A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Most of USV’s big wins have been in companies where we were the first institutional VC to talk to the company or where we had way more conviction about the opportunity than other investors at the time of our investment. You can call it negative social proof.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

Every twist and turn of his arduous journey served as a crucial preparation for the defining purpose of his lifetime: Solving educational and employment opportunities for South Africa’s youth. Changing course A 2012 ski holiday in Canada triggered a remarkable new realization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012). For entrepreneurs, the job now is to look past that daunting torrent and to the opportunity beyond it. Because there is opportunity. But we’ve all dealt with things that felt new and terrible at the time. Some of us remember the 2000 dot-com crash.

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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? Saravan Kumar, Ph.D.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Kent and Meghan shared that there’s a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012. “By By streamlining processes and defining roles and responsibilities for greater accountability, increased profitability opportunities become visible and provide the potential for exponential growth.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Many, like Calendly, passed through Atlanta Tech Village, which has served as an incubator for the city’s talent ecosystem since it was founded in 2012 by David Cummings. The venture capital opportunity in the South is better than it’s ever been,” Lisa Calhoun, a general partner at Valor Ventures, told TechCrunch+ last year. “A

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. There is no substitute for in-depth research of the value stream to unearth opportunity.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It is always a good sign when founders come back and, indeed, they came up with a new idea and applied for the Winter 2012 batch. Spenser and Curtis figured this out rapidly and by the spring of 2012 they were searching once again for the right product to build. Amplitude team – February 2015.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Since its 2012 inception, Acorns has raised just over $500 million from investors, such as private equity firm TPG, BlackRock, Greycroft, Owl Rock (a division of Blue Owl), Senator Investment Group, Torch Capital, Industry Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Headline and Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty Five Ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 26, 2023

While customers typically reclaim VAT through operators like Planet or Global Blue, who provide partial refunds, Utu seizes the opportunity to address this issue and offer a more comprehensive solution. He developed a tax refund business that eventually became Global Blue after selling it in 2012.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Shein says the partnership gives it the opportunity to test customer-focused experiences at Forever 21 locations across the United States, including shop-in-shops and in-store returns. The company also does not sell its products in China, despite being founded there in 2012. The agreement was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We will track our success through six joint goals: Increase awareness of the opportunity to stake venture capital funds’ management companies. Increase awareness of the opportunity in backing “investment tech” companies, i.e., companies which help investors generate alpha and grow.

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

In late-March, the United Kingdom's Huawei Cyber Security Centre Oversight Board reported that the company had not fixed critical security flaws in its products, even after promising to patch specific issues back in 2012. The government body also said that it doesn't believe Huawei has committed to fixing the security problems in the future.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Celia continued, “Traveloka’s proven track record and the opportunities brought by resumption of travels have made this an interesting investment opportunity to share BlackRock’s industry expertise and create value as the company pursues its next stage of growth.”

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Gust

AUGUST 8, 2012

One class of clear business opportunity, which wouldn’t exist in an ideal world, is created by the service that seemingly makes it as difficult as possible for potential paying customers to make it take their money. If that’s just too complex a challenge for the state of the art in 2012, how about at least accepting PayPal ?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

Carlos Rivas was a student in El Salvador when he competed in the 2012 EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). Now, I have the opportunity to know people in many different countries! Opportunities are for everyone, especially for those who seek and fight for them. Do you know a student who is also running a company?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

In some parts of Africa, it was a great opportunity for telemedicine to make new inroads. Launched in 2012, Rocket Health’s offers online medical consultation, collection of samples and the delivery of medicines. In the long-term it will pursue growth opportunities in West Africa.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Alex Rinke, Bastian Nominacher and Martin Klenk launched the company as a spin-off from the Technical University of Munich, and in 2012, Celonis joined the SAP Startup Focus program, an accelerator for analytics startups building new applications on the SAP HANA platform. Other participants include Activant Capital, Arena Holdings, T.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

“We always say unapologetically: we’re here to win, we’re here to win big, and our opportunity is big.” Since 2012, there’s been little increase in venture capital going to women-founded businesses. Don’t let venture capitalists deter you from opportunity. Lori’s advice to women entrepreneurs seeking funding?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Podcasting is, in some ways, natively disconnected from a singular social media platform – which means it creates opportunities to reach people you have never met, known about, or marketed to. In 2012, this percentage was only 14%. It’s a rapidly-growing segment — one that is diversifying in terms of appeal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2016

In 2012, the U.S. In this short video, EO Los Angeles member Ron Miller gives an overview of this legislation, the opportunities it brings to entrepreneurs and tips for marketing to your fans – who can now invest in your company. passed the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act with bi-partisan support.

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Secure Docs

JANUARY 11, 2022

When we first launched SecureDocs in 2012, we set out to build a secure, intuitive virtual data room that would allow users to confidently and efficiently navigate the complex deal process.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Choo Heng Tong, the Executive Vice President for New Ventures and Innovation, EDB, said delivering sustainability goals is now more pressing as it also presents an opportunity for collaboration across the ecosystem to build and scale climate tech ventures.

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Dream It

AUGUST 29, 2019

Acquisitions: When a larger company has an immediate need for your product or technology and it is difficult or impossible for them to build that product in house, then you may have an opportunity to exit via M&A. a startup) that fills that gap and has the ability to scale quickly with the resources that a company like Google can provide.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

. “One of the unique things about the hotel and hospitality industry is that generally tech providers focus a lot of their energy on the larger chains, because that’s where they believe the opportunity is,” he said. Part of the Series B will be used to continue investing in OTA Insight’s technology stack. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Restaurants, convenience stores and grocery chain customers can use Zenput to update all of their locations — at the same time — with new processes, promotional campaigns and key initiatives while also gathering data and insights from those locations to find opportunities for improvement. The pandemic inadvertently helped us,” he added.

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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. Meanwhile, Korea Creative Content Agency champions game startups through its Global Game Hub Center in Pangyo Techno Valley.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Creating opportunities for women and minorities to grow. This passion was one that I would foster and come to utilize within the VC space in order to support women from diverse and underserved backgrounds and communities so that they wouldn’t hesitate in the face of opportunities out of fear of not feeling like they belonged.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

We’re very grateful for the opportunity to expand our operations while still being part of our local community here in Delaware,” said Vice President Russell Hall , who runs the company’s wholesale and e-commerce divisions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

So they’re looking to diversify their investments with high-potential opportunities abroad. Most Latin American companies reaching unicorn status and going public now were started around 2012. VCs have more money than ever, and it’s getting increasingly expensive to invest in North America. investors remain shy.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Existing backers Owl Ventures, Emerson Collective, Uncork Capital, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Tao Capital Partners also participated in the financing, which brings the Boston-based company’s total raised since its 2012 inception to $105 million. Edtech stocks are getting hammered but VCs keep writing checks. When we looked at the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Committing to enabling startups When Kickstart was established in 2012, the Philippine startup ecosystem was at its nascent stage. Kickstart Portfolio Operations Director, Bit Santos, explains, “We have a robust network that delivers data, alongside financial, industrial, and social capital, we see many opportunities for growth and expansion.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Founded in 2012, Borzo says it now has a customer base of 2 million users, 2.5 In Borzo, we find a team with a clear vision of the opportunity in the evolving on-demand delivery space. million couriers and operates in 10 countries, including Brazil, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

Notably, one of the company’s co-founders, CTO Simon Weaver , and several team members were on the development team of Evi, a startup that had built an AI program that can be communicated with using natural language via an app, that was acquired by Amazon in 2012.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The ability to purchase something at the point of discovery from digital content exists, but checkout technology company Bolt has the opportunity to give that its “one-click” treatment. The company is led by Marcus Jacobsson, co-founder and CEO, who started the company in 2012 with Axel Wolrath and Jonas Sjöstedt.

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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.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Expanding Opportunities for Underrepresented Investors and Entrepreneurs Companies have two ways of accessing capital in the securities markets to fund their operations: an initial public offering (IPO) where they sell securities publicly through a registered offering with the SEC or a private offering under an exemption from registration.

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