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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 17, 2020
I woke up to a dream this morning where I was playing a game that was very similar to Turntable.fm , a failed effort to create a social music experience that had a moment back in 2011 and that I had invested in via USV. Investments that don’t work haunt me. And investments that don’t work are often failures of execution.
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Investing in Blackbird
Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
a16z crypto is a venture capital fund that has been investing in crypto and web3 startups — across all stages — since 2013.
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Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’…
Jason Malki
JANUARY 15, 2024
Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’ Founding Trio GoAhead Ventures (“GoAhead”) is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm founded by three Stanford graduates: Takeshi “TK” Mori, Clancey Stahr and Phil Brady (the “Managing Partners”).
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Faulty Logic in the Venture Capital and Female Founder Discussion
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 1, 2014
We all have our inherent biases and what I am not arguing here is that the venture capital world is a fair playing field for anyone. I repeat: I AM NOT ARGUING THAT VENTURE CAPITAL IS FAIR TO ANYONE. billion went to women-led ventures.". billion went to women-led ventures.". Sounds awful, right?
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UTEC, one of Asia’s largest deep-tech investment firms, launches new $275M fund
TechCrunch
MAY 18, 2021
The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) , a deep-tech investment firm, announced the first close of its fifth fund, which is expected to total 30 billion JPY (or about $275 million USD) by June 2021. UTEC’s deep-tech investments around the world. So far, 25 of its investments have exited.
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Singapore’s TC Ventures invests in German, French startups
AsiaTechDaily
MARCH 6, 2022
Register Transport Capital , a globally-recognised investment management and advisory firm focused on the maritime and aviation industries, has launched its new venture capital arm named TC Ventures. Headquartered in Singapore, Transport Capital’s core expertise is in Real Assets and Private Capital Markets.
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The Changing Venture Landscape
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? That used to be called A-round investing. Of course we can’t.
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Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment
TechCrunch
JANUARY 6, 2021
Thomas Rush is founder of Bootstrapp and Head of Investment Platform at ConsenSys Mesh. Revenue-based investing ( RBI), also known as revenue-based financing, or revenue-share investing, 1 is a natural next step for the private equity and early-stage venture investment industry. Share on Twitter.
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Alto raises $40 million to help individuals make tax-savvy investments in assets like crypto and artwork
TechCrunch
JANUARY 5, 2022
Alternative investments are having a moment. Institutions have fueled a large part of this growth, investing at record pace into alternatives like crypto, private companies and real estate. Institutions have fueled a large part of this growth, investing at record pace into alternatives like crypto, private companies and real estate.
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Stacked raises $35M to bring passive investing tools to retail crypto traders
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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Onevest
APRIL 30, 2015
But the data shows a rapidly growing trend in accredited investors investing together. Trending Investment Strategies Global investor surveys have shown that since the crises of the early 2000s more affluent and sophisticated investors are choosing to invest in partnership with each other. That means safety in investing.
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Fund Investing Versus Fund Management
Haystack
JANUARY 20, 2019
When I started out investing (via a fund — not my money), I was just investing based on a simple schedule: About once a month, invest $25K into one company I liked. That escalation from $25K back in 2013 took a little over four years. Fund investing is easy — fund management is not. Pretty easy.
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Haystack
JANUARY 28, 2019
Over five years ago, as I began to deploy the first Haystack Fund, I was lucky to select HelloSign as my sixth investment ever. I took Joseph out for lunch, told him about me and Haystack, and asked to invest in the company. At that time, back in 2013, Docusign was known to be a well-performing company. price tag.
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The Story Behind Our Investment In SecondMeasure
Haystack
FEBRUARY 17, 2019
We were lucky to invest not only during this time, but also doubled down in an extension. And this week, the company announced it had raised a super-sized $20M Series A financing co-led by Kent Bennett from Bessemer Venture Partners and also Goldman Sachs. That is not the case today.
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How to Raise First Dollars in a Difficult Market: The Venture Perspective
TechCrunch
JULY 6, 2022
Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. As venture capital continues its slowdown after an aggressive 2020 and record-breaking 2021 , it’s clear that early-stage founders looking for their first dollars will require a new approach.
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i2E Management Co. Inc. leads $5.2 million investment in PhotoniCare Inc.
Innovation 2 Enterprise
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures. iMCI) is a private, for profit investment and fund management company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of i2E, Inc. iMCI currently manages $88 million across five venture funds. . – September 3, 2020 – PhotoniCare, Inc.,
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Welcoming New Partner and Global Digital Transformation Expert Flavio Dias as We Step Up Our Presence in Brazil
500
MARCH 18, 2020
I first met Flavio in 2013, when he co-invested alongside 500 Startups in Olist, one of Brazil’s largest online marketplaces–which recently raised a Series C round. He became instrumental in building Olist’s name.
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What SOSV’s Climate Tech 100 tells founders about investors in the space
TechCrunch
JUNE 10, 2021
Her role includes gathering and analysing data on SOSV portfolio companies and syndicate investors, managing the funds’ databases and CRM, and reporting SOSV’s quarterly investments to external data providers. In other words, who invested in the Climate Tech 100? There are always valuable insights embedded in a list like the 100.
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How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community
Revolution
OCTOBER 4, 2022
At the turn of the 20th century, any number of American municipalities with similar access to talent, materials, investment, and transportation might have emerged as the beating heart of the automobile industry. In 2013, Indianapolis-based ExactTarget was acquired by Salesforce for $2.5 as do manufacturing workers.
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5 things first-time founders must remember when working with VCs
TechCrunch
MARCH 31, 2022
As a partner at Wing Venture Capital, Zach Dewitt focuses on early-stage investments in transformative enterprise technologies. After winning the 2013 TechCrunch Meetup and Pitch-off , I decided to drop out of business school to pursue my startup full time. Zach DeWitt. Contributor. Share on Twitter.
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The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups
Tomasz Tunguz
JULY 15, 2017
The article pointed to the seeming collapse in the amount of venture capital raised by San Francisco startups relative to other regions. The slowing of venture investment more broadly across the US serves as a backdrop to San Francisco’s particularly strong correction. Note, the levels still exceed 2010-2013.
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How about that $20B Figma-Adobe deal?
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Figma is somewhat of a classic startup and venture capital success story. Following a seed round back in 2013, Figma attracted regular external investments through a mid-2021 Series E worth $200 million that valued the software upstart at around $10 billion, per Crunchbase data. How about that $20B Figma-Adobe deal?
AWS launches new $30M accelerator program aimed at minority founders
TechCrunch
APRIL 20, 2022
From a diversity standpoint, the venture capital financing landscape remains incredibly imbalanced. of total venture capital invested, according to Crunchbase. The current system capitalizes women and minority founders at 80% less than businesses overall.
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TechCrunch+ roundup: 20 questions VCs ask, crypto compliance tips, Indian investor survey
TechCrunch
MARCH 24, 2023
Venture capital funding in the region “dried up in the second half of 2022,” so he inquired about their current pace of dealmaking, which investment trends they’re watching and how founders can reach them. Fellow first drew notice in 2013 with a Kickstarter campaign to fund production of its Duo coffee maker.
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Extra Crunch Live: Join GC’s Peter Boyce and Katherine Boyle for a live Q&A today at 4 pm EST/1 pm PST
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2020
General Catalyst is widely recognized as one of the top venture capital firms, with portfolio companies that include Snap, Kayak, Airbnb, Stripe, HubSpot and GitLab. Boyce has been with General Catalyst since 2013, leading investments in companies like Ro, Macro, towerIQ and Atom.
Sarah Guo joins the wave of women leaving venture jobs to launch their own funds
TechCrunch
JUNE 7, 2022
Sarah Guo is the latest woman to depart their position at a venture capital firm with plans to launch one of their own. Guo joined Greylock in 2013 as the firm’s first woman partner and will now transition into the role of board partner. Sources confirmed to Axios that Guo is planning to launch her own fund.
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Reports say African startups raised record-smashing $4.3B to $5B in 2021
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
In this piece , I spotlighted what influenced this venture capital growth — which, at the time, was pegged at a little over $4 billion. In 2021, fintech startups got 63% of the continent’s total investments. Like two years ago, 2021 showed the Big Four countries’ preponderance in terms of investment destination.
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Free Money for Student Tech Founders
David Teten VC
JULY 27, 2021
At Versatile VC, we particularly like investing in “dual-PhD” problems, at the intersection of multiple domains. We’re making $50k investments in idea/R&D-stage teams that want to work outside of school in the fall.”. The firm has made seven investments since 2017 with check sizes between 25k and 100k euros.
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South African payments startup Yoco raises $83M Series C backed by Dragoneer
TechCrunch
JULY 27, 2021
Since launching in 2013, South African fintech Yoco has positioned itself as the go-to platform to access offline payments among merchants in the country. The company’s Series C investment is the largest of its kind in South Africa and one of the largest for any African fintech (third only to Flutterwave and Chipper Cash ).
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Better Tomorrow Ventures closes on $225M fintech-focused fund, which is triple the size of its last fund
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Founded by Sheel Mohnot and Jake Gibson in November of 2019, San Francisco-based Better Tomorrow Ventures ( BTV ) has allocated $150 million to invest in startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. It has also reserved $75 million for an opportunity fund for follow-on investments. It’s committed to three so far.
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Feel free to borrow these New Year's resolutions
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. More sleep in 2013 will have mental health effects beyond the time investment. 3) Invest in your real friends. The quicker you can do so, the quicker you can move on to a better investment of your time.
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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive
TechCrunch
JANUARY 5, 2022
We are also investing in other skilled talent like doctors and nurses, professionals that are critical in the work we do,” Rockson told TechCrunch. “??Bloom Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures. Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures.
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As the head of Helios’ new VC arm, Wale Ayeni sees value in frontier markets
TechCrunch
MAY 26, 2022
Wale Ayeni , one of Africa’s well-known investors, has a new role as the head of Helios Digital Ventures, the venture capital strategy of private equity firm Helios Investment Partners, TechCrunch has learned. Ayeni and the Helios Investment Partners team declined to comment on the VC firm’s overall fund size.
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Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Peter Gajdoš is a partner at Fifth Wall , where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team. Consumer brands, like Amazon , Microsoft and Unilever , are investing billions to invest in climate technology. That’s where growth capital and eventually infrastructure investments come in. Peter Gajdoš.
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Vinod Khosla’s advice for top VCs? Don’t sit on your founders’ boards
TechCrunch
MARCH 6, 2023
Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders’ boards. Khosla, who spoke onstage at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles this week, spoke about the culture of capital. And that is difficult,” he said.
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Logicbroker taps into $135M to advance cloud-based drop ship software
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Logicbroker , a Connecticut-based e-commerce company focused on cloud fulfillment, secured a $135 million growth round from K1 Investment Management. He founded Logicbroker in 2010, his third startup, and hadn’t raised much in the way of venture capital since 2013, just under $2 million, to get to profitability, Zamani said.
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Alexa von Tobel will join Disrupt 2021 as a Startup Battlefield judge
TechCrunch
APRIL 22, 2021
Prior to Inspired Capital, Alexa founded LearnVest in 2008 with the goal of helping women in particular make better investments and learn financial planning. After raising $75 million in venture capital and growing the service to 1.5 that highlights entrepreneurs.
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Why you have to pay attention to the Indian startup scene
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 24, 2020
Data shows that India’s venture capital scene has grown sharply in recent years. 2019 was the country’s biggest ever in terms of venture dollars invested, with Bain counting $10 billion during the year. In 2020, the third quarter brought the country’s venture capital scene back to form. Market Notes.
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Getting into the hot deals before they're hot
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. — Brian Alvey (@brianalvey) November 10, 2013. My story as a "picker" really starts with two deals I didn''t even invest in. Venture Capital & Technology'
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The Coming Wave of Venture Capital and What It Means for Your Startup
Tomasz Tunguz
JULY 22, 2014
Through the first six months of 2014, VCs have raised about as much as all of 2013. The second quarter of 2014 is the sixteenth largest by capital deployed sinced 1995, making it a top quartile quarter, but to break into the top five, that figure would need to triple. But make no mistake; software investments are the real story.
Splendid Spoon stirs its strategy to get you to love plant-based foods
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
More venture capital is flowing into meal delivery service companies as consumers seek out better-for-you food choices. That has attracted venture capitalists’ attention and led to some recent cash infusions, including Shef and WoodSpoon for homemade items, and Little Spoon and Serenity Kids in the baby food arena.
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Pear VC’s Anand Iyer goes solo with new $20M fund for crypto developer tools
TechCrunch
JUNE 2, 2022
Now, the blockchain aficionado who got his start in trading Bitcoin in 2013 is joining the ranks of a growing group of solo GPs raising venture funds built on their own name and reputation. Iyer has raised $20 million in what he says was an oversubscribed round for his inaugural fund, Canonical Capital, he told TechCrunch.
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