TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It needs a couple of successful exits, which in turn drives angel investing as entrepreneurs growing increasingly wealthy look to help new founders building companies reach their own goals. It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Since Etsy went public in 2015, companies like Poshmark, The RealReal and thredUP followed suit, attracting even more investors to the sector. Last year, VCs flowed approximately $6 billion to resale platforms, according to Brian Schwarzbach, an investor with Cathay Innovation. Median liquid wealth for a Black family in the U.S.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

I’m excited to have Vidit Aatrey, CEO and co-founder of Meesho, which was founded in 2015, and you went through YC in 2016. Yoday, Meesho is probably one of the hottest startups in India, if not the hottest startup. Back in 2015, doing O to O, hyper local, was very popular in India. All right, here we go.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. When we get involved in Seed investments we usually represent 60–80% in one of the first institutional rounds of capital, we almost always take board seats and then we serve these founders over the course of a decade or longer.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

Paul, Minnesota-based startup to $25 million since its 2015 inception. Bethea’s background is not the same as a “typical” startup founder, which also was viewed as an advantage by True Ventures. “He Fintech startups set VC records as the 2021 fundraising market continues to impress.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

How can fintech startups outlast the VC winter? Peter Hazlehurst, co-founder and CEO of BaaS startup Synctera , shares his thoughts in this TC+ article here. All this leads Eric to ask: “ With JP Morgan suing a startup founder, will 2023 be the year of accountability? Reports CFO Dive : “Wilmington N.C.-based

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

In announcing its latest financing, the company said it has had more than 400,000 users since its 2015 inception and more than $3 billion in funding across an ever-evolving suite of investment products. In February, TechCrunch reported that FVS had named Cameron Peake , a former startup founder and advisor, as its newest partner.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

Then, Latka got a cold email from some VCs and ended up raising $2 million at a $10.5 I got really diluted and sold the company in 2015,” he said. “It That same year, Latka launched a podcast and has since interviewed one SaaS founder nearly daily — recording 2,500 episodes to date that have had 18 million downloads, he said.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 24, 2024

David on stage announcing Google Photos at Google I/O 2015 So you’re at Google, you build what becomes Google Photos — an absolute monster success of a product, even today. I went back to Google for a bit and I had that realization that I wanted to be working with startup founders again.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We want to know how the founder hooked the VC, what makes their partnership work and how other founders can improve their storytelling and pitching. We have Agility Robotics’ co-founder and CTO, followed by Snorkel AI presenting an early pitch deck, which laid the groundwork to raise $135 million in two years.

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