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. I am no stranger to this gender gap within the VC space.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. And contrary to media reporting, YouTube has been incredibly supportive of networks like Maker & MiTú in building out our businesses.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. So what is Revenue Based Investing? Absolutely not.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Costanoa Ventures is seeing some of its best returns yet as it closed on two new funds, Costanoa Fund IV, a $225 million early-stage fund, and Opportunity Fund II, a $115 million funding investing in later rounds of portfolio companies. Each fund since then has been better than the one before it, he added.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Stacked , a web-based platform that provides passive investment tools for retail investors interested in crypto, just announced it raised a $35 million Series A co-led by Alameda Research , a crypto trading firm owned by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Bybit and BitDAO partner Mirana Ventures co-led the round alongside Alameda.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Notably, the 38-year-old Silicon Valley-based venture firm is doubling down on global investing. billion global “Leaders” fund that is focused on later-stage investing that Accel closed in December. Accel expects to invest in about 20 to 30 companies per fund on average, according to Partner Rich Wong.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

based savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired London-based GoHenry , a startup focused on providing money management and financial education services to 6- to18-year-olds in an all-equity deal, the two companies announced today. Acorns Early lets parents, guardians, family and friends easily invest in a child’s future.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. To some extent Keith Rabois agreed with me about domain knowledge and argued that most of his investments are in the consumer Internet space as a result. Always have been.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

During this same period, the US venture industry grew 41x from $8.8b to $360b invested per year. It is true that across all stages, SF’s share of venture rounds has fallen 15%. In dollar terms, San Francisco’s stake of the early US venture market eked 5% lower than 10 years ago. per year to $30b-$36b per year.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Alternative Capital. “

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. Participants have a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and other support.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 30, 2021

A venture dollar’s velocity has never been faster. The time it takes for a dollar to appear in an LP’s pocket, for the LP to wire it to a VC fund, and for the VC fund to invest can be measured in minutes. See that blip in 2012? There are 3-5 financings and M&A every working day. That was the Facebook IPO.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Andrew Chan is a senior associate at Builders VC , investing in early-stage companies that are transforming pen and paper industries. 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. Andrew Chan. Contributor.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In 2012, Girls Who Code launched, teaching girls computer programming. Balancing motherhood and the creation of the US$2B Stitch Fix, Lake’s journey included convincing male venture capitalists of Stitch Fix’s necessity and navigating the complexities of being the youngest woman ever to take a company public. Lisa Sugar / POPSUGAR.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

The latest funding, led by South Korean private equity firm DSAsset, brings Tridge’s total financing to $111.7 The new valuation represents about 440%, or 5.4x, increase over Tridge’s postmoney valuation of $500 million in July 2021 when it raised $60 million in its Series C from Korean venture capital firm Forest Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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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 Kaszek led Cora’s $10 million seed round (believed at that time to be one of the largest seed investments in LatAm) in December 2019 with Ribbit then following.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Coinbase’s direct listing was a massive finance, startup and cryptocurrency event that impacted a host of public and private investors, early employees, and crypto-enthusiasts. We’ll wrap by considering what impact Coinbase’s direct listing will have, if any, on non-crypto fintech venture capital investing.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The San Francisco-based operations execution company raised $27 million in Series C financing, led by Golub Capital, to continue developing its application to automate operation procedures like tracking food safety, public health protocols and changing market conditions. When he sees a problem, he works and works to solve it,” Gretsch said.

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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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Gust

MARCH 11, 2014

By Tomasz Tunguz , Partner at Redpoint Ventures. On one hand, the total dollars invested by VCs is relatively flat at just under $30B per year, according to the NVCA. I’ve divided the companies into cohorts by the year they raised their seed investment. Has it become harder to raise money?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Ribbit Capital, a venture firm best known for its fintech investments, has raised $1.15 Since its 2012 inception, Ribbit Capital had previously raised about $1.3 It has invested (and seen exits) in what are some of the world’s largest fintechs today, including Coinbase, Nubank, Affirm and Robinhood. billion as well.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

The financing marks the company’s first ever institutional funding. The concept of Geopagos was actually born in 2012 on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, when one of its founders went into the Apple Store and found out that he could pay for the purchase with his card through a small device. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. Venture capital is far from a level playing field. of total investment dollars.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Creditas , the Brazilian lending business, has raised $255 million in new financing as financial services startups across Latin America continue to attract massive amounts of cash. billion thanks to $570 million raised in outside financing over five rounds. The company’s credit portfolio has crossed 1 billion reals ($196.66

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Without further ado, here are the five judges who will pick the 2021 Startup Battlefield winner: Kirsten Green is the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm she formed in 2010. While at Pinterest she helped it expand internationally, close its Series C financing and led three acquisitions.

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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

MARCH 9, 2022

Savings and investing app Acorns has raised $300 million in a Series F funding round that values the company at nearly $2 billion. The company also plans to continue building products that allow parents and their kids “to save and invest, and get educated together.” billion SPAC with Pioneer Merger Corp. ” . .”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Existing investors Commerce Ventures , Scale Venture Partners and Sorenson Ventures also participated. The round brings its total funding raised to $646 million since it was founded in 2012. Its new valuation makes Socure the highest-valued private company in the identity verification space, according to the company.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

Earlier this week, we examined the trends in the major categories of startup investment including eCommerce, Software, Social Networking and Education. But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars? Semiconductor investment fell 31% per year. Email and dating’s decline are less obvious.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2022

Even still, it’s hard to completely extract bias from any financial deal, particularly one as tangly as this — the two companies have shared investors including GSV, Firework Ventures and Album VC. Blake started Degreed in 2012 to give individuals a platform to turn to for open access educational content.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

a startup focused on in-home care for older adults, after selling chat service Meebo to Google for about $100 million in 2012. And today, San Francisco-based Honor has announced that it has raised $70 million in Series E funding and $300 million in debt financing, bringing its valuation to over $1.25 Rowe Price Associates Inc.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Droit , a regulatory compliance platform used by finance heavyweights such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and UBS, has raised $23 million in a Series B round of funding. Droit, a regulatory compliance platform used by major banks, raises $23M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

” Launched in 2012 by Khoury, Alo Sarv and Tony Rindsberg, Soci’s platform is designed for organizations that have hundreds — or even thousands — of people managing their marketing across various channels. With Sarv and Rindsberg, Khoury spent two years building the product before launching it in a limited beta.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Still, Sheel Mohnot, who was formerly a general partner at the fintech fund of 500 Startups, and Jake Gibson, co-founder of personal finance startup NerdWallet, were a little taken aback by investor interest in their fintech-focused early-stage venture firm, Better Tomorrow Ventures , or BTV. And all we do is fintech.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The company had raised $43 million in funding from investors such as Foundation Capital, QED Investors and Maverick Ventures, according to Silicon Hills. The company has raised over $550 million since its 2012 inception, according to Crunchbase. Other backers include Greyhound Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund and Point72 Ventures.

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