Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. If you want to understand how the VC industry is changing there is a great primer in the link.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. Adopt a “hire slow, fire fast” mentality for your expansion strategy. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

billion venture capital firm is entering the crypto market with a new $110 million fund dedicated to the sector that it will operate jointly with Ledger , a French startup focused on digital asset security, Cathay co-founder Dennis Barrier told TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. But this strategy great depends on point 3.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But unlike the others, Juven is not a venture capital fund; the evergreen investment company is a spinoff from Goldman Sachs’ Africa principal team responsible for making several high-growth investments in the tech scene since 2014. South African fintech startup Jumo raises second $50M+ VC round. ” . .

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

And now, the early-stage VC firm is announcing its largest fund closures to date: Kaszek Ventures V, a $475 million early-stage fund, believed to be the largest vehicle of its kind ever raised in the region, and Kaszek Ventures Opportunity II, a $525 million for later-stage investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

You can watch the video above for a very brief overview of why we rebranded and where we see our place in the VC ecosystem along with what has changed in our industry. Relaunching our brand is part of our larger initiative to build a VC firm of the future. Nearly four months ago we rebranded at Upfront Ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Twiga, co-founded by Njonjo and Grant Brooke in 2014, joins the growing list of startups in Africa and across the globe downsizing amid a slowdown in VC funding, which has made capital for operations and growth hard to access. Kenyan B2B e-commerce platform Marketforce cut about 9% of staff in reorganization strategy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. Investors are hungry for startups to throw their money at, but VC funding isn’t always the right option at all times or for every startup. Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. @yourprotagonist.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

“Founders should also evaluate which VC is able to add-value to their growth, rather than just focusing on the amount of money the investor has to offer,” Lou told AsiaTechDaily. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

As startups and venture capital grow in tandem, fundraising has gone from a formal affair on Sand Hill Road to a process that can happen anywhere from Twitter to Zoom. VC is the flashy gold medal, but the rapid growth of emerging fund managers means that a first check can be piecemealed together from a variety of different sources.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

ParaFi Capital led the raise alongside other existing investors Third Point, Marshall Wace, True Capital Management and UTA VC, United Talent Agency’s venture fund. New investors participated as well, including Temasek, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Microsoft, Anthos Capital, Sound Ventures and C Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

However, Tiger Global limited its activity in Africa from 2009 to 2014. And the bets from Tiger Global — and other investors such as Goldman Sachs, which backed Jumia in 2014, and Kinnevik AB, a Swedish firm that invested in IROKO and Konga — was that they would become big winners in the next 10 years. Until Flutterwave.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

They range from unreliable supply and wastage to limited data on making informed procurement decisions to little or no capital to fund procurement. For a non-fintech business, Vendease’s equity round closed somewhat quickly despite conversations around a cooling venture capital market, parties involved told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

The firm has deployed over $60 million in capital to 130 SaaS founders since launching in January 2020, according to Latka. Then, Latka got a cold email from some VCs and ended up raising $2 million at a $10.5 million post-money valuation in 2014. “I I bootstrapped it to like a million bucks in ARR,” he recalls.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

And so when we had discussions with Karim over his vision and strategy, we quickly realized that InstaDeep could transform from an African leader in AI to a global player.” Karim Beguir and Zohra Slim founded the startup in Tunis in 2014 with “two laptops, $2,000, and a lot of enthusiasm,” CEO Beguir told TechCrunch last year.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Cautionary note: No competent VC is actually fooled when you show up after raising $6M in seed financing and say you’re now raising an A! Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 7, 2014. No VC will be so naive as not to see straight through it. When I first became a VC, seed rounds were typically $500k – $1.5 Nobody cares.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Joining SoftBank in the investment was new investor Whale Rock and existing investors including Generation Investment Management, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Spark Capital. After closing this Series E round, Andela has raised a total of $381 million since being founded in Lagos, Nigeria in 2014, according to Crunchbase data.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I love the enthusiasm, the boundless energy and the sense of possibility that comes from having an idea that hasn’t yet been beat up in the marketplace of competing ideas, customer contracts, VC skepticism, jaded journalists or fickle consumers who are on the The New, New Thing. But alas I must scale with businesses and make money.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. how & when to raise capital. Easy peasy 101 discussions for VCs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

“We need to refocus our strategies to drive efficiency, growth and financial sustainability,” CEO Tom Keiser said in a statement sent to TechCrunch. The social media firm has raised more than $300 million in capital to date, per PitchBook , and its backers include Fidelity and Accel, the Palo Alto–based VC.

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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. She’s also the founder and CEO of Middle Third, a boutique consultancy focused on mobility strategy.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 1, 2015

In addition, VCs have been participating in the seed stage market as well, making 2013 a banner year for seed investment. But what of 2014? 2014 1265 1272 1006. 2014 saw 18% fewer investments, but an equal amount of investment at $1.3B. I adjusted February 2015 Crunchbase data in this way to create the 2014 analysis.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Founded in 2014, Blossom Finance was first intended for Muslim entrepreneurs in the United States. But founder Matthew Joseph Martin soon realized that the startup, backed by investors like Boost VC and Tim Draper, was serving a relatively niche market in the States. All losses and profits are shared pro rata, Martin explained.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? Beezer did.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

-based and Africa-focused mobile payments company through Zagadat Capital. In 2014, Mr. Eazi launched Phonetrader, an online used phone marketplace backed by a now-defunct startup incubator, 440NG, which was run by two investment firms, L5Lab and 88mph. Eazi — after building his presence overseas and connections in the U.S.,

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? That’s the right answer for VCs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

capital in recent months. Janet Coyle, managing director of business growth at London’s official publicity arm London & Partners, told TechCrunch that there are various financial perks that might appeal to overseas companies looking to establish a base in the capital. Cross-border investments.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

That was my mindset in 2014 as my co-founder Lee Silverstone and I started Gymtrack, a startup that lets gym members automatically track their workouts. But we’d already signed a term sheet with a VC. A month after closing our VC-led seed round, we got another call. But a strategy isn’t based on hope. But not for me.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

It recently completed its fourth VC round that values it at a whopping $6 billion , triple the price it fetched a year earlier, and it has so far raised at least half a billion dollars. But Tang wasn’t satisfied and eventually sold ELEX Technology to a publicly listed company for about $400 million in 2014. billion this year.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

This round is being led by Bellis Phantom Holdco ltd, which is an indirect affiliate of investment funds managed by TDR Capital (this is a big PE investor whose name isn’t typically associated with tech investments, with its portfolio including the likes of the Pizza Express chain of restaurants and ex-Walmart supermarket giant Asda).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Growth marketing strategies. 4 proven approaches to CX strategy that make customers feel loved. ” 4 proven approaches to CX strategy that make customers feel loved. Twitter’s acquisition strategy: Eat the public conversation. Is there even a strategy at all? Market analysis of different tech sectors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

Since its founding in 2014, the company has focused its efforts on its home state, but recently partnered with Michigan-based Wellflower. Meadow’s expanding without the help of additional outside capital. ” Meadow’s strategy has always been different. .” million since its founding.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Register Asia Pacific-based early-stage VC Investible has announced the appointment of Charlie Ill to the newly-created role of group Chief Investment Officer, as well as the promotions of Jayden Basha to Principal and Ben Lindsay to Investment Manager. in capital, including A$3.4m directly through Club Investible.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

However, for all their effort and importance to the tech ecosystem, raising significant venture capital seemed elusive to startups in Africa’s digital media landscape that rely on grants and personal funding to scale. TC Insights , a data analytics consulting service, works on research, data and industry strategy on different projects.

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