Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

Earlier this week, we examined the trends in the major categories of startup investment including eCommerce, Software, Social Networking and Education. Where are founders finding unique opportunities to innovate? But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2016

in 2007 during the collapse of the housing market, precisely because I believe change and chaos breed opportunity. I encourage you to look at any upcoming challenges or uncertainty as an opportunity to strengthen and renew your focus on your customer. I started TitleSmart, Inc. Listen and measure. Communicate!

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 15, 2018

We started to invest out of our inaugural fund, Cross Culture Ventures I in April 2015. Wonderschool is solving a significant problem in childcare/education and is doing it on both sides of the marketplace. Are they the right group to build a big business that addresses this challenge/opportunity and wins the market?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Creative professionals continue to look for ways to monetize their talents and knowledge through online education platforms like CLASS101 that bring stable incomes and improve opportunities. CLASS101, a Seoul-based online education platform, announced today it has closed $25.8 and Japan. It has 350 employees now. “We

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 7, 2017

In third grade, I saw an opportunity and grew it into my first entrepreneurial experience. So, when I exited my last company in 2015, I knew that educating and supporting other businesses with my “addiction” to these unique and lean entrepreneurial growth techniques would be the focus of Entreholic.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

“Enterprise expenditure on custom software is on track to double from $250 billion in 2015 to $500 billion in 2020,” so we’ll definitely be diving deeper into this topic in the coming months. Jan Lynn-Matern, Emerge Education. Education = knowledge transfer + social + signaling. ” Ian Chiu, Owl Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

And in recent years there’s been a growing number of startups which aim to give more people access to a wider array of investment opportunities. million since its 2015 inception. Today, one of those startups has raised a significant round of funding to help it achieve its goals.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

And I am grateful for the entire partnership, especially Marc and Ben, for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime when they promoted me to be General Partner , ending the firm’s long standing rule of 9 years to only hire general partners who had been CEO’s or founders. Kobold Metals – My first deal as a general partner.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

” While it doesn’t have a reseller network, KitaBeli works with delivery partners for last-mile deliveries, presenting the gig as an opportunity to earn extra money. “Indonesian customers are also new to the internet and need to be educated on how e-commerce works.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

That change in customer composition is also opening some doors of opportunity for the company. ” The service sounds like a partly-educational effort, teaching companies that are not necessarily digital-first be more proactive, and partly consulting. There are a lot of opportunities right now on the table.”

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. In 2015, Eddy Lu and Daishin Sugano launched GOAT , a marketplace for the exchange of sneakers. Julie Wainwright founded The Real Real in 2011.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Since being founded in 2015, the company has amassed a customer list that includes AppFolio, HotDoc, Pitch, Kumospace and Teamflow, and its customers report seeing up to 80% fewer video call errors after using Daily, Kwindla Hultman Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Daily, told TechCrunch via email. video chat API service.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Because this is an opportunity for your company to get ahead of the competition and reap the rewards of being an early adopter. Moreover, the world’s population of those who are 60 and older is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, up from 900 million in 2015. The biggest need is education and awareness. Here’s what it reveals.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Image Credits: Guild Education. For a recent episode of TechCrunch Live, Managing Editor Jordan Crook spoke to Guild Education CEO Rachel Carlson, co-founder Brittany Stich, and Aileen Lee, founder and managing partner of Cowboy Ventures, about the education upskilling platform’s origins and growth arc.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

That leaves a wide opportunity for cybersecurity specialists to build tools aimed at smaller organizations that still face the same security issues — and as some have argued , perhaps even more — as their larger counterparts but don’t have the same resources to fight them.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

In a nascent field like entrepreneurial ecosystem building, practitioner examples are rare and we were not going to pass up the opportunity to speak to four representatives of this pilot project to learn more about: What gave rise to the need of hiring an ecosystem builder. River and bridges in Danville.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Auckland-based startup Niesh, which has developed a student discount platform, is on a rapid growth trajectory and has had to decide if it should grow locally, or prioritise opportunities overseas. Business incubator “ecentre” is based at Massey University’s Auckland campus in Albany.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , co-founder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders. Hope is not a strategy. in 2019.”.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

annually between 2015 and 2020, its market size topping $1.3B Catalyst has compiled a list of “organizations and institutions that offer programs for networking, education, leadership and community” which help executive women interested in board service. Step 3: Identify & Contact Opportunities (1 – 12 months duration).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

American universities, however, decreased their reliance on full-time tenured or tenure-track staff, from 45% in 1975 to 29% in 2015. For instance, an increasing volume of genomics data coming out from large governmental projects creates an opportunity for biotech enthusiasts to launch startups.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

Research from BCG, Harvard Business Review, First Round Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, and Illuminate Ventures shows that investors in diverse teams get better returns: Paul Graham , cofounder of Y Combinator (2015): “Many suspect that venture capital firms are biased against female founders. According to Pitchbook data , only 21.6%

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

On some advertising platforms in China, foreign companies cannot create an advertising office, especially if your company is related to education. Users spend an average of 3 hours per day browsing content online and actively researching educational opportunities abroad. China is the leader in investment in EdTech.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

And so we have this network effect that we're bringing to venture capital, and that's one way that we're significantly different: traditionally VC has always been a very human capital focused, typical VC firms don't look at that as a product opportunity. It's that kind of thing that we see as a unique opportunity.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA and its members recognized the need for a strong advocacy arm and public policy agenda to educate Members of Congress on issues that affect angel investors and early-stage entrepreneurs. She has introduced bills focused on public markets, small businesses and retail investor opportunities.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

His journey with Happie began in 2015 when his research into a greens product led him to discover CBD and its potent anti-inflammatory properties. One of the most rewarding aspects of building Happie is the opportunities I’ve been able to provide for my team. At Happie, we believe in turning challenges into opportunities.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

The conference also includes multiple networking opportunities each day for you to meet and engage with these influential leaders, so be sure to register and mark your calendar for the angel event of the year. ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing: Say Hello to Your Programming Team.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 10, 2020

Held annually in Vienna, Austria, the event runs for two weeks in August and consists of a range of different educational programs. Agreed on by the UN’s General Assembly in 2015, the 17 SDGs cover all the areas that need to change in order for the world to become fair and equal. What is the Alpbach Forum?

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

For our latest Extra Crunch market map, we sized up the general market opportunity before creating a roster of major players and reaching out to investors to see where they’re placing bets. Emeritus, which is part of the Eruditus group, announced this week that it plans to acquire iD Tech, a STEM education service for children.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

link] Medium, born and raised I founded Entrepreneur’s Handbook in 2015, when Medium was just starting to open its doors to the public. I believe a Handbook approach is an opportunity to bring both sides of the crypto community together on Medium. it must be educational, authentic, and marketing-free.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

In 2015, I spearheaded the development of ‘Vantage Fit,’ a platform designed to promote holistic employee wellness on a global scale. The opportunity to present Vantage Fit to Apple gave us invaluable exposure and validated our efforts to create a leading wellness platform. This event challenged me to complete 1.9

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

On top of his demanding work of technology repairs, Janeel has made the time to discover new ways to help others as a radio personality and program director at Dominion Radio since 2015 with his program IT Talks. Why do you think it is important to educate the community about technology? . IT is everything. government.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot. They aim to provide founders with maximum optionality, flexibility, and alignment by aligning around profitable growth and realistic M&A opportunities. The firm uses whichever structure best fits a given investment opportunity, including Flexible VC.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2015, they invested $1m (out of OATV Fund III) in 8 companie s as a pilot. They aim to provide founders with maximum optionality, flexibility, and alignment by aligning around profitable growth and realistic M&A opportunities. The firm uses whichever structure best fits a given investment opportunity. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole. Quickly, their vision pivoted to the idea of addressing the lack of diversity and access to opportunity in South Africa’s IT industry.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Unruly Studios Unruly Splats are the only STEM education tool that combines high-quality coding learning with a social and active play experience. Achieving the wow factor, our facility is literally a smile factory using new ways to gamify skydiving and immerse guests in parachute simulations amongst educational skydiving museum exhibit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

If our ultimate objective is to understand the current state of opportunity and its expansion over time, we need to, in the words of John Doerr , measure what matters : representation in early-stage financing. for women founders and the overall first-financing market, respectively, for 2015-2020.². compared to 1.4x

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