StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The outfit just closed its debut fund with $75 million in capital commitments, exceeding their original $60 million target, and even one of their earliest investors, Michael Kim of Cendana Capital, expresses surprise. Mohnot sold a company, FeeFinders, to Groupon 2012]. TC: The good news is you’re focused on fintech.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Ricardo Sangion previously launched operations for Facebook and Pinterest in Latin America, before joining operator-led global investors TheVentureCity as partner for first-ticket investments in the region. VCs have more money than ever, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to invest in North America. investors remain shy.

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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. Think about venture capital. I know that I call them often to co-invest.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Some Super Angels have been quoted as suggesting that valuation is not particularly important to their strategy. They intend to invest in as many as 100 companies quickly, looking for the next Facebook or Groupon. No statistical significance should be assumed from any data included here. Any errors or misinterpretations are his.

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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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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. Angel investment from a former Erlang Systems sales manager, Jane Walerud, followed and she put Klarna’s founders in contact with a team of developers who helped build the first version of the platform.

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