Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Igniting Startup Ecosystems. What ignites a startup ecosystem? Thriving startup ecosystems are good for the economy, good for society, and good for pretty much everyone. ” Startup ecosystems are more than just the sum of its parts. It was 2016. ” They tread lightly.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 25, 2016

For startups entering a period of increased capital cost, the wisdom of Porter’s Five Forces is more important to consider now than they have been in the past few years. As the cost of capital increases in 2016, these winner take all rounds will become less and less common. Cue Porter’s Five Forces.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The company, based in Detroit and founded in 2016 by Dr. David Katz, gives users a clinically tested approach to dietary assessment and management. Diet ID competed against other Detroit-area startups, including Rivet Work , Plain Sight and FixMyCar. That video is found below.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2022

Notable existing investors that joined this round of funding included the International Finance Corporation (IFC), KKR, which led the Series C round, and Pavilion Capital of the Temasek Group, along with almost all existing investors. The post B2B ecommerce startup GrowSari raises $77.5m

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

“We were able to purchase 10% of [business-to-business commerce startup] InfraMarket for $8 million. . “We were able to purchase 10% of [business-to-business commerce startup] InfraMarket for $8 million. ” Both the firms raised capital in their most recent rounds at over $2.5 billion valuation.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 10, 2016

For all the talk about late stage rounds, megarounds and unicorns, early stage startups are benefitting disproportionately from near-record years of venture capital investment. Of the $42B invested in startups in 2015, 34% or about $14B was raised in series A and seed rounds. That figure is up from 18% in 2005.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Tavel is also a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization focused on women in the venture capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem. Alexa von Tobel , the co-founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, can likely relate to the startup founders on the TechCrunch stage.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

There is fairly ready access to many large family offices such as Dr. Oetker, Miele, CLAAS, Schüco and Bertelsmann, so there is a lot of capital available. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups. The region has a good momentum for startups in general, [largely] because of Founders Foundation.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Related: Detroit’s Monica Wheat Strengthens Startup Ecosystem with Equality and Inclusion. By February of 2016, StockX , one of our region’s most notable unicorns, was launched with Tincher as a key member of the founding team. Is there something we can do with this?’”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Meanwhile, few spaces were frothier in 2016 than virtual reality, but most VCs who gambled on VR following Facebook’s Oculus acquisition failed to strike it rich. There have been a few spectacular flare-outs when it comes to AR/VR hardware investments, is there still a startup opportunity in AR/VR hardware?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2022

Seoul, its capital, is the world’s second-largest metropolitan area, with almost half of all Korean citizens living in or around the city. Furthermore, the government plans to find 200 promising startups through 2022 and 1,000 promising startups, and 700 pre-unicorn startups by 2025. trillion won (US$6.4

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

With venture investors committing to funding Black and minority founders, alongside the growing availability of government-backed proposals, such as New Jersey allocating $10 million to a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups , can we expect to see fundamental change? It is all possible, but patience is key. Tap into foreign markets.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

billion across 412 deals in 2021, more than double the amount of capital invested in 2020, according to PitchBook data. Today, Austin is more than just the capital of Texas. For years it was known primarily for its software scene — in addition to being the live music capital of the world. VCs invested over $5.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

The city has undergone infrastructure improvements over the past two decades, tourism has boomed thanks to attractions such as the shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built and Game of Thrones shooting locations, and employment has risen steadily in the city since 2016, according to Northen Ireland’s Department for the Economy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Boulder is quickly becoming a startup mecca on par with Silicon Valley — largely due to the Techstars accelerator, which has cultivated the city’s startup ecosystem. Brad Feld helped co-found the venture capital firm with one goal in mind: to help entrepreneurs. “We

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In 2016, we were acquired by Oracle. Some may choose to bootstrap, others may pursue substantial capital injections, and some may sell for $25 million and others for $500 million and some may reach the fabled $1 billion-plus territory. While at Oracle, I reflected on our growth journey at Dyn. They have families and responsibilities.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Mark Volchek, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital. We are excited to invest in fast-growing consumer and techsumer companies doing over $10 million in revenue, are quickly scaling and need growth capital. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? Mark Volcheck, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital.

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Startup Catalyst

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The last time I had visited was mid-2016 when I was getting ready to leave QUT. It still felt the same, even though I had changed so much, QUT had changed so much, and the ecosystem had changed so much. It’s not all startups! Danielle Vaz (2016) is with Deloitte Digital as a Technical Business Analyst.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2023

Launched in 2022, GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies. About GGV Capital GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm partnering with founders to build category-leading companies around the world.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? In our previous essay, we introduced the concept of Flexible VC : structures which allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Startup Catalyst

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Youth Cohort 2016. …of Each organisation came to Startup Catalyst in a different way. It’s only through that partnership with others that we will be successful in ensuring that our offering to students is useful and valuable and Startup Catalyst is one of those key partners. —?Rowena …who went on 14 missions …. to 7 locations.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? In our previous essay, we introduced the concept of Flexible VC : structures which allow founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit and ownership optionality. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Maybe Benioff finally gets Twitter, a company he desperately wanted in 2016, as Casey Newton suggested in The Platformer this week. It won’t be too unrealistic to expect something in 2022. Maybe something SaaS-y like Zoom, Box or Dropbox. Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+. yourprotagonist.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

They were in the Summer 2016 batch of YC and you can check them out at Meesho.com. 39:40 – What’s a strong opinion he had about running a startup that he’s changed since running Meesho? 41:10 – How has the Indian startup ecosystem evolved? Most people do not have access to capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Washington woke up to the possibility of China’s lead in quantum technologies when Beijing demonstrated its capacity in satellite-based quantum communications in 2016. Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland all have significant quantum research capacities and flourishing startup ecosystems. In fact, the U.K.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

As an investor in The Wing, I have no doubt that Audrey can relate the impossible expectations we set for ambitious women and the nearly non-existant margin for error, especially given that the company took off after the 2016 election. It makes me want to quit venture capital entirely. It’s an embarrassment to the ecosystem.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

InvestNext is a Detroit fintech startup that has created a platform to streamline how real estate investment firms raise and manage capital. Grand Circus continues to be one of the central players in the Detroit startup ecosystem, empowering people to enter the field of tech who might not otherwise have the opportunity.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 27, 2022

Following the opening of the OurCrowd office in Singapore in 2016, as well as past collaborations with United Overseas Bank (UOB), Changi Airport, and Kepple, we will continue to strengthen the strategic partnerships driving corporate innovation between Singapore, the Israeli ecosystem and beyond.”.

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