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Moderne Ventures’ Oversubscribed Fund Reflects its Successful Strategies

American Entrepreneurship

The Moderne Ventures team of founder Constance Freedman and partner Liza Benson built a track record of top-tier returns with its novel approach to venture investing. Founder and Managing Partner Constance Freedman and Partner, Liza Benson , oversee the generalist venture capital and growth equity firm.

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Splendid Spoon stirs its strategy to get you to love plant-based foods

TechCrunch

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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Startup Recruiting Hacks

This is going to be BIG.

What I soon realized was that once you start applying filters for qualifications, experience, interest, culture fit, timing, you don't know nearly as many people as you think you do. I thought it was going to be easy to find two developers, given that I had a pretty large network.

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How Duolingo became fluent in monetization

TechCrunch

Co-founders Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker never wanted to charge consumers for access to Duolingo content, a purpose imbued throughout the company’s culture. In June 2015, Duolingo raised a $45 million Series D round led by Laela Sturdy of Google Capital ( later rebranded CapitalG ), valuing the company at $470 million.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

We chose the word “upfront” to represent our culture. We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. Great leaders have deeply held conviction in their strategy and plans. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round).

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The need for true equity in equity compensation

TechCrunch

It’s good PR to say you’re a company with a strong culture focused on diversity, as it helps attract top talent. since 2015, and in 2020, women make $0.81 There are plenty of experienced consultants who can help you work through remediation strategies. This is the culture and thus foundation of your company.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Just like Sequoia with their franchise model, or Accel, or the other larger funs, the top-tier venture capital firms have scaled up and out to grab these opportunities. San Francisco proper was #1, and taken on the whole, the Bay Area, of course, receives more venture capital investment than anywhere else, naturally.