Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

If one entered between 2009-2015 he or she is no doubt in the “hazard” phase where one need to be careful about thinking he know more about the industry than perhaps he do. I think I’m at the expert stage of venture capital and I mean in the Wardley sense. What do I know about venture? Same as I felt.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

IgniteXL Ventures, a fund founded by general partner Claire Chang, closed on its first fund of $10 million aimed at backing diverse early-stage founders in the beauty and wellness industry. from Seoul when she was a child and started a global accelerator in 2015. Claire Chang, general partner at igniteXL Ventures.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

Ramanathan is the Founding Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Black Star Fund , an early-stage venture capital fund. Concurrently, Dr. Ramanathan holds the role of co-founder and Chairman of the Board at Lokyata Inc.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

As the Latin American startup scene has matured, founders and executives of multi-billion dollar companies in the region have started to move on to new ventures. One of its co-founders is Ariel Lambrecht, who also helped start mobility startup 99, Brazil’s first unicorn.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

There are a lot of changes afoot for SpringTime Ventures as it looks to deploy its freshly closed second fund. Blomstedt told TechCrunch that he originally got the idea for SpringTime after moving to Colorado in 2015 after a career in the energy business in Texas. Blomstedt saw an opportunity.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition to his rich experiences working in the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors, Joseph has also sharpened his investment acumen through his multiple years in the audit and stock-broking industry before deciding to finally launch his cross-border investment firm, Kairous Capital , in 2015.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

MAX started out in 2015 as a delivery startup using motorcycles to fulfil customer orders before venturing into ride-hailing, and later into vehicle subscription and financing services – solutions it came up with based on the data from its first services. Chinedu Azodoh is the startup’s other co-founder.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

Gil Dibner, the general partner at Angular Ventures noticed : “… we live in an era where there are tremendous short-term benefits to successful pseudo entrepreneurship. founders could build startups for the long term, based on these trends. founders?—?challenges In other words, you have a Ph.D. Chart 1. %

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

While many have gotten their burn rates way down, most startups still are losing money and will eventually need to raise capital in 2023. Good businesses with product market fit, positive unit economics, and strong leadership teams will raise capital although it will be at the new normal in terms of valuation.

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HPA

MARCH 24, 2021

Lee Partners (THL), with participation from Qualcomm Ventures, Volvo Group Venture Capital AB and Zebra Technologies, as well as existing investors Hyde Park Angels , August Capital, CEAS Investments, Hyde Park Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total capital raised to over $200 million.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Back then we had to work hard to introduce ourselves to founders as some hadn’t heard of us, and the operating value add model was still unproven on Sand Hill Road. Today the firm is over 500+ with 6 office locations, its operating value-add has raised the bar for all venture capitalists, and the firm continues to grow in vision and impact.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Austin-based firm recently secured $145 million in its own debt and equity financing to help B2B SaaS founders grow their businesses without diluting ownership. The firm has deployed over $60 million in capital to 130 SaaS founders since launching in January 2020, according to Latka. Enter Founderpath. So, how does it work?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars? Where are founders finding unique opportunities to innovate? Each year, starting in mid-2012 through mid-2015, these sectors have grown their investment dollars by more than 145%, according to Mattermark data.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

based venture capital firm Sequoia , Chinese private equity firm Boyu, SF Express, and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek, is making its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a somewhat uncertain economic climate. Established in 2015, J&T Express has steadily grown its presence in the logistics sector.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

In fact, a new report from investment firm Golden Gate Ventures predicts a record number of exits will happen in the region over the next couple of years, thanks to factors like a maturing ecosystem, more secondary buyers and the emergence of SPACs. billion invested in 2020, according to a report by Cento Ventures and Tech In Asia.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

JIC Venture Growth Investments led the Series E equity funding, with participation from Z Venture Capital , a venture investment arm of Z Holdings, Japan Post Capital and Salesforce Ventures. The latest round brings its total funding raised to $41.4 million, the company said without disclosing its valuation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

For Mike Salguero, CEO and co-founder at ButcherBox , the problem and opportunity in the extraordinarily broken space of meat production and distribution simply could not be ignored. He hired an intern and launched a Kickstarter campaign in September of 2015, a decision made out of a desperation to never raise money again.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Not every startup wants to raise venture capital. In recent years, a number of firms have emerged looking to meet the credit needs of such venture-backed and growth startups: i80 Group is one of those firms. For example, proptechs that buy homes on behalf of buyers don’t want to use venture money.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. Limited Partners (LPs) who invest in VC funds have continued to pour money into venture – with the market returning to pre-recession levels.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Investment giant BlackRock announced Friday it is taking a minority stake in venture-backed fintech startup Human Interest. million in funding since it was founded by Paul Sawaya and Roger Lee in 2015. Other backers include SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Crosslink Capital, NewView Capital, Glynn Capital, U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. Median liquid wealth for a Black family in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Startup founders from all over the world applied to what has been described as the most competitive batch in TechCrunch history. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in philosophy, Tavel was a consultant at The Kerden Group and then vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

The firm is not out to replace traditional venture capital or venture debt, emphasizes founder and CEO James Sagan, but rather to offer asset-based products that will complement them. Image Credits: Architect Capital founder James Sagan / Architect Capital. We’ll fund the loan book.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Meshack Alloys, Sendy co-founder, confirmed the sale to TechCrunch without offering more details, saying: “We are in the middle of an acquisition process. The startup had targeted to raise $100 million last year but only got a fraction of the funding from MOL PLUS, the corporate venture capital of Japanese transport company Mitsui O.S.K.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. Investment experience (5 years a VC at Battery Ventures). Let me start with the news that I’m excited to share with you. She is a coach and mentor to team members.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Initialized Capital founder Garry Tan will become president and CEO of Y Combinator next year, the two organizations announced today. Tan, however, will continue to serve as founder and partner at Initialized – a $3.2 Tan was a YC founder in the summer of 2008 and served as a partner there from December 2010 to November 2015.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Alexa von Tobel, co-founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, will be joining TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 taking place September 21-23 to help judge the startups competing in Startup Battlefield. After raising $75 million in venture capital and growing the service to 1.5 that highlights entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. Milan tends to attract the lion’s share of VC funding — in 2019, startups located there received €311 million, according to NGP Capital. Giuseppe Donvito , partner, P101 Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Partners Investment and Murex Partners co-led the new funding, with participation from Smilegate Investment, Quantum Ventures Korea , ABC Partners , Everrich Group, GS Group’s corporate venture capital firm GS Futures , We Ventures, Base Investment and Dunamu & Partners. AmazeVR has raised a total of $30.8

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

That said, a paradigm shift of the broader venture landscape could be on the horizon. There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g., Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

When an accident on a building site resulted in the death of their friend, the founders of Safesight were inspired to launch the platform to digitize safety programs for construction. million from industrial technology venture capital firms, led by Brick and Mortar Ventures and Builders VC. To date, it has raised $20.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Accel and Canapi Ventures co-led the round, which also included participation from existing backers Bain Capital Ventures, Inspired Capital, Homebrew, Acrew, Primary, Clocktower and Box Group. Tobel went on to form Inspired Capital, a venture capital firm that put money in Orum’s $5.2

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With such guardrails in place, the company may have evolved in an entirely different direction, which would have been better for both founder and investor alike (especially vs. absolute failure). Some founders unfortunately have an explicit aversion to audits. Corporate malfeasance is an ugly game that is best avoided. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

XYZ Venture Capital led the round with participation from 8VC, Y Combinator and several individual tech executives. Rootly co-founder and CEO Quentin Rousseau says that he cut his SRE teeth working at Instacart. Today the company emerged from stealth with a $3.2 million seed investment.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Truist — one of the nation’s largest financial institutions — has acquired Long Game , a 12-person fintech startup that has raised over $20 million in venture capital, executives have told TechCrunch exclusively. ” Image Credits: Long Game co-founder and CEO Lindsay Holden/Long Game.

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