Innovation 2 Enterprise
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Since first investing in Oklahoma startups in 1999, i2E, and now its independent Venture Capital Fund management partner, Plains Ventures, have managed numerous early-stage debt and equity investment funds, making 452 investments in more than 250 companies. Alkami , Oklahoma’s first unicorn, was valued at $3.1
Revolution
MARCH 26, 2025
We believe great companies can start and scale anywhere, aided by the fact that startups in emerging venture communities are often more capital efficient, offer a lower cost of doing business, and attract talent looking for a better quality oflife. Take Detroit, for example. I have more like them, but not nearlyenough.
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Hunter Walk
APRIL 21, 2025
I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). Every venture firm who has held crypto tokens/coins have made buy/sell decisions and some even have a trading desk equivalent. VC Skillset VCs are investors, not traders.
HPA
JANUARY 8, 2025
Chicago, IL – January 8, 2025 – Hyde Park Angels ( HPA ), a premier early-stage venture capital group specializing in investing through its unique People First model, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Simple Mills , has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Flowers Foods , Inc.
Jason Malki
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Horners current venture, Lemonlight , is an LA-based company that excels in producing branded video content at scale. We started Lemonlight in 2014 at a time when the industry was inefficient and outdated, and I knew there was a better way. Thank you so much for joiningus! What motivated you to launch yourstartup?
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
— Charlie O''Donnell (@ceonyc) November 1, 2014. The fact is, it''s just not cool to criticize the investing side of the venture capital market. For the most part, journalists give startups a free pass when venture capital money is raised or when companies that clearly seem to have failed get "acquired".
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
This is the task I set out to answer with the master of analysis at Upfront Ventures Glenn Poppe who deserves the bulk of the credit for our work. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer). LA By The Numbers.
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