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Praying to the God of Valuation

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Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). THE VC VALUATION GOD Valuation obsession wasn’t restricted to startups.

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

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She worked for 5 years as a VC at Battery Ventures and co-headed M&A at IAC working with Barry Diller. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. I promise you, he really said this out loud.)

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Canada’s Assent Compliance lands $350M from Vista Equity for supply chain data management

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Enter Assent Compliance — a Canadian company focused on supply chain sustainability management. Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015. ” Canada’s startup market booms alongside hot global VC investment. While half a billion dollars raised in the U.S.

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Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10

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Startups and VC Everyone needs some good competition to get the creativity flowing. Since Etsy went public in 2015, companies like Poshmark, The RealReal and thredUP followed suit, attracting even more investors to the sector. Kyle , Devin and Manish teamed up to look at Anthropic’s $5 billion, four-year plan to take on OpenAI.

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Gloat nabs $90M to build AI-powered internal jobs marketplaces

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The list of employee recruitment, acquisition and jobs boards products is practically endless — see Workday, LinkedIn and SAP SuccessFactors to start. ” Reuveni founded Gloat in 2015 alongside Amichai Schreiber and Danny Shteinberg. Gloat is also benefitting from a general rise in VC funding for HR tech startups.

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TravelPerk adds $115M to equity and debt Series D, discloses unicorn valuation

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In total, it has raised $409 million since being founded back in 2015. VC firm General Catalyst, a new investor in the business, along with existing backer Kinnevik. I’m honored to be joining as an investor and the Board of Directors at TravelPerk and to help the company reach a global leadership position.”.

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Daily Crunch: London-based SumUp pins $8.5B valuation with $624M debt-equity round 

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billion valuation, reflecting its sustained growth. Startups and VC. MasterClass , the platform that sells subscriptions to celebrity-led classes, cut 20% of its team — roughly 120 people — to “get to self-sustainability faster.” Now, Ingrid reports, the startup has raised $624 million at an $8.5