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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans.

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Founderpath secures $145M in debt and equity to help B2B SaaS startup founders avoid dilution

TechCrunch

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 So often, when he stopped recording, a number of founders would talk to Latka about the possibility of taking on debt. “I bootstrapped it to like a million bucks in ARR,” he recalls.

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How May Ph.D. Startup Founders Build for the Long term?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

. % of founders with a doctoral degree out of all founders associated with companies backed by selected investors annually It also appears that when the right supporting infrastructure is in place, more PhDs start their own companies. Leading VC funds by the number of unicorns backed?—? Startup Founders Build for the Long term?

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Michael Seibel on his next ten years at YC

Y Combinator

When I joined YC in 2014, I thought I was transitioning from the management role I had as a startup founder to a job where most of my time would be spent doing office hours with YC founders.

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Preparing Your Startup for the Next M&A Wave

Revolution

According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital.

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Don’t worry about VC’s returns if you can exit your startup early

TechCrunch

If you’ve been watching the recent wave of shows on disgraced startups (from Theranos to WeWork), you might be under the impression that startup founders have no sense of responsibility. In VC Land, 1 > 10. Letting people down is never pleasant, but that’s how it can feel to sell a startup early.

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WJR Business Beat: Hot Regional Startups To Watch In 2022 (Episode 338)

StartupNation

How the Midwest Startup and Tech Scene Boomed in 2021. It’s 2022 and already local VCs, angel investors, startup founders, incubators and accelerators, and more are pushing hard to make their startups go. Now this company raised over $40 million in funding since they launched in 2014. 2, Guardhat.

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