Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. This is a big news day at Upfront Ventures. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. He will be a venture partner. I stayed close.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. This is the task I set out to answer with the master of analysis at Upfront Ventures Glenn Poppe who deserves the bulk of the credit for our work. billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer). LA By The Numbers.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor. There’s a ton of writing out there about getting *on* the venture curve, but not a lot about getting *off,* so Daniel’s advice below is especially important.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She exudes many of the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate. Watching him develop over the past 4.5

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Register Singapore’s Jungle Ventures has announced the launch of First Cheque@Jungle , a new program aimed at investing in startups during their pre-seed and seed stages. The First Cheque program plans to leverage the expertise of experienced founders from Jungle Ventures’ current and former portfolio startups.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 18, 2024

Represented Oklahoma State University in 2012 Governor’s Cup Finalist, Graduate Student Generated Technology Award Currently CEO of MaxQ Research LLC What was your winning Entrepreneur’s Cup idea and how have you pursued it since? What do you think is unique about the Entrepreneur’s Cup? Saravan Kumar, Ph.D.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 24, 2016

I learned a valuable lesson during this low point: I had never truly “failed” before in any business venture. We sold this company in 2012 with a eight-times return over our initial investment. As crazy entrepreneurs, we are constantly setting the bar higher for our businesses and ourselves. I embarked on a faith journey.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Robust Support for Scaling Startups: Local Task Forces in Action Seongnam City initiated a task force in 2012, tailoring support schemes that resonate with Pangyo Techno Valley companies’ requirements. Korea Bio Park, the apex bio venture complex in Pangyo Techno Valley, gives biotech startups access to affordable office spaces.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Then in 2012, we appeared in court on behalf of different clients – but this time, we were arguing on the same side, against the same party (the State of New York). 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.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

Since 2012, there’s been little increase in venture capital going to women-founded businesses. In the third quarter of 2020, venture capital funding for female founders dropped to a three-year low. In the third quarter of 2020, venture capital funding for female founders dropped to a three-year low.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. The accelerator has backed more than 270 startups since its inception in 2012, co-founder and partner of SparkLabs Eugene Kim told TechCrunch. . and Asia. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

Entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to transform our world. When I left the hot tub industry to pursue a new manufacturing venture in electronics, global climate and waste issues inspired my thoughts around pursuing a path that would contribute to reducing carbon footprint while being a viable, sustainable business.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The GitHub Student Developer Pack offers more than $200k in developer tools/training for student entrepreneurs or any students. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The CMU Venture Challenge is an international startup competition open to undergraduates from across the United States.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Thanks to David Bogoslaw for covering our new partnership in today’s Venture Capital Journal. As part of the partnership, I am joining Coolwater as a part-time Venture Partner. We will track our success through six joint goals: Increase awareness of the opportunity to stake venture capital funds’ management companies.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The funding round was anchored by Singapore’s Insignia Ventures Partners. Konvy was launched in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur QingGui Huang, who had previously managed fashion e-commerce platforms in China. Previously, Konvy had raised seed funding from Alpha Founders Capital and ECG Ventures Capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I met him in April of 2010--almost two years before he got a venture round. It would be over two years until he took his first round of capital earlier in 2012. He just raised $7mm from Andreessen Horowitz, to tack onto their January 2012 party round of everyone and their mother. Devrim Yasar just raised an additional $7.25

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is through venture capital, which means the money flows to the coasts — New York, Boston, Silicon Valley. ” The team’s first program was in Milwaukee in 2012, and for a while they alternated running annual programs in Milwaukee and Madison. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Procore and Autodesk are two examples of ventures in the construction space that went from startup to publicly traded companies today worth $6.2 To help them along, one construction tech-focused venture capital firm is eager to fund a new generation of startups in the space. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2016

GOAT just announced it raised $5 million in venture capital led by our friends at Matrix Partners. GOAT (“Greatest of All Time) is a sneakerhead marketplace that is en fuego, but we led the company’s last financing round in 2012 (yes, four years ago) when they were an application for letting people join group dinners.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

In the last couple of years, a large group of “Gen Z VCs” have come to the forefront of what one might consider “hip” venture capital investing. There’s a drastic difference in views and experiences between someone born in 1997 and someone born in 2012. In turn, these have become the “hyped industries.”

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

As smart speaker platforms have matured, more entrepreneurs are leveraging the technology to benefit healthcare. Dozens of healthcare-focused voice tech startups have popped up in the last few years which are backed by top tier venture funds. Other problems experienced by seniors include loneliness (more than 11.3

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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. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. ” Numero uno.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 29, 2023

In 2012, by which time Wu was already cooperating with multiple Japanese fashion companies, he founded the Fujin Tree Group. Wu therefore opted to form a joint venture with a Japanese partner when first expanding into Japan. This article is part of a partnership with Cherubic Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2022

While we’d nearly always cover a notable acquisition in a relevant tech sector, the extra interesting bit here is a personnel one: both companies were co-founded by the same entrepreneur, David Blake. It feels rare to see serial entrepreneurs have one of their startups acquire another one of their startups.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

Kaszek Ventures, QED Investors and Greenoaks Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised to $36.7 This isn’t the first venture for Cora co-founders Igor Senra and Leo Mendes. Cora , a São Paulo-based technology-enabled lender to small-and-medium-sized businesses, has raised $26.7

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It’s a critical appointment — while brief — that can have a lasting impact on the founders who win, as well as help maintain TechCrunch’s reputation as an outlet that finds innovative tech and entrepreneurs behind it. Lanzone has a long history in media and as an entrepreneur.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Savannah Fund , a pan-African venture capital firm, today announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the continent. Since launching in 2012, Savannah Fund — led by Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel — has backed more than 30 startups. Paul Bragiel (Generap Partner, Savannah Fund).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It plans to accelerate its omnichannel and international distribution with a new Series A of $10 million from Insignia Ventures Partners. Konvy was launched in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur QingGui Huang, who previously managed fashion e-commerce platforms in China.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

SPACs have essentially proven a pressure-release valve for the space startup market, which has been waiting on high-profile exits to basically prove out the math of its venture-backability. Spire Global debuted in 2012, and has raised more than $220 million to date. billion upon transaction close, which is targeted for this summer.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Bybit and BitDAO partner Mirana Ventures co-led the round alongside Alameda. Fidelity International Strategic Ventures , DRW Venture Capital , Alumni Ventures , and Jump Capital also participated. . Once a homeless immigrant, Birch got his start as an entrepreneur launching a dropshipping business at age 17.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

AppWorks , the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. Founded in 2009, AppWorks started its accelerator program before launching a $11 million debut fund in 2012. for the other funds.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Beyond co-founding Initialized, which raised a $700 million fund (its sixth) last year and has over $1 billion in known assets under management, Tan was also co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012. YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.”

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 1, 2013

In 2012, I started my second company--a venture capital firm called B rooklyn Bridge Ventures. Becoming an entrepreneur again has been a ton of work, but incredibly rewarding. 2) Get to sleep. More accidents and injuries are traceable to lack of sleep than any other cause.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The venture capital game has become about branding yourself so you can get into a handful of hot deals." -- @Naval on stage with @Jason. It''s more often the case that founders are repeat entrepreneurs on the west coast. In fact, a local venture firm turned the company down just a week before the pre-sale.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

As of today, TechCrunch understands an influential group of UK entrepreneurs and investors, aided by industry body Coadec , is now making hasty representations this weekend to HM Treasury over the implications of SVB UK’s shut down. The move could affect as much as 30% of UK tech startups, with potentially 10%, industry sources estimate.

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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. And so it goes. Maybe that’s USV, too.

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