TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Most Latin American companies reaching unicorn status and going public now were started around 2012. The amount of VC capital being funneled into Latin American startups has surged since 2017, with angel investment close behind. However, much of this investment comes from local and regional investors.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

All of which brings me back to the question in the title: who makes the money on investing in future convenience? . June 19th, 2012. Invested Interests. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Mohnot sold a company, FeeFinders, to Groupon 2012]. I’ve invested in 90 companies as an angel investor and I think we’ve probably deployed more than $40 million between the two of us over the last five years leading up to BTV, including SPVs on top of angel investments. And all we do is fintech.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Probably harder than we realize, because we somewhat regularly find ourselves in angel investing situations where our founding team has run out of talent relative to the job at hand. Unfortunately, skilled CEOs with that kind of versatility are actually pretty hard to find. Are we now dead in the water?” How Prevalent Are CEO Changes?

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops. In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Editor’s Note – This story originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review by Sharon Fisher and reposted with permission by the Angel Capital Association. To many Idaho companies, Kevin Learned isn’t just an icon, he’s ang angel. Kevin Learned is on his third career, and he’s not done yet. But that’s only what he’s done most recently.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

For me Silicon Beach doesn’t quite encapsulate the wonderful, dynamic, creative, large, thriving community that is the 13 million proud Angelinos any more than Silicon Alley captures the bustling 2012 community of New York City. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

After the Great Recession, the Kauffman Foundation issued a blistering report on the state of venture “ We Have Met the Enemy And He Is Us: Lessons from Twenty Years of the Kauffman Foundation’s Investments in Venture Capital Funds and the Triumph of Hope Over Experience ,” Kauffman Foundation, 2012.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

targets the Exchange Act requirement that is reportedly forcing Facebook to go public in early 2012. What may appear to be a hypertechnical set of amendments to obscure code sections ( Section 12(g)(1)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , anyone?)

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those interested in more information or in participating in the 2012 survey (if any) should contact the author by email at bill@billpayne.com. . No statistical significance should be assumed from any data included here. Finally, all analysis and conclusions are those of the author. Any errors or misinterpretations are his.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

There are some other nuances, but those are the primary differences introduced with the concept of convertible equity. Overall, in my view, it’s an evolutionary but not revolutionary change from convertible debt financing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Three companies from the Studiomates community-- Sherpaa , Tinybop , and Editorially --received VC dollars in 2012. Want to get involved in this community in some way--working for these companies, moving here to start one, angel investing, bringing more creative space online?

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

Then by 2011 or 2012, some of the tech components of the Great Recession had started wearing off and the market started waking up. If you walk around to a bunch of board rooms, or I’m in a bunch of angel investments, and I think “pipeline” is the word of the year. Sarah Wang: Absolutely.

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