Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. August 2011. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. We did not.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Acadian Ventures , an early-stage venture capital firm, announced its 2024 Future of Work 100, an annual list of venture-backed startups impacting how work gets done in the future. Those recognized in this year’s list have raised a cumulative $30 billion in venture capital financing, with a total valuation of over $140 billion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. It is highly dependent upon many factors: experience of the team, type of opportunity (a big biotech or semi-conductor A round is likely to look different from an Internet A round), geography, etc.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines.

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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. Do you really still need a Powerpoint deck in 2011? A summary of what we discussed is below: Not 100% in order of the video, but close.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

In any given year there are about 50 venture-backed companies or so that are bought for $100 million or more. But when it’s all over and they define the era of this mini run up in stock prices I suspect they’ll include 2011 in the “over valued&# category. source: Capital IQ. That may be. Bubbles are not all bad.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

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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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

It allows you many more exit opportunities. While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth. Internet scale. What did they actually do?

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

America’s immigrants opened more than a quarter of all new businesses in 2011; per capita, they’re more than twice as likely to do so as people who were born here. misses an opportunity. That presents the tech entrepreneurship community with a genuine opportunity to influence outcomes. Securities Regulation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2016

Not every entrepreneur who builds a business from the ground up plans to “sell out” to venture capitalists and walk away. Under Thoma Bravo, they had made several new acquisitions that increased their scale since going private in 2011. That entire cycle makes perfect sense in today’s business landscape.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Including a substantial number of investments with smaller opportunities only reduces the possible return on the entire portfolio. Size of the Opportunity 0-25%.

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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

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. And the opportunity should still be massive as offices reopen next year.

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Haystack

JANUARY 14, 2019

When I moved back to the Bay Area in early 2011, the technology and startup sector didn’t feel as big or expansive as it does today. Now, contrast 2011 with 2019, and we have an entirely different situation. More money in the ecosystem is searching for these opportunities, or funding competitors.

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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. Most investors will assume that if the business plan is solid and a large market opportunity exists, there will be vigorous competition from other players.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Union Square Ventures (USV) has been one of the most successful venture capital firms of the past 10–15 years and continues to be a leader in our industry. Lindel is no stranger to thorny venture capital issues — he was arguably amongst the most successful LPs of his generation. Maybe that’s USV, too.

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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. It’s a great opportunity to better explain ideas, problems and design solutions.”. He is also looking at M&A opportunities. However, with statistics showing that 53% of the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

million venture fund called Tiger Private Investment Partners XIV that it expects to close in March. The fund is Tiger’s 13th venture fund, despite its title — the partners might be superstitious — and it comes hot on the heels of the firm’s 12th venture fund, closed exactly a year ago, also with $3.75

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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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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. FourSquare obviously brings up a lot of interesting commercial opportunities. Social Chaos Will Create New Business Opportunities: Sprout Social, CoTweet, awe.sm, LocalResponse.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

After going over four years without raising any capital, coding class platform Codecademy has raised a new tranche of money: a $40 million Series D round led by Owl Ventures, with participation from Prosus and Union Square Ventures. The end goal here for Codecademy is to have a 50% split between its consumer and enterprise business.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

In 2011, the company launched its first core banking product targeting microfinance institutions. Other investors include V8 Capital , Constant Capital and Itanna Capital Ventures. One clear differentiator is that the company functions as an enabler (at payment rails and the core infrastructure) within banking and payments.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Two years after launching the African entertainment company in 2011, Njoku and his co-founder Bastian Gotter launched SPARK , a self-described company builder and a $2 million fund. Investzilla is focused on unlocking that opportunity for them.” But how do they work, and what progress have they made so far?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from new investor Coatue and existing investors Greylock, Aspect Ventures/Acrew Capital, Singtel Innov8 and Shlomo Kramer (who is the co-founder and CEO of the company). “There’s a huge opportunity and we want to move as fast as possible.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The funding was led by Greenspring Associates with participation from Eleven Prime, IVP, Sapphire Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, Baseline Ventures, Threshold, Scale, Owl Rock and Next Equity Partners. The companies did not share the purchase price. 4 enterprise developer trends that will shape 2021.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. And if you’re a guy and you want to be a part of helping bring equity and opportunity for women founders forward, you should be there too.

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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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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

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 ). Four years later, Westermann moved to the U.S. 9am.health’s clinic was launched in August. 9am.health’s clinic was launched in August.

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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. He made more money at that company than any of his other ventures, he said.

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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. At my first fund, Cross Culture [Ventures], we were interested in investing in early childhood care.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. In November 2011, David Rosenblatt took over as CEO and has been scaling the company ever since. Poshmark was founded by Manish Chandra in 2011.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures. It is suggested that companies cannot find the cash necessary to start new and exciting ventures.

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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. We came out of it realizing that it was a step backwards, but it created an opportunity for us to learn and fix it going forward.”.

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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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