This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

How long does it take from first meeting a VC to getting cash in the bank? For example, while I closed on the seed investment in Tinybop on November 19, 2012, I met Raul two years earlier at the first Brooklyn Beta in 2010, even before he was working on the company. That''s an interesting question.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2012

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. Good for him--I'm happy to see him get resourced to built out his vision. Just a few days ago, he added a monster $10mm raise.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. But his challenges only make us a better place, he’s pushed us to make sure we’re building systems to better track our markets and measure performance. He’s pushed us to be out in the community more. He’s even challenged some of our sacred cows on investment philosophy.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Maybe that’s USV, too.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

” In a data-driven piece that looks at post-money valuations, deal sizes and dilution rates going back to 2012, Mitchem says we’re now heading into a new era where the tech industry will embrace “growth at reasonable costs.” The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. If you want to understand how the VC industry is changing there is a great primer in the link.

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APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. It in not uncommon to see a VC talk about “total assets under management&# as in “We have $1.5 What is a VC fund? VC’s don’t invest 100% of their own money.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

They do around 7% of the total VC-backed deals in the US per year or just under 40 deals / year on average (present year excluded!). Where I add commentary from myself or my fellow VC colleagues from our discussion after Jamie left I’ll put in red. This time period is usually 10 years (although small extensions are common).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

It was a particularly rough December in what proved a difficult 2012. Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. But it comes across as a whiny complaint about the shitty year that 2012 was. But the reason I couldn’t publish that post is it didn’t capture the greater picture that 2012 represents for me.”

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 17, 2023

Register Singapore-based venture capital firm Jungle Ventures has announced its merger with HealthXCapital , an early-stage VC firm specializing in healthcare investments. Founded in 2012, Jungle Ventures avoids the conventional approach of attempting to cater to a wide range of sectors.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 30, 2021

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? VC fundraising will achieve a record. A venture dollar’s velocity has never been faster. That was the Facebook IPO.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Bay Area startups claimed of 55% total dollars up from 45% in 2012. It’s not that VC dollars have left San Francisco to fuel other geographies. Despite the correction in VC this year, $284b of new venture dollars will bolster American startup balance sheets - the second largest year ever, eclipsed only by 2021.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market? Mohnot previously served as vice president of business development at Groupon after a startup he founded, FeeFighters, was acquired by the company in 2012. He is also the GP of the 500 Fintech fund.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Jungle Ventures, established by Anurag Srivastava and Amit Anand, commenced its journey with a $10 million first fund in 2012. Additionally, in August, the firm expanded its influence in the healthcare sector across India and Southeast Asia by absorbing the early-stage VC firm HealthXCapital.

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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Mohnot sold a company, FeeFinders, to Groupon 2012]. It’s meant that one of our companies has already had a pretty massive markup in part because of this phenomenon. I also think we’re finding we’re able to win deals at better prices because we’re both founders. And all we do is fintech.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The news this week that HQ Trivia has finally called it quits reminded me of this post I wrote back in 2012 about the difference in sustainability (and thus value) between entertainment and utility apps.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. Though by no means does this mean that women aren’t doing incredible work in the field and it’s only right that women founders receive their fair share of VC investment. Venture capital is far from a level playing field.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is where VC comes in and why it’s needed in the industry no matter how much populist sentiment exists against the VC industry. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC. If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

” Russ Wilcox, partner, Pillar VC This market cycle hasn’t seen a company raise a down round ahead of a successful exit yet, but startups contemplating that possibility should take heart because companies have overcome this hurdle in the past. .” Meta, known as Facebook at the time, is probably the best-known example.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

More than 1,000 companies have cycled through its accelerator, and it was named 2022’s VC firm of the year by The International Trade Council. ” 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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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I *think* Daniel and I met at a VC happy hour many years ago. It might ‘exit’ again at a later point (anything from a sale to an IPO), but it’s no long dependent on VC funding. What does 2023 Daniel know that 2012 Daniel didn’t? This means the company is predominantly owned by the management/team and TPG.

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Dream It

AUGUST 29, 2019

Around 2012, Google made a large number of acquisitions of smaller companies, but years later those companies were shuttered or open-sourced, and the pace of acquisitions fell. Companies like Google are making acquisitions when they need to fill a critical gap in technology and see an opportunity (i.e.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

In her decade at the multistage VC, she invested in numerous startups, including health tech Cleo, online metaverse startup Portals and meeting transcription software Reduct.Video. Sources confirmed to Axios that Guo is planning to launch her own fund. She also is a board director at Mystery and 0x Labs.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

The new fund will be evergreen, meaning it will have an indefinite life, a structure that unlike the traditional VC model provides investors with the ability to come and go as they please.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Startups and VC. The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era. In a data-driven piece that looks at post-money valuations, deal size and dilution going back to 2012, Mitchem says we’re now heading into a “growth at reasonable costs” era.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

We want our founders to focus on building without the pressure of a VC looking for a quick exit,” Riney told TechCrunch. As Riney and Sawayama started investing in seed and early-stage startup companies back in 2012, the startup world was a black box in the country, according to Riney.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 22, 2020

I’m betting on Duolingo (and have been since we made our seed investment in the company in 2012). Both TOEFL and IELTS, after spending a lot of time saying that online tests were no good, now have online options. So now the market is open to competition and the best product can win.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 5, 2021

Over time, rates decline and then in the 2012-2014 era, they begin to surge upward culminating 6-8 years later at the top-left of the chart and $200b+ invested. The y-axis tracks enture capital investment by year and the year of the data point resides in the reddish circle. Do you remember this shape from high school math?

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

I’ve aggregated data from the NVCA from 1995 to Q3 2012 to answer these questions in two charts. Consumer web’s share of all US VC investment is increasing. And across all major sectors of VC investment (consumer, enterprise, healthcare and energy), consumer investments are growing their share. of VC dollars.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Because my role as a VC requires me to take and endless stream of meetings I long ago decided I need to learn as much as I can from the meetings I attend so I often just ask tons of questions and assimilate knowledge. When I think about what defines us as a VC I think: Operationally knowledgeable / strong startup competence.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Since launching in 2012, Savannah Fund — led by Mbwana Alliy and Paul Bragiel — has backed more than 30 startups. Before becoming a VC firm, Savannah Fund started as an accelerator program in Kenya. South African VC firm Knife Capital gets first commitment for its $50M fund, to invest in 10-12 Series B rounds.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2023

Back in 2012, he was working at a foresting company he founded and decided to do some research on what causes buildings and structures to ignite in a wildfire. Deal Dive: VC interest in wildfire tech grows as the world burns around us by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In 2012, they raised 1.8%, then 1.7% The lack of VC funding to women is a Western societal shortfall by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch. It’s hard to say that some of these metrics represent investors simply pulling back when data shows the bias has historical precedence. Even in 2008, all-women U.S.

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