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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. That’s money that fuels our startup ecosystems. …But LPs Have Been Putting Out More Money Than They Are Getting Back.

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How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

TechCrunch

According to Startup Genome , Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list last year. . ” Pariti’s investor platform.

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Coral Capital closes third fund with $128M for startups in Japan

TechCrunch

“We want our founders to focus on building without the pressure of a VC looking for a quick exit,” Riney told TechCrunch. Riney and Sawayama, who were co-founders of 500 Startups Japan, launched their first fund in partnership with 500 Startups in February 2016.

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K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022 is accepting applications from global startups till May 31

AsiaTechDaily

Strong Government Support: The Korean government is constantly improving the country’s infrastructure. In 2017, South Korea established the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to systematically oversee various startup support projects to reinforce momentum. trillion won (US$6.4 billion).

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

That firm, founded in 2016, announced on March 29, 2022 that it closed $310 million in capital across three funds. Earlier in the month, S3 Ventures raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” All that was needed was more capital to support it.”.

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Or will we have to repeat the same conversations about representation failings within VC funds? Make serious headway with accelerators.

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6 Miami-based investors share their views on the region’s startup scene

TechCrunch

Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now? Miami’s startup scene has been growing and evolving over the past 5+ years thanks to local organizations supporting entrepreneurship including, but not limited to Endeavor Miami, The Knight Foundation, The Lab, Rokk3r Labs, eMerge Americas, Miami Angels and Wyncode.

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