-2020 was the warmest decade of all. In our latest Global Impact Publication , we show the impactful stories of the members in our network – made up of 100+ communities in 60+ countries across 5 continents -, and how we enable them to build better and stronger systems and economic models. Impact Hub Global Retreat 2021.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

2011-2020 was the warmest decade of all. In our latest Global Impact Publication , we show the impactful stories of the members in our network – made up of 100+ communities in 60+ countries across 5 continents -, and how we enable them to build better and stronger systems and economic models. Impact Hub Global Retreat 2021.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2022

Jill Gunter is no stranger to crypto — she’s seen the market through its ups and downs, conducting research on blockchain protocols, working at multiple crypto startups and co-founding her own , and investing as a crypto VC at Slow Ventures.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2021

All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all! How to make the field of entrepreneurship more inclusive to migrants and refugees, people with disability, seniors, women, youth? A: The initial idea was to develop a clothing line for people with reduced mobility.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Armed with a new financing model and purpose-built small solar-powered generators and water pumps, Nichols and Ibrahim have already built a network of customers using their equipment to increase incomes by anywhere from five to 10 times their previous levels by growing higher-value cash crops, cultivating more land and raising more livestock.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 16, 2024

for the following venture strategies: American Dynamism ($600M), Apps ($1B), Games ($600M), Infrastructure ($1.25B), and Growth ($3.75B). Venture Capital firms configured themselves to address a market of 15 important companies. I am pleased to announce that we have just raised $7.2B This marks an important milestone for us.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

.&# This is a direct result of innovation around the iPhone / mobile computing, Facebook / Social Networks and Twitter (as distinct from Social Networks). Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. It is also a result of pent-up demand.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 16, 2019

Impact Hub Bergen was an early starter amongst social innovation spaces and joined the global Impact Hub network in 2008. The coworking space opened its doors in September 2011, as the first of its kind in Norway. It was founded by Silje Grastveit, an alumni of the renowned Kaospilot programme in Denmark.

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